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<b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Northeast Regional Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Host Institution: University of Rochester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;mso-ligatures:none">Abstract Deadline: Friday, September 5th, 2025, 11:59PM</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Registration Deadline: Friday, October 3rd, 2025, 11:59PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Conference Date: Saturday, October 11th, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">I hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer! We are excited to announce that registration is officially open for the 2025 APSA NE Regional Meeting, taking place this year at the University
of Rochester School of Medicine on Saturday, October 11<sup>th</sup>! This meeting will be held on the same weekend we would typically host our Tri-Institutional Conference, and we hope to have as many MD/PhD trainees from our region as possible.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/code.physicianscientists.org/2025-northeast-regional-meeting/__;!!GobTDDpD7A!K3KP8KtWv_TFXsC3r1aEOODUe21qzD6CTcv7ZHVQYV7-iRhaSyX-B38TGhIKJNda9hfNyWqNJfyBlju1uL4--COSnRU98K-L5I8F$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://code.physicianscientists.org/2025-northeast-regional-meeting/__;!!GobTDDpD7A!K3KP8KtWv_TFXsC3r1aEOODUe21qzD6CTcv7ZHVQYV7-iRhaSyX-B38TGhIKJNda9hfNyWqNJfyBlju1uL4--COSnRU98K-L5I8F$"><span style="color:#FE46A5">REGISTER
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">The event will be comprised of student talks and poster presentations, breakout sessions, panel discussions, and a dynamic keynote address by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.pediatrics.pitt.edu/people/sylvia-owusu-ansah-md-mph-faap__;!!GobTDDpD7A!K3KP8KtWv_TFXsC3r1aEOODUe21qzD6CTcv7ZHVQYV7-iRhaSyX-B38TGhIKJNda9hfNyWqNJfyBlju1uL4--COSnRU98IFaQbfs$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pediatrics.pitt.edu/people/sylvia-owusu-ansah-md-mph-faap__;!!GobTDDpD7A!K3KP8KtWv_TFXsC3r1aEOODUe21qzD6CTcv7ZHVQYV7-iRhaSyX-B38TGhIKJNda9hfNyWqNJfyBlju1uL4--COSnRU98IFaQbfs$"><span style="color:#FE46A5">Sylvia
Owusu-Ansah, MD, MPH, FAAP</span></a>titled:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Medicine, Media, and My Journey: The Impact of "The Pitt" medical drama series</i>. Dr. O is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine from the University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where she also serves as EMS Medical Director. She is a community advocate and researcher, and served as an advisor for the medical drama</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C82613;background:white"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">series
"The Pitt" on HBO MAX.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Please see the attached flyer for more details. Note that attendees will register through the APSA website directly for regular conference registration, abstract submission, and travel
award application(s). Registration is<span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>free</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for all attendees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">We look forward to seeing everyone for a fantastic event, and feel free to reach out in the meantime with any questions. Until then, enjoy the end of summer and transition into the
new semester.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">See you this fall,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Rochester MSTP APSA NE Regional Meeting Planning Committee Co-Chairs & Admin Team:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Karol Szymula<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Hayley Chang<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Anna Kolstad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Nicole Cupp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Andrea Cifonelli (she, her, hers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Coordinator of Combined Programs and Special Initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">MD-PhD Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">PREP-Up and SURF Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Postdoctoral Affairs Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">College of Graduate Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Weiskotten Hall 3118<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:cifonela@upstate.edu"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">cifonela@upstate.edu</span></a></p>
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