ASBMR e-News Weekly: June 24, 2021 Edition

ASBMR has committed $140k to expand the number of travel grants it provides to members so that they can attend this year’s Annual Meeting in-person!
 
Early-stage investigator members that receive oral, plenary poster or poster abstract presentations and attend the Annual Meeting in-person will receive $500-$750 USD to offset their travel to San Diego, California, USA.
 
Mid-career stage investigator members that receive oral abstract presentations will receive $500-$750 USD in travel support.
 
Travel support is available to qualified members that submit an abstract by either the regular or late-breaking abstract submission deadline. ASBMR invites you again to submit abstracts on clinical, basic and/or translational subjects that describe novel, groundbreaking research findings of the highest scientific impact during the late-breaking abstract submission period starting Wednesday, July 7. The deadline to submit your research is Wednesday, July 28.

Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2021 ASBMR Esteemed Awards!
 

ASBMR is pleased to announce the 2021 Esteemed Awardees! ASBMR will spotlight one award recipient in e-news each week leading up to the ASBMR 2021 Annual Meeting.
 
Louis V. Avioli Founders Award
Andre Van Wijnen, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, United States
 
William F. Neuman Award
Steven Cummings, M.D., San Francisco Coordinating Center, United States
 
Shirley Hohl Service Award
Jane Aubin, Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada
 
Paula Stern Achievement Award
Sherri-Ann Burnett Bowie, M.D., M.P.H., Massachusetts General Hospital
 
Adele Boskey Award
Mary Bouxsein, Ph.D., Harvard University, United States
 
Frederic C. Bartter Award
Karl Insogna, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, United States
 
Gideon A. Rodan Award
Marian Hannan, D.Sc., M.P.H., HSL Marcus Institute for Aging Research and Harvard Medical School, United States
 
Lawrence G. Raisz Award
Lorenz Hofbauer, M.D., TU Dresden University Medical Center, Germany
 
Fuller Albright Award
Mathieu Ferron, Ph.D., Montreal Clinical Research Institute, Canada
 
Stephen M. Krane Award
Mary (Cindy) Farach Carson, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Dentistry, United States

ASBMR Creates Task Force to Reassess
the Inclusion of Race in Determining Bone Fracture Risk in Patients
 

As recent conversations over race-based corrections to clinical algorithms have raised questions about the scientific data doctors rely on to treat their patients across a variety of medical fields, the ASBMR has formed a task force to examine the inclusion of race and/or ethnicity in the diagnosis and subsequent management of individual bone fracture risk in patients. Sherri-Ann M. Burnett-Bowie, M.D., MPH, Harvard Medical School and Jane A. Cauley, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh will serve as task force co-chairs. The task force will present an update of its work at the ASBMR Annual Meeting in October 2021. Read the full press release here.

ASBMR Council Approves Adoption of a Member Code of Conduct
 

The ASBMR Council formally approved the adoption of a Member Code of Conduct. The new policy affirms the Society’s commitment to promoting ethical conduct among its members, staff, and affiliates. It also ensures that any allegations of harassment reported will be investigated and acted upon while protecting confidentiality and affording due process to all parties. You can read the full ASBMR Member Code of Conduct here on the ASBMR website.

Don’t Miss the Next ASBMR Member Spotlight Series on June 30 at 1:00 PM EDT
 

Don’t miss out on next week’s session of the ASBMR Member Spotlight Series on Wednesday, June 30 at 1:00 PM EDT. Tune in as Noriyoshi Kurihara, DDS, Ph.D., Research Professor at Indiana University, presents on the contribution of osteoclast-IGF1 and osteocyte on Paget lesions formation in Paget's bone disease, and Jon Paul Elizondo, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station, presents on jump training and sclerostin antibody treatment as preventive countermeasures to microgravity-induced bone loss. Following each presentation, there is an opportunity for Q&A and discussion with the audience.
 
This monthly series brought to you by the ASBMR Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee aims to highlight the research of ASBMR members in a collaborative setting, and aims in particular to shine a light on the research being done by ASBMR members belonging to groups underrepresented in biomedical research (i.e., Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders). ALL members at all career levels are invited to participate in these sessions. Register to attend the Member Spotlight Series here!
 
To sign up to present, or nominate a colleague to present, visit the ASBMR website  - spots are limited!

Early-Stage Investigators Encouraged to Apply
to NIH Early Career Review Program
 

The National Institutes of Health’s Center for Scientific Review welcomes early-stage investigators who have not successfully competed for R01-equivalent NIH funding, to apply to for the Early Career Reviewer Program. The program aims to help early career scientists become more competitive as grant applicants through first-hand experience with peer review and to enrich and diversify CSR’s pool of trained reviewers.