Early Career Special Interest Group (EC-SIG)

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 2026 Updates

  • The next EC-SIG meeting will be held January 26, 2026 at 5 PM EST. Meeting invite details will be sent to all EC-SIG members by email.
  • Our next Meet the Professor Session features Prof. Michael O’Reilly. Save the Date for April 23, 2026 at 10:30 AM EST.
  • Join the EC-SIG at the AE-PCOS Update Meeting in Prague! Details to follow.  

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
Tina Gorsek, Ph.D.
Melanie Cree, MP, PhD
Faculty Mentor
Melanie Cree, MP, PhD Faculty Mentor
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/