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Awards Grants & Recognition

Anne C. Carter Award

AMWA honors the memory of Anne C. Carter, MD, with an annual award for outstanding student leadership.

Criteria

-National AMWA medical student member
-Demonstrated exceptional leadership skills through vision, inspiration, innovation, and coordination of local projects that further the mission of AMWA by improving women's health and/or supporting women in medicine
-Must be nominated by an AMWA student chapter

Award

Both the individual award recipient and the nominating chapter receive funds (to be used at the chapter's discretion).  Awardees will be honored during AMWA's Annual Meeting. The individual award recipient, as well as members of the student chapter, are strongly encouraged to attend the meeting.  The chapter stipend may be used to assist in the cost of attendance.

Previous Winners

2004    Sarah Friedman
2005    Susie Skaff Hagan
2006    Katie Kupfer
2007    Elizabeth Shurell
2008    Elmira Sadeghi-Razlighi
2009    Misty Richards
2010    Ashley Styczynski
2011    Adrienne Clark

To Submit a Nominee: 

See the Awards Application to submit your nominee.  A statement of interest along with the candidates CV and the Awards Application are and required to complete your nomination.  NEW DEADLINE: January 15, 2012.

Awardees must be present at the Awards Presentation Ceremony at AMWA's Annual Meeting in order to be eligible to receive an award. 

 

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Medicine: A Woman's Career

When AMWA was founded in 1915, women represented 5-6% of all physicians in the U.S. The organization's statement of purpose was, "to bring Medical Women into communication with each other for their mutual advantage, and to encourage social and harmonious relations within and without the profession."

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A leading advocate for women's health and women in medicine, AMWA is an active participant in setting national health care policy and influencing legislation on women's health issues.

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