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International Insight

The IDEA Award Offers Travel Opportunities to the Annual Meeting

The ASCO Cancer Foundation® is now accepting applications for the International Development and Education Award (IDEA). The IDEA Program enables oncologists in countries with limited resources to attend the ASCO Annual Meeting and visit a cancer center in the United States or Canada. The 2010 Annual Meeting will be held in Chicago, Illinois, from June 4-10, 2010.

The IDEA Program is designed to help early career oncologists from developing countries expand their current knowledge, earn continuing medical education, and share their learning experience at the Meeting with colleagues in their home countries, ultimately enhancing the quality of cancer care around the world. The grants help international physicians establish strong relationships with ASCO members who serve as scientific mentors. The monetary award covers expenses associated with attending the Meeting (including registration, airfare, hotel, and meals) and the visit to a cancer center. Award recipients also receive a complimentary AS CO membership for three years, which includes a subscription to the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

The 2010 IDEA application will open October 1, 2009. Grant criteria and the application are available at www.asco.org. Type the word “idea” in the search box. Applications must be submitted by January 14, 2010.		  
2009 ASCO Cancer Foundation International Development and Education Award (IDEA) Recipients
Back row: Roxana Scheusan, MD, Susan Msadabwe, MBCHB, FC Rad Onc, Andréia Melo, MD, Naiyarat Prasongsook, MD, Timucin Cil, MD, Clement Adebamowo, BM ChB Hons, FWACS, FACS, ScD (Chair, IDEA Working Group), Bijesh Ghimire, MD, Roman Shyyan, MD, Luis Ubillos, MD, Hua-Jun Chen, MD, PhD, Kashif Iqbal, MBBS, MS. Front row: Ritwik Pandey, MBBS, MD, DM, Catherine Nyongesa, MBchB(Nbi), MMED Rad Onc, FC Rad Onc, Dauren Adilbay, MD, Ilham Merad-Lahfa, MD, Leticia Arruda, MD, Yang Xu, MD, PhD, Cynthia Villarreal-Garza, MD, Raafat Abdel Malek, FRCR, Tabassum Wadasadawala, MD, DNB. Not pictured: Parisa Karimi, MD.
 
 
   

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