Memorial Travel Award Program
The AASLD Foundation Memorial Travel Award Program was created to allow individuals to be honored by naming travel awards after them. These awards can be topic-specific, and the recipient(s) will be selected from the abstracts submitted for presentation at The Liver Meeting®.
Funding for these awards comes from donations to the AASLD Foundation in support of the award. Total funding necessary for each award is $3,000 ($2,500 for the award, $500 administrative costs). All funding must be received by May 1 of the year the first recipient is selected for presentation during The Liver Meeting®.
For more information on this program, contact the AASLD Foundation at 703-299-9766, or send an email to Foundation@aasld.org.
Current Travel Awards
Current Travel Awards
To be eligible to receive an Abstract Award:
- The applicant must be the abstract presenter.
- International applicants must be able to obtain a visa to visit the United States, not be on any Restricted Parties List, and comply with all applicable travel requirements, economic and trade sanctions laws.
- AASLD Foundation does not issue payments to countries, entities, or individuals that appear on the sanctions list of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
- Applicants must meet all other stated award criteria and comply with AASLD Foundation’s Abstract Award policies.
All candidates who apply for an Abstract Award are automatically considered for these awards of distinction; there is no separate application process.
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The Leonard B. Seeff Award for Outstanding Research by an Early Career Investigator
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The Professor Margit Hamosh Travel Award
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The Maribel Rodriguez-Torres Travel Award
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The Professor Mindie H. Nguyen Award for Outstanding Clinical Research by Early Career Investigators
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Northern Lights' Canadian Legacy Travel Award
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The Rosalyn and Leo Fried Memorial Travel Award
The Leonard B. Seeff Award for Outstanding Research by an Early Career Investigator
This award is named in recognition of Dr. Leonard B. Seeff’s legacy as a leader in the field of hepatology, his commitment to training future leaders, and his many contributions to both hepatology and AASLD over more than half a century.
Award: $2,500; 1 award available.
- MD applicants must be within four years of completing clinical fellowship training (or equivalent), and PhD applicants must be within 10 years of the receipt of their research degree.
- Applicants must be a member of AASLD.
The Professor Margit Hamosh Travel Award
This award honors the life and legacy of Dr. Hamosh, a holocaust survivor and distinguished pediatrics professor at Georgetown University. The goal of the award is to encourage research on hepatocellular carcinoma and is presented to the early career investigator who submits the most outstanding abstract on hepatocellular carcinoma research for The Liver Meeting®.
Award: $2,500; 1 award available.
- MD applicants must be within four years of completing clinical fellowship training (or equivalent), and PhD applicants must be within 10 years of the receipt of their research degree.
- Abstracts must be submitted to the Hepatobiliary Neoplasia category (L01-L03)
The Maribel Rodriguez-Torres Travel Award
This award honors the memory of Dr. Maribel Rodríguez-Torres, a renowned researcher and treater of HCV and pioneer for the latest treatments for HIV-HCV patients. The goal of the award is to encourage and recognize promising HCV therapy research by early career investigators residing in Latin America or Spain.
Award: $2,500; 1 award available.
- MD applicants must be within four years of completing clinical fellowship training (or equivalent), and PhD applicants must be within 10 years of the receipt of their research degree.
- Abstracts must be submitted to the Hepatitis C category (J01-J05).
- Applicant must reside in Latin America or Spain at time of abstract submission.
- Preference will be given to female applicants.
The Professor Mindie H. Nguyen Award for Outstanding Clinical Research by Early Career Investigators
The goal of the award is to encourage clinical hepatology research in the Africa, Southeast Asia, and Western Pacific regions. The awards will be presented to the early career investigators from the WHO Africa, Southeast Asia, and Western Pacific regions presenting promising clinical research at The Liver Meeting® in viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease, or hepatocellular carcinoma.
Award: $2,500; 4 awards available.
- MD applicants must be within six years of completing clinical fellowship training (or equivalent) and should be within five years of completing their MD, and PhD applicants must be within 10 years of the receipt of their research degree.
- Applicants must be a member of AASLD or willing to join if selected as an award recipient.
Northern Lights' Canadian Legacy Travel Award
This award is the legacy of Mrs. Charmaine N. Watt, a Canadian artist, whose passion for teaching helped pave the way for her children to succeed. Teaching & educating others was her joy and continuing to support and educate fellow Canadians will be her legacy. Some of her favorite paintings depicted the Northern Lights.
This award for residents of Canada provides travel support to (1) one Trainee (Resident or Fellow) and (1) one Advance Practice Provider (APP), who have submitted a meritorious abstract for The Liver Meeting®.
Award: $2,500; 2 awards available.
The Rosalyn and Leo Fried Memorial Travel Award
These awards, established in 2018 by Drs. Michael W. Fried and Beth L. Jonas, are presented in honor of Dr. Fried’s beloved parents, Rosalyn and Leo Fried. Dr. Fried’s parents shaped his life through their sacrifices and provided love and unwavering support as he and his siblings pursued their academic and professional endeavors. Reflective of Dr. Fried’s educational experiences in Israel and their interests in developing hepatology research around the globe, Drs. Fried and Jonas have established two annual Awards that will encourage and inspire bright researchers from Israel and the Middle East to present their research at The Liver Meeting®.
Award: $2,500; 2 awards available.
- MD applicants must be within four years of completing clinical fellowship training (or equivalent), and PhD applicants must be within 10 years of the receipt of their research degree.
- One award will be reserved for applicants who reside in Israel at the time of abstract submission.
- One award will be reserved for applicants who reside in the WHO-defined Eastern Mediterranean Region at the time of abstract submission.
All abstract award recipients are expected to attend the Awards Reception at The Liver Meeting®.
