The Membership and Professional Development committee is pleased to announce that Dr. Wentao Li and Dr. Jennifer Kay are the 2023 EMGS Newly Independent Investigator Engagement Award (NIIEA) Participants!
New investigators who have recently transitioned to independence are invited to apply to be part of the EMGS Newly Independent Investigator Engagement Award Program.
CRITERIA
Applicants must:
Be involved in non-trainee research relevant to the EMGS mission.
Be new investigators (≤ 3 years) in research, academia, industry or government who have recently transitioned to independence.
Pay annual membership dues.
EXPECTATIONS OF PARTICIPANTS
Attend at least two Annual Meetings during the five-year period.
Submit an abstract to the meetings they attend.
Co-chair a Symposium at one Annual Meeting of their choosing.
Join a Special Interest Group (SIG).
Become a member of an EMGS Committee by the fourth year of their program.
Try to publish in Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.
Submit a brief yearly report to the EMGS Membership and Professional Development
Committee to inform the EMGS of their progress in meeting these expectations.
CURRENT PARTICIPANTS
Marc Beal, Ph.D., Health Canada (2022)
Amy Michelle Whitaker, Ph.D., University of Michigan (2022)
Laurie Svoboda Ph.D., University of Michigan School of Public Health (2021)
Elise Fouquerel Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (2021)
Isabelle Racine Miousse, Ph.D., University of Arkansas (2020)
Michael G. Kemp, Ph.D., Wright State University (2019)
Luke Montrose, Ph.D., Boise State University (2019)
Christopher Faulk, Ph.D., University of Minnesota (2018)
Shobhan Gaddameedhi, Ph.D., Washington State University (2018)
Laurie Sanders, Ph.D., Duke University (2018)
ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications are solicited in January with a deadline of March 1st. Individuals who have not already been selected for the program are strongly encouraged to apply each year that they are eligible.
2025 EMGS Program Chair
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