ASCI Scientific Session: Daniel J. Rader, MD – November 19, 2024, 1-2pm E

Photo of Dr. Daniel J. Rader
Daniel J. Rader, MD

November 19, 1-2 pm Eastern

Daniel J. Rader, MD, Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine, Chair of the Department of Genetics at the Perelman School of Medicine, Chief of the Divisions of Human Genetics in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, and the Associate Director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania, will present:

Advancing genomic medicine in the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic disease

Register here

This session will be moderated by Priscilla Y. Hsue, MD, 2024-2025 ASCI President-Elect, Professor of Medicine, and Chief of the Cardiology Division at UCLA Health.

Stay tuned for the following upcoming Scientific Sessions (all 1-2 pm Eastern):

Click here for more information and to view past ASCI Scientific Sessions.

Nominations open for ASCI’s 2025 Early-Career Awards (E-Gen & YPSA)

Nominations for the ASCI’s 2025 Early-Career Awards – the Emerging-Generation Awards (E-Gen) and the Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) – are open through October 31, 2024 (deadline extended from October 23).

With these awards, the ASCI seeks to recognize early-career physician-scientists who have made notable achievements in their research, and to encourage and inspire them through their participation in the ASCI physician-scientist community.

Early-Career Award benefits include:

  • an honorarium
  • registration to the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting during the award period
  • 2 years of longitudinal early-career specific programming including Leadership Development Workshops, networking opportunities and topical panels with ASCI members

Click here to view a webinar about these nomination processes. ASCI staff will be available via Zoom (link here) to answer your questions about the nomination process from 1 – 2 pm Eastern on the following dates:

  • September 6 (Friday), 18 (Wednesday)
  • October 1 (Tuesday), 14 (Monday)

Nominee eligibility criteria:

E-Gen: YPSA:

– has an MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree

– will have demonstrated creative promise during research training exemplified by publication and preprint activity (noted in biosketch)

– is currently meaningfully engaged in immersive research

– does not have an independent NIH K-08 level / equivalent award; a favorable score at the time of nomination is allowed

– must be nominated by an ASCI member

– may name a supporting contact, this person may provide a 250-word a letter of support

– has an MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree

– should preferably have a first faculty / institutional appointment within the past 5 years; if not within this range, nominees should note that extenuating circumstance(s) apply and may provide detail if they wish

– have a current NIH / comparable, foundation, or society-sponsored career development award (see nomination form for details)

– does not yet have current NIH R01 / equivalent independent project funding; a favorable score at the time of nomination is allowed. DP5s and R56s are also allowed; direct questions about R01 equivalents to programs@the-asci.org

– must be nominated by an ASCI member

– may name a supporting contact, this person may provide a 250-word a letter of support

The nominator must be an ASCI member in good standing and must start the nomination:

  • Access your member account
  • Go to the “Activities / nominations” tab, then click to the applicable nomination section
  • Select “I’m the nominator” option
  • Search for your nominee:
    • If found, click on “Start nomination”
    • If no result is found, provide and save the requested information (first name, last name, and email address), then click on “Create nomination” for the newly created nominee in the “Results” section.
  • At the top of the nomination form, click on “Send access notification to the nominee at: <email>”.
  • Provide a 250-word-limit statement regarding the nominee.
  • Submit the statement, which can be done regardless of whether the nominee’s part of the nomination is completed.

The nominee receives an email with information to access their part of the nomination and then must provide the following:

E-Gen YPSA

– nominee contact, education, funding information, and a headshot (the headshot will be used if awarded and is not used during the review process)

– a short bio (for use during review, and for public display if awarded)

– a brief NIH biosketch (as a PDF), using Section A. as a Scientific Vision Statement, rather than a Personal Statement, and including any funding information, for this award

– a completed ASCI demographics profile

– a completed ASCI research domains survey

– a supporter (optional), who may provide a statement of up to 250 words

– nominee contact, education, funding information, and a headshot (the headshot will be used if awarded and is not used during the review process

– a short bio (for use during review, and for public display if awarded)

– a brief NIH biosketch, including detailed funding information (as a PDF)

– a completed ASCI demographics profile

– a completed ASCI research domains survey

– a supporter (optional), who may provide a statement of up to 250 words

Note that the nominee can submit this information regardless of whether the nominator’s part of the nomination is completed.

Contact programs@the-asci.org with any questions.

Announcing the 2024-2025 ASCI Scientific Sessions, first up: Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc – September 17, 2024, 1-2pm E

Photo of Dr. Rohit Loomba
Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc

September 17, 1-2 pm Eastern

Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of California, San Diego, and thought leader in translational research and innovative clinical trial design, will present:

Advances in Non-Invasive Assessment and Management of MASLD

Watch the Video

This session will be moderated by Christopher Williams, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Physician Scientist Education and Training, and MSTP Director at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Williams is co-founder of the ASCI Physician-Scientist Development Committee.

Stay tuned for the following upcoming Scientific Sessions (all 1-2 pm Eastern):

Click here for more information and to view past ASCI Scientific Sessions.

ASCI Scientific Session: Emily Wang, MD, MAS – May 10, 2024, 1-2pm E

Photo of Dr. Emily Wang
Emily Wang, MD, MAS

May 10, 1-2 pm Eastern

Emily Wang, MD, MAS, Professor of Medicine and Public Health, and Director of the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, Yale School of Medicine, presented:

Can we achieve health equity without ending mass incarceration?

Watch the Video

This session was moderated by Susan Cheng, MD, MMSc, MPH, ASCI Councilor, the Erika J. Glazer Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Health and Population Science, and director of Public Health Research in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai.
Click here for more information and to view past ASCI Scientific Sessions.

ASCI Scientific Session: Tippi Cicek MacKenzie, MD – Mar. 18, 2024, 1-2pm E

Photograph of Dr. Tippi Cicek MacKenzie
Tippi Cicek MacKenzie, MD

March 18, 1-2 pm Eastern

Tippi Cicek MacKenzie, MD, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Institute of Regeneration Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, presented:

Fetal therapies for single-gene disorders

Watch the Video

This session was moderated by Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Human Genetics, and Computational Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine. Elected to ASCI membership in 2022, Dr. Arboleda serves on the ASCI Physician-Scientist Development Committee.
Click here for more information and to view past ASCI Scientific Sessions.

Announcing the ASCI’s 2024 Early-Career Awardees

The American Society for Clinical Investigation is proud to announce our 2024 Early-Career Awardees:

Young Physician-Scientist Awards

The ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Awards recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research. Our 52 Young Physician-Scientist Awardees (see all awardees) were drawn from an exceedingly talented group of 172 nominees.

Emerging-Generation Awards

The ASCI Emerging-Generation Awards recognize post-MD, pre-faculty appointment physician-scientists who are meaningfully engaged in immersive research. Our 33 Emerging-Generation Awardees (see all awardees) were drawn from an equally talented group of 91 nominees.

With these awards, the ASCI seeks to encourage and inspire these physician-scientists through their participation in the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting and through access to and participation in the ASCI community. These awards provide a two-year longitudinal experience that includes:

  • leadership development workshops
  • topical panel discussions with distinguished ASCI members
  • scientific and career-oriented networking and mentorship opportunities

Congratulations to our awardees and to the institutions they represent!

Please direct any questions to programs@the-asci.org.

ASCI Scientific Session: Christopher K. Glass, MD, PhD – Feb. 9, 2024, 1-2pm E

Photograph of Dr. Christopher K. Glass
Christopher K. Glass, MD, PhD

February 9, 1-2 pm Eastern

Christopher K. Glass, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, presented:

Leveraging dynamic epigenetic landscapes to decode macrophage phenotypes in health and disease

Watch the Video

This session was moderated by Julie Saba, MD, the John & Edna Beck Chair in Pediatric Cancer Research and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Saba is a member of the ASCI’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
Click here for more information and to view past ASCI Scientific Sessions.

ASCI Scientific Session: Jonathan S. Bromberg, MD, PhD – Jan. 19, 2024, 1-2pm E

Photograph of Dr. Jonathan S. Bromberg
Jonathan S. Bromberg, MD, PhD

January 19, 1-2 pm Eastern

Jonathan S. Bromberg, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Surgery; Director of Research, Division of Transplantation at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor, in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, will present:

Lymph Node Fibroblastic Reticular Cells Steer Immune Responses: Should I stay or should I go?

Watch the Video

This event was moderated by Oliver Eickelberg, MD, FERS, ATSF, Professor of Medicine, Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Endowed Chair for Pulmonary Research, and Vice Chair for Basic and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh. Elected to ASCI in 2018, Dr. Eickelberg is Vice Chair of the ASCI Physician-Scientist Development Committee.
Click here for more information and to view past ASCI Scientific Sessions.

ASCI Scientific Session: Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD – Dec. 7, 2023, 1-2pm E

Photograph of Dr. Olujimi Ajijola
Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD

December 7, 1-2 pm Eastern

Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD, Associate Director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Center & EP Programs, Director of the Neurocardiology Research Program, Co-Director of the UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program, and Associate Professor of Medicine-Cardiology and Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, will present:

Bedside to Bench Odysseys: Rethinking Cardiac Autonomic Function & Ventricular Arrhythmogenesis

Watch the Video

This event will be moderated by Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD. Dr. Ardehali, who served as the ASCI’s 2021-2022 President, is Thomas D. Spies Professor of Cardiac Metabolism, Professor of Medicine-Cardiology and Professor of Pharmacology; and Director, Center for Molecular Cardiology, at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Click here for more information and to view past ASCI Scientific Sessions.

ASCI Scientific Session: Babak Javid, MB BChir, PhD – Nov. 17, 1-2pm E

Photo of Dr. Babak Javid
Babak Javid, MB BChir, PhD

November 17, 1-2 pm Eastern

Babak Javid, MB BChir, PhD, Associate Professor in the Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, presented:

Tuberculosis virulence: lost and gained in (mis)translation

Watch the Video

This event was moderated by Kyu Y. Rhee, MD, PhD, Vice Chair of the ASCI’s Physician-Scientist Development Committee, and Professor of Medicine and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Click here for more information and to view past ASCI Scientific Sessions.