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Young Investigator Forum

The ANMS is pleased to announce a unique education/mentoring program, the ANMS Young Investigator Forum on August 15-16, 2019 held simultaneously with the ANMS Clinical Course. The recipients will be chosen from a competitive abstract submission process and 15 young investigators whose scientific work will have been judged as one of the highest scoring abstracts submitted will be invited to attend the ANMS Young Investigator Forum and to also participate in the Scientific Meeting that begins at 6:00 pm on August 16 to be held at the Swissôtel in Chicago, Illinois.

Awardees will receive complimentary registration, up to two nights lodging and a travel award, and have a unique opportunity to interact with world renowned faculty, and participate in a one-on-one mentoring program over 1.5 days.

Abstract Deadline: March 1, 2019 (11:59 pm midnight EST)

Submit your Abstract online here

Please check the Award box entitled Young Investigator Forum on the Abstract Submission Form if you would like your abstract considered for the Young Investigator Forum.  See below for eligibility.

Candidates for participation will be current gastroenterology fellows, medical and PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, or junior faculty (less than 2 years on faculty at the time of the meeting and in an early stage of an independent career) in both basic science and clinical investigation). The award criteria are based on career status and the scientific quality of the abstract. Each abstract will be reviewed and scored by reviewers and the awards based on the highest scoring abstract. Submission materials: 1) Curriculum vitae; 2) Scientific abstract – The abstract submission can be a new abstract or one previously submitted to another scientific meeting, and should be 2700 or fewer characters.

To allow an opportunity for all eligible candidates to participate, if you have participated in a YIF program in the past, you are not eligible for future programs.

A Grant proposal is required if abstract is accepted 6 weeks prior to the meeting date. A 2-5 page NIH grant proposal or Research Aims and hypothesis). This will be used for the purposes of discussion and faculty input during the small group breakout session on grant writing skills.

Please forward a copy of your curriculum vitae and grant proposal to admin@motilitysociety.org. All participants are encouraged to bring academic-related questions on topics to be discussed and other pertinent issues.

The Forum’s objectives are:

  1. To provide a unique opportunity for one-on-one mentoring of young investigators (trainees) who will pursue an academic career in FGIDs and neurogastroenterology and gastrointestinal motility disorders;
  2. To interact with young investigators by engaging in small group discussions, and providing didactic lectures on core academic topics (publishing, grant submissions, giving lectures, and starting a motility lab);
  3. To provide and develop leadership skills and discuss opportunities for academic growth and development

Abstract Category Choices:
Appetite Regulation, Satiety, Obesity, and Nutrition
Biliary, Pancreatic and Small Intestinal Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Disorders
Brain Gut Axis in Health and Disease: Human Studies
Brain Gut Axis in Health and Disease: Basic Research
Colon and Anorectum: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Disorders
Electrogastrography, Electrical Control, and Gut Electrical Stimulation
Enteric Neurons: Development and Degeneration, Enteric Neurobiology and Circuitry
Esophageal Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Disorders
Epidemiology, Genetics, Cross-Cultural and Psychosocial Factors in Functional GI Disorders in Adults
Gastric Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Disorders
GI Motility and Functional GI Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Neuroimmune Modulation of Secretomotor, Vasomotor, Pain and Barrier Functions in Health and Disease
New Technologies for Understanding Neuogastroenterology and Motility: Epigenetics, Optogenetics, Proteomics
Pharmacotherapy and Pharmacogenomics
Psychogastroenterology and Behavioral Interventions
Microbiome and Probiotics in GI Health and Disease
Sex Differences in Neurogastroenterology and Motility
Signaling: Hormones, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Channels, Secondary Messengers
Smooth Muscle and Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Health and Disease

We hope you will consider attending the meeting and look forward to seeing you in Chicago and sharing in this exciting meeting.