Research / Career Resources

S-SPIRE is dedicated to serving the research efforts of the Department of Surgery's faculty and trainees. In addition to reading and presentations for designing your project and using surgical data sets, we have gathered a collection of resources to aid in your professional development as you pursue a career in academic surgery.

To find funding for your project, please look through the list of internal and external surgery-specific funding opportunities.

Funding Opportunities

Resources

Associations

AcademyHealth Surgical and Perioperative Care Interest Group

Within AcademyHealth, the Surgical and Perioperative Care Interest Group is a unique network of multi-professional stakeholders focused on the research and policy issues most important to surgical and perioperative patients.

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Association for Academic Surgery

Founded in 1866, the mission of the AAS is to inspire and develop young academic surgeons. Active members have traditionally held faculty appointments at a recognized academic center. Active membership is also available to senior/chief residents and fellows in approved training programs in general surgery and the surgical specialties. The impetus of the membership remains research-based academic surgery.

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Mixed Methods International Research Association

The Mixed Methods International Research Association was founded in 2013 to promote the development of an international and interdisciplinary mixed methods research community.

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Society for Medical Decision Making

If you are involved in health care decision making, working in a hospital, university, foundation, industry or government, at any stage of your career, SMDM can provide you with a scholarly home and opportunities for collaboration, professional growth, networking and mentorship.

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Society of University Surgeons

The mission of the SUS is supporting and advancing leaders in academic surgery. The Society of University Surgeons was established in 1938 when Dr. Samuel J. Stabins, Chief Surgical Resident at the University of Rochester proposed the idea of a new surgical society whose members (1) had completed a rigorous training program in the tradition of Dr. William Halsted at Johns Hopkins Medical School and (2) held a faculty position at a United States medical school.

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Surgical Outcomes Club

The Surgical Outcomes Club is a consortium of surgeons and scientists interested in advancing health services and outcomes research in surgery. Officially launched at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in 2005, SOC provides a virtual and real meeting place for investigators addressing some of the most pressing clinical and policy issues facing the surgical profession today.

SOC aims to facilitate networking with established surgical outcome researchers and provide a platform for fostering collaborations. It will also serve as a clearinghouse for educational materials and other resources for surgeons wishing to learn more about the field.

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Foundations

The Commonwealth Fund

The Commonwealth Fund was established in 1918 with the broad charge to enhance the common good.

Today, the mission of The Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, and people of color.

The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries.

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is the nation’s largest philanthropy dedicated solely to health. Since 1972, they have supported research and programs targeting some of America’s most pressing health issues—from substance abuse to improving access to quality health care.

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Russell Sage Foundation

The Russell Sage Foundation was established by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Sage in 1907 for "the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States." In its early years the Foundation undertook major projects in low-income housing, urban planning, social work, and labor reform. The Foundation now dedicates itself exclusively to strengthening the methods, data, and theoretical core of the social sciences as a means of diagnosing social problems and improving social policies.

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Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH)

In addition to offering seed grants to support research projects that apply innovative approaches to global health problems in resource-poor settings, Stanford CIGH sponsors a variety of courses to increase your global health skills and research repertoire. Stanford CIGH also boasts a partnership with the University of Zimbabwe and the Fogarty Global Health Equity Scholars Fellowship.

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