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Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has been selected as the host institution for the newly reinstated APS Howland Visiting Professor Program. The 2025 APS John Howland Award recipient, renowned pediatric pulmonology leader Bonnie W. Ramsey, MD, will visit the institution to share her knowledge and experience, exchange ideas and discuss critical issues affecting academic pediatrics. Congratulations to Vanderbilt University on receiving this honor!
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“We are deeply alarmed by the actions taken this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The apparent goal of this meeting was to sow doubt in vaccines rather than advance sound vaccine policy, and we will all pay a price for that…
Our organizations, representing autistic individuals, their families, medical professionals and public health workers, are alarmed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is promoting the outdated, disproven idea that vaccines cause autism.
We are thrilled to announce the addition of 92 new APS members for 2026!
Starting in January, you can find their introductions featured in the APS Digest’s “Spotlight on New Members” section.
Congratulations to our newest members!
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Join the Advocacy Policy Committee’s Combating Anti-Science Workgroup for a thought-provoking book club discussion of Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us.
We’re thrilled to welcome the author, Dr. Sara Gorman, who will join us on February 2, 2026, at 4 pm CT for the conversation. Register Here
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APS New Century Scholars – Offers resident mentorship aimed at increasing the diversity of the academic pediatric workforce.
APS RAPID Scholars – RAPID supports residents, fellows, and junior faculty who identify as underrepresented in medicine (URIM), and who are committed to a career in academic pediatrics.
Pediatric Scientist Development Program – Supports pediatricians with an MD, DO, or MD/PhD degree who will devote themselves to academic careers with a strong research component.
APS SPR Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research Program – A program designed to encourage and support promising early-career investigators in pediatrics.
Together we will touch many lives as we lift up the next generation, developing the leaders of tomorrow across academic pediatrics.
