Awards and Prizes

The Menopause Society is pleased to announce the recipients of the Society’s 2024 awards. 

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Recognition Award

Menopause Best Paper Award

This award recognizes the best paper published in Menopause in 2023. The recipient is selected by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. 

Jennifer T Allen

Recipient:
Jennifer T Allen, MD, FACOG, MSCP
Augusta, Georgia

Needs assessment of menopause education in United States obstetrics and gynecology residency training programs
Menopause 
2023;30(10):1002-1005.

Trainee Scholarships

The Menopause Society Thomas Clarkson/Leon Speroff Trainee Scholarships 
In recognition of Dr. Thomas Clarkson and Dr. Leon Speroff, two outstanding luminaries in the field of menopause and midlife women’s health, one medical resident and one DNP student will each receive up to $1,500 in travel reimbursement to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting. The Society will also provide a complimentary registration to each recipient to attend the main program of the Annual Meeting.

Kayla Drennen-Ferguson

Kayla Drennen-Ferguson, RN, LPC-MHSP, DNP-S
Memphis, Tennessee

Celine Sayed

Celine Sayed, MD, CCFP
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

New Investigator Awards 

These awards recognize the outstanding abstract submissions of four investigators who have achieved their degree within the past 7 years. 

Arina Chesnokova, MD, MPH, MSCP

Arina Chesnokova, MD, MPH, MSCP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Intira Sriprasert, MD, PhD 

Intira Sriprasert, MD, PhD 
Los Angeles, California

Endowment Scholarships 

This first member-initiated scholarship was established in 2012 by a generous endowment to the Society from Ralph J Turner, MD, FACOG, MSCP, to honor long-time member, Irwin J Kerber, MD, MSCP. For 2024, the scholarship provided five clinicians working in women’s health with a one-year (Jan-Dec) 2025 Society membership, complimentary registration to attend the main program of The Society’s 2024 Annual Meeting (either virtually or in-person), and up to $600 in travel reimbursement if attending the Annual Meeting in person.

Jessica Bujouves, MD, MBBS

Recipient: 
Jessica Bujouves, MD, MBBS 
Easthaven, Massachusetts

Clare Cutri-French, MD

Recipient:
Clare Cutri-French, MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Sylyna Kennedy, APRN, CNM

Recipient:
Sylyna Kennedy, APRN, CNM
Tyler, Texas

Brooke Simmons, WHNP

Recipient:
Brooke Simmons, WHNP
Tyler, Texas 

Krystene Wray, WHNP-BC, IBCLC, PMH-C, DNP-S

Recipient:
Krystene Wray, WHNP-BC, IBCLC, PMH-C, DNP-S
Overland Park, Kansas

The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health 

New for 2024, two additional travel awards sponsored by the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health provide funding for registration to the main program of the 2024 Annual Meeting and funds for travel. 

Alicia M Cole

Alicia M Cole
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

Jillian L Joyce, BS

Jillian L Joyce, BS
Los Angeles, California 

The Menopause Society Annual Meeting 2024

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