Anthony Eze, MD, General Surgery Resident, was awarded the 2023 Trainee Research Grant for Global Surgery from the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS). This grant will help fund Dr. Eze's research project titled: "Saving Intestines at Birth: Mobilizing Midwizes & Low-Cost Silos to Improve Gastroschisis Mortality in Uganda."
About the AAS/AASF Trainee Research Fellowship Award
The AAS/AASF Trainee Research Fellowship Award provides an eligible resident or fellow who has completed at least two years of postgraduate training in a surgical discipline the opportunity to spend one year in a full-time research position with an AAS member. The award of $30,000 for one year per award may be used for salary support or for the direct-cost expenditures of the research. The award is to be expended solely for the purpose of the sponsored research.