Early Career Special Interest Group (EC-SIG)

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EC-SIG Get-together before the Update Meeting.

The AE-PCOS Early Career Special Interest Group (EC-SIG) is a forum for early career professionals to network and obtain professional development. 

The Early Career Group is for current AE-PCOS Associate members in good standing.

  Activities include quarterly conference calls and on-line meet the professor sessions as well as special networking events at scientific meetings. Early career professionals of the AE-PCOS society are encouraged to participate in the Early Career Special Interest Group.  Please contact the co-chairs below for more details.

Dr. Jamie Laura Benham, MD PhD FRCPC, Co-Chair
Jamie Laura Benham, M.D., Ph.D. FRCPC, Co-Chair
Tina Gorsek, PhD, Co-chair
Tina Gorsek, Ph.D, Co-chair
Marla Lujan., Ph.D. Faculty Mentor
Marla Lujan., Ph.D. Faculty Mentor

Early Career Special Interest Group eligibility:

Membership is open to early career professionals who are active members of the AEPCOS Society. Early career professionals include those at the undergraduate, pre-doctoral, doctoral, and masters, postdoctoral level as well as clinical fellows and faculty and/or professionals within 5 years of their most recent training completion.

 

Past year's events:

  • Patient Advocacy with Rachel Mormon
  • Research Outreach with Ansh Labs CEO Tony Morrison
  • Meet the Professor events with Prof. Rebecca Campbell and Prof. Melanie Cree
  • Launched EDGEPCOS talks
  • Progress and Pitfalls in PCOS Symposiums featuring Southeast Asia and Australasia
  • Annual Meeting Networking and Leadership coaching events
  • Quarterly Meetings in February, April, July
  • Lightning Rounds each quarterly meeting featuring ECSIG

Upcoming events:

  • Quarterly meetings
  • EC-SIG networking and mentorship events at the AEPCOS Annual Meeting in October
  • Ongoing support of the EDGE-PCOS Initiative
  • May 10, 2025 Update Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark "Brain-body cross-talk in PCOS"
  • ECSIG Dinner - Warpigs Brewpub for 4:00 PM on the 9th of May. You can learn more about the venue here: https://warpigs.dk/brewpub/