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The 2024 application is live! Deadline March 19 at 3pm Eastern
Wednesday, February 7th, 2024AMFDP Astronaut!
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022Watch an interview with 2003 Scholar Robert Satcher, Jr. (Bobby) as he discusses the future of space exploration. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/one-former-nasa-astronauts-view-on-what-is-next-in-space-exploration
PRIDE: Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research
Wednesday, January 27th, 2021All-expenses-paid opportunities for summer training for underrepresented junior faculty. Flyer here: https://pridecc.wustl.edu/files/3916/1124/3280/PRIDECC_Flyer2021.pdf
Pregnancy and Raising Children in Academic Medicine
Monday, November 13th, 2017AMFDP National Advisory Committee member J.A. Grisso interviewed three Scholars about the challenges of nurturing both a faculty career and small children at the same time. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pregnancy-raising-children-academic-medicine-jeane-ann-grisso/ The story is also posted on RWJF’s Health Leadership Network on LinkedIn.
Smoking During Pregnancy linked to Severe Asthma in Teen Years
Monday, January 28th, 2013Esteban Burchard, Alumnus Scholar of the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, along with other researchers, conducted an analysis of nearly 2,500 Latino and African-American children with asthma. They found that children between age 8 and 17 with acute asthma symptoms were far more likely to have had mothers who smoked during pregnancy, even when the team controlled for elements such as education, socioeconomic level and childhood exposure to tobacco smoke. Read the full article.