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FAER’s Plate Full With New Programs, Expanded
Activities
he Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
(FAER) is looking forward to an exciting year in 2006
as we work toward enhancing current programs, implementing
new programs and expanding fundraising efforts.
FAER programs and activities for 2006 include:
Anesthesia Research Grant Awards:
Application due on February 15 and
August 15, 2006:
• Research Starter Grant
(Support to initiate projects for which investigators
will seek further support.)
• Mentored Research Training Grant
(Assist recipients to become independent investigators.)
• Research Fellowship Grant
(Provide significant training in research techniques
and scientific methods.)
• Research in Education Grant
(Improve quality and productivity of education and
research in anesthesiology.)
FAER/Abbott-Volwiler and Tabern Resident
Scholar Program: FAER and Abbott Laboratories
join together to provide CA-1 and CA-2 residents the
opportunity to attend and experience the ASA Annual
Meeting and to learn about new advances in anesthesiology
as well increase the awareness of the educational,
scientific and political issues facing the specialty.
Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship
Program (MSARF): This program provides support
to both medical students and host departments for
eight to 12 weeks of anesthesiology-related research
experience and is a new element in FAER’s commitment
to attract scientific talent to academic anesthesiology.
The 2005 pilot program brought 15 promising medical
students in contact with mentors from across the country.
FAER Research Councils: The councils
focus on four research areas, geriatrics, pain medicine,
pediatrics and critical care, to expand and enhance
ongoing efforts to bring more attention and much needed
funds to anesthesiology research and education. Currently
the FAER Geriatrics Council is seeking grant applications
associated with factors predicting outcome in geriatric
surgical patients. For more information, see the FAER
Web site at <faer.org/councils.php>.
Academy of Anesthesia Mentors: This
organization takes an active role in educational and
research programs to develop junior faculty and to
assist faculty who are beginning in a mentoring role.
The academy will meet at the Annual Meeting of the
Association of University Anesthesiologists, which
will take place on May 11-13, 2006, in Tucson, Arizona.
ASA Centennial Gala: Save the
Date. The ASA Centennial Gala will be held during
the ASA 2006 Annual Meeting on Monday, October 16,
2006, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. On behalf of ASA
and its foundations, we urge you to mark your calendars
for an exceptional evening with friends and colleagues.
We are proud to offer wide-ranging programs designed
to build and enhance the skills necessary to conduct
clinical, basic and translational research in anesthesiology.
FAER is committed to the development of anesthesiologists
in all areas of the specialty.
FAER continues to solicit grants and contributions
from private foundations, the pharmaceutical industry
and individuals to support such programs. In order
to continue these programs, we depend on your financial
support. For more information regarding these programs
and how you can contribute to support FAER, please
visit our Web site at <faer.org>.
August 2005 FAER Grant Recipients
AER is pleased to announce the recipients of the August
2005 Research Grant Award cycle whose research projects
began on January 1, 2006. The FAER Board of Directors
expresses appreciation for the time and effort that
the applicants, ASA Committee on Research and FAER Education
Grant Committee members have committed to this process.
Mentored Research Training Grant ($75,000 year
one, $100,000 year two; Mentor Stipend $40,000/year)
 Max
Kanevsky, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford, California: Anesthetic Preconditioning
in BK Channel Knockout Mice. Mentor: Richard
W. Aldrich, Ph.D.
 Claus
U. Niemann, M.D., University of California-San Francisco:
The Effect of Mild Hypothermia on Hepatic Cellular
Metabolism and Transcription Factor Expression in Obese
Rats During Ischemia Reperfusion. Mentor:
Jacquelyn J. Maher, M.D.
 Mark
D. Rollins, M.D., Ph.D., University of California-San
Francisco: A Comparison of Tissue Oxygen Levels
in Multiple Organs During Isovolemic Hemodilution With
Right and Left-Shifted Hemoglobin-Based Blood Substitutes.
Mentor: Harriet W. Hopf, M.D.
Research in Education Grant ($50,000 year one,
$50,000 year two)
 Brian
D. Sites, M.D., Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center,
Lebanon, New Hampshire: The Design and Validation
of a Training Intervention Which Accelerates the Novice
to Expert Performance and Limits Risk to Patients for
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia. Mentor:
George Blike, M.D.
Research Fellowship Grant ($50,000 for one year)
 Matthew
D. McEvoy, M.D., Medical University of South Carolina,
Charleston, South Carolina: Modulation of Proteolytic
Pathways by Aprotinin: Myocardial Protection in Ischemia-Reperfusion.
Mentor: Francis G. Spinale, M.D., Ph.D.
FAER is currently accepting grant applications for research
funding. Please visit our Web site at <faer.org>
for more information about FAER funding opportunities,
the application process, grant review committee membership
and grant history.
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