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Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon

Recent ARCS Events

The Atlanta Chapter Annual Meeting was held at the Piedmont Driving Club on May 4, 2022.  Signaling a release from the grips of the pandemic, this was our first in-person board meeting for the general membership in two years.  Our president Leslie Petter thanked the entire membership for their dedication, persistence, and generosity during the two years of the pandemic.  She acknowledged the role technology played in allowing our work to continue unabated and thanked the membership for the effort it took to keep up with the fast-moving advances.  At the end of the meeting, with warm congratulations, Leslie passed the gavel to incoming president Sara Jean Burke and her newly elected Board. 

Over lunch, Dr. Shivani Patel, a social epidemiologist and Assistant Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health at Emory, shared her current research in the area of cardio-metabolic health disparities in the United States and her role serving on the India Alliance Early Career Fellowship Selection Committee that reviews postdoctoral applications in health and biomedical sciences in India.  

Leslie Petter and Sara Jean Burke 

Dr. Shivani Patel 

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Thanks from Scholar Kira Newman

"I can only begin to express how grateful I am for the freedom to pursue an independent line of research without having to worry about how I will pay for the necessary lab supplies or training. This award is allowing me to answer broader and more valuable questions than I had previously thought possible... Thank you so much for your kindness, generosity, and belief in my potential as a scientist."

Thanks from Alum Tim Sampson, Postdoctoral Scholar at Caltech

I am immensely grateful to the ARCS Foundation and Turner Enterprises for making my award possible. I am honored to have been part of the talented and promising group of young researchers from the Atlanta-area!

Thanks from Alum Collette Miller, Postdoctoral Fellow at US Environmental Protection Agency

"Thank you all for reaching out and the support over the years. It's been a rocky few years following the passing of my doctoral research mentor a few weeks prior to my dissertation defense. Trying to rebound from his loss, finishing my dissertation, and figuring out where to go from there was challenging to say the least ... Thank you again for your support. Honestly I did not know how much I would have ended up relying on the generous gift that the Atlanta Chapter of ARCS Foundation provided when it was first received. However, it was vital in helping me launch a new chapter in my career when I found my plans collapse when my mentor passed. Again, THANK YOU!"