Research Scholar Award Competition Offers Two Awards Dedicated to Diversity & Inclusion
Research Scholar Awards provide $40,000 per year for one- or two-year mentored research training for clinical and postdoctoral fellows or early-career faculty. Sponsoring institutions provide additional financial support, an outstanding research environment and access to excellent mentorship. Two new awards are available for 2021 that focus on diversity and the inclusion of women and underrepresented minorities in urologic research. Learn More
New Rising Star in Urology Research Awardee Announced
The AUA and its Urology Care Foundation are excited to announce Simpa Salami, MD, MPH as the recipient of the 2020 Rising Stars in Urology Research Award. Dr. Salami is a urologic oncologist and assistant professor of urology at the University of Michigan where he maintains a translational prostate cancer research laboratory. He is mentored by Ganesh Palapattu, MD; Scott Tomlins, MD, PhD; and Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD on a project titled “Radiogenomic Characterization of Prostate Cancer: Distinguishing Aggressive from Indolent Disease.” Learn More
Explore Big Data Analysis in Urology Research with Online Courses
The “Big Data and ‘Omics’ Analysis in Urology” course delivers insight into the methods used to generate large datasets with ‘omics’ technologies and the bioinformatics tools required for analyses. This is the AUA’s second online course dedicated to supporting urologic researchers, and is now available on AUAUniversity. Begin working with big data and take the course today! Learn More
Online Course for Urology Researchers Seeking NIH Funding
The "Writing A Successful Career Development Award Application" course is written by NIH-funded urology researchers and will help prepare early-career investigators to write competitive grant applications. While this course focuses on preparing an NIH Career Development Award application, the tips from established researchers with strong funding records are applicable to most career development-type award mechanisms. Improve your grant writing skills and take the course today! View More