Ashley Spann, MD, MSACI, assistant professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, is the inaugural recipient of the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program Hepatology Award from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).
The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, an initiative started more than 20 years ago by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, works to increase the representation of minority scholars in academic medicine. The AASLD Governing Board recently approved funding to provide an annual stipend and research support for four years to one hepatology scholar. AASLD is the leading organization of scientists and health care professionals committed to preventing and curing liver disease.
Spann also recently received a Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award. She is one of 65 physicians in the program’s third cohort that aims to increase diversity in clinical trials by training and mentoring early-stage investigator physicians who are diverse or have demonstrated commitment to clinical trial diversity.