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The American Urological Association (AUA) Foundation announced the award winners for the 2009 Research Scholar Program. The AUA Foundation Research Scholar Program supports young scientists in the early stages of their research careers. This year, a record number of candidates applied for awards.

The Research Scholar Program provides support to young men and women who are interested in pursuing a career in urologic research. Applicants can choose from one- and two-year fellowships for MDs and PhDs.

The program seeks to attract the highest quality research candidates available and offers a $30,000 salary stipend for each year of the award, with a 100 percent match from the researcher's institution.

"We are incredibly proud to be able to sponsor a record number of scholars this year," said AUA Foundation Executive Director Sandra Vassos, MPA. "By supplementing researcher salaries, we hope to attract the best and brightest to research urologic conditions so that we can meet our goal of ultimately curing urologic diseases."

The following researchers have been named AUA Foundation Research Scholars for 2009:

Scott Delacroix, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Evaluation of Nicotinamide N-Metyhltransferase Modulation on Chemotherapeutic Susceptibility of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

Smitha Dutt, PhD, University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Role of Trefoil Factor 1 (TFF1) in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer

Amit Gupta, MD, MPH, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Significance of Prostate-Specific Antigen and Kallikrein 2 (hK2) in Prostate Cancer

Guang Jia, PhD, The Ohio State University
Phase 0 MRI Study to Detect in Vivo Protein Levels in Prostate Cancer

HaiHong Jiang, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic
Electrostimulation After Delivery Injury to Treat Urinary Incontinence

Xiaogang Jiang, MD, PhD, University of Washington
The Role of Inadequate Elastin De
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