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The APA Young Investigator Awards Program provides APA members with up to $15,000 to conduct a one-year study focused on various pediatric clinical research domains.  Read about a past awardee’s experience below! Colin Orr, MD, MPH University of North Carolina 2018 Nutrition in Underserved Communities YIA Colin Orr, MD, received the 2018 Nutrition in Underserved…

Virtual Region VI Annual Meeting Thursday and Friday, October 8th and 9th, 2020 6 CMEs Jointly Provided by: Academic Pediatric Association University of Kansas Medical School, Wichita KS Planning Committee: Phillip Abraham | Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Kari Harris | University of Kansas, Wichita Russell McCulloh | University of Nebraska Medical Center,…

Hello from Region VI! With our Region VI Meeting that had been planned for March postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we unfortunately missed the opportunity to see everyone.  We plan to connect with our members during our first virtual Region VI Happy Hour on Monday, August 17th (see our Region 6 APA Community Page…

APA Members and Business Meeting Wednesday, August 19th 3PM EST Join APA’s President, Latha Chandran, as she leads our upcoming APA Members and Business Meeting. During this 1.5 hour long session, Dr. Chandran will address the state of the APA, including a year-end review, new initiatives, accomplishments, financial state and more.     Register here for…

Ethics SIG Leadership: We would like to announce our new SIG co-chair Catherine Shubkin, MD. Dr. Shubkin is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and the Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Residency Program at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon, NH. Welcome, Dr. Shubkin!   Planned Ethics SIG Workshop at PAS, May 2020 While the…

The Academic Pediatric Association Health Literacy SIG Virtual Poster Presentation Sessions Monday, August 10 at 4:30pm EDT Friday, August 21 at 5pm EDT Each session will feature two poster presentations of health literacy-related research with time for discussion and networking. Please see the learning objectives and agenda below.   Objectives At the conclusion of these…

Demystifying the Application Process for Academic General Pediatric Fellowships August 18, 2020 5 EST/ 4 CST/ 3 MST/ 2 PST Are you interested in applying for an Academic General Pediatric Fellowship?  Then join the Academic Pediatric Association’s webinar on Demystifying the Application Process.  This one hour webinar will be a discussion among program directors and…

Thanks to all the presenters and speakers, we had another successful Region 4 Meeting on February 8-9, 2020, with over 80 in attendance and over 50 abstracts presented. Dr. Helen Hughes and Dr. Jan Serwint led a well-attended Mentorship workshop for students and residents, alongside a popular Publication Ethics discussion with Dr. Rachel Moon, and…

It is an exciting time for Pediatric Hospital Medicine with board certification and ACGME accreditation upon us. There are currently 61 fellowship programs, with 55 recruiting fellows this year. We have been through 2 cycles of ACGME accreditation so far, with 33 programs accredited. We anticipate by this time next year many more of our…

2021 Call for Applications Virtual Information Session August 14th 3:00PM-4:30PM EST Interested in APA’s programs that are currently accepting applications? Join program directors and other interested applicants for an interactive Q&A session. View recording here The 2021 Call for Application Includes: Faculty Development Programs  Advancing Pediatric Leaders Program (APL) *NEW* Health Policy Scholars Program (HPSP)…