Student Research Award

FWW believes that to improve medicine’s understanding of women’s health, we must invest in the future. By providing awards to exceptional medical/graduate students working on women’s health research, we not only support the research itself but also build the experience and commitment of future physician-scientists.

2009 – Barbara G. & Jack M. Krulewitz Women’s Health Fellowship Award
Created in loving memory of Barbara G. & Jack M. Krulewitz, this award will go to a selected medical graduate student working on a study deemed important to women’s health. This award is non-recurring for $2,500.

FWW is currently accepting applications

Deadline: March 31, 2010 (by 12:00pm EST).

Requirements:
Applicants should be medical students, fellows, residents or the like at an accredited U.S. medical school/institution.

Application:
Please submit the following 3 items via e-mail to sharoncravitz@thefww.org:

1. A brief letter (no more than 2 pages) explaining the study or research you are currently pursuing (either as an assistant to a larger research study or as part of an academic pursuit) and its relevance to women’s health. You should also explain your interest and any professional pursuits related to women’s health.
2. Resume
3. Letter of recommendation from current supervisor

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Previous Awards:

2008 – Barbara G. & Jack M. Krulewitz Women’s Health Fellowship Award
Awarded to Ms. Mychal L. Anderson Thomas, a MD/MPH student at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Mychal is working on research analyzing critical factors in pregnancy outcomes among African American women with higher risk of infant mortality. Her research has recently been accepted for a poster presentation at the Women’s Health 2009: 17th Annual Congress conference whose partner includes the American Medical Women’s Association.

2007 – Ruth Grau Zises Women’s Health Student Research Award
Created in loving memory of Ruth Grau Zises, this award was granted to Roslyn Whitley, Princeton University graduate and current graduate student at Harvard University. Roslyn worked on a research project analyzing treatments’ effects on a neuroendocrine abnormality of the pituitary gland that disproportionately affects women (80% of sufferers are women). This condition is a cause of infertility, osteoporosis, and visual impairment in women. The results of this study were selected for the honor of oral presentation at a national endochrine medical conference in 2008.

2003 + 2004 Recipients
Laura Perlman, Princeton University. Laura studied cardiovascular disease and clot formation. She wrote to us: “I cannot stress enough that the [award] which the Foundation for Women’s Wellness presented has given me a unique, important, and enjoyable experience. Thank you very much for the opportunity to participate in such pertinent and needed research.”

Noaman Vaidya, Tufts University Medical School. Studied insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and clotting in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, a significant cause of infertility, diabetes, and heart disease in women of reproductive age. Noaman wrote to us: “I thank your organization for its support of my research project on polycystic ovary syndrome. The [award] has allowed me to lay the groundwork for what will be an interesting and critical project [in women’s health].”

Sarabeth Broder-Fingert, New York University Medical School. Studied treatments for polycystic ovary syndrome, a significant cause of infertility, diabetes, and heart disease in women of reproductive age.