Awards and Prizes
The Menopause Society is pleased to announce the recipients of the Society’s 2024 awards.
The Menopause Society is pleased to announce the recipients of the Society’s 2024 awards.
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.
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, RN, LPC-MHSP, DNP-S
Memphis, Tennessee
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
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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.
Recipient:
Jessica Bujouves, MD, MBBS
Easthaven, Massachusetts
Recipient:
Clare Cutri-French, MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recipient:
Sylyna Kennedy, APRN, CNM
Tyler, Texas
Recipient:
Brooke Simmons, WHNP
Tyler, Texas
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
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jillian L Joyce, BS
Los Angeles, California
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