Scholarship & Grant Committee
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Overview
The Scholarship and Grant Committee (formerly the Australia & New Zealand Scholarships & Grant Committee) is the RACS body that oversees the Scholarship and Grant Program. The Specialist Surgical Training Boards of the following are all represented:
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- General Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
- Paediatric Surgery
- Urology
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
The Committee also has a representative from the Academic Surgery Section, International Engagement Committee and Military Surgery. The Chair of the Board of Research, Audit and Academic Surgery and the RACS Censor in Chief are ex officio members.
Objectives
The objectives of the Scholarship and Grant Committee are:
- to foster a research milieu within RACS
- to increase the research profile of RACS among Fellows, Trainees and the wider community
- to be accountable to RACS Council for reporting on any research related policy or matters
- to develop and review policy relating to research
- to ensure fiscal responsibility in maintenance of scholarship bequests
- to take an active role in directing research funding.
Membership
Associate Professor Andrew Cochrane - Chair
Professor Amal Abou-Hamden - Deputy Chair
Committee Members
Professor Julian Smith - Cardiothoracic
Dr Damien Loh - General (Australia)
Vacant - General (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Vacant - Indigenous Health Committee
Associate Professor Andrew Davidson - Military
Professor Amal Abou-Hamden - Neurosurgery
Dr Sarah O’Reilly-Harbidge - Orthopaedic (Australia)
Dr Neville Strick - Orthopaedic (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Associate Professor Larry Kalish - Otolaryngology Head & Neck (Australia)
Dr Mark Izzard - Otolaryngology Head & Neck (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Professor Craig McBride - Paediatric
Dr Michael Findlay - Plastic & Reconstructive (Australia)
Dr Rita Yang - Plastic & Reconstructive (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Dr Marlon Perera - Urology
Professor Zsolt Balogh - Section of Academic Surgery representative
Dr Manar Khashram – Vascular
Associate Professor David McClure – International Engagement Committee Representative
Associate Professor Andrew Cochrane - RAAS Chair, Ex officio
Dr Phillip Moreau - Censor in Chief, Ex officio
Contact
Scholarship & Grant Committee Secretariat
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Office: 24 King William Street, Kent Town, SA
Telephone: +61 8 8239 1000
Email: [email protected]