Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology

10th Annual AUPO/RPB RESIDENT AND FELLOW RESEARCH FORUM
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2007

The AUPO Board of Trustees is proud to announce the 10th Annual AUPO/RPB Resident and Fellow Research Forum.  AUPO was founded to promote excellence in ophthalmic education.  The AUPO Board of Trustees believes strongly that skills learned by participating in research are an invaluable component of the education of an ophthalmologist.  The establishment of the AUPO/RPB Resident and Fellow Research Forum is an acknowledgment by the AUPO of the importance of research in ophthalmic education.  The Forum is intended to encourage the most promising house officers to pursue a career in academic ophthalmology and vision research.

The 10th Annual AUPO/RPB Resident and Fellow Research Forum will be held during the annual meeting of the AUPO.  Residents or fellows carrying out research on a full or part-time basis, or medical students doing a full year of research, in any approved residency training program in the United States and Canada may apply to participate in the forum.  Abstracts of research carried out by candidates should be submitted to Bartly Mondino, M.D., at the AUPO San Francisco office, at the address listed on the application.  The deadline for receipt of abstracts is October 1 each year.  Abstracts should be in ARVO format.  The abstract must be accompanied by a supporting letter from the candidate's Department Chair.  No candidate may submit more than one abstract, although there is no limit to the number of abstracts that may be submitted from any department.  A winning presenter is eligible to present only once at an AUPO Annual Meeting.  A subcommittee of the AUPO Board of Trustees will review the abstracts and notify successful candidates by November 15.  A maximum of 4 candidates will be chosen to present their research at the annual meeting.

Each year, AUPO schedules a session for the Resident and Fellow Research Forum as an integral part of the AUPO annual meeting.  This year's forum will be held at The Ritz Carlton in Sarasota, Florida, on Friday, February 1, 2008.  AUPO will be responsible for all travel-related expenses in keeping with AUPO reimbursement guidelines.  The winners who present their research will receive a cash award of $500 plus a commemorative certificate.

The AUPO Trustees and members wish to express their appreciation to Research to Prevent Blindness, to its Board of Directors, and to David Weeks, Chairman, and to Diane Swift, President, for the generous grant to AUPO that has made possible the Resident and Fellow Research Forum.  The AUPO Trustees hope that this forum will continue to promote excellence in research by residents and fellows and to identify and support those individuals considering a career in ophthalmic research. Additionally, this forum will serve to familiarize AUPO members with ophthalmic residents and fellows who show unusual promise for productive careers in academic ophthalmology.

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