Are you a researcher from a low-, lower-middle-, or upper-middle-income country interested in presenting your research at the 2026 Annual Meeting, presented by IARS and SOCCA, and applying for the IARS International Outreach Travel Grant? Join this 1-hour webinar designed to guide you through each step of the process from preparing your abstract submission to crafting a competitive travel grant application.

Led by experienced researchers, reviewers and past awardees, this session will provide practical strategies and expert insights to help you prepare a strong research proposal, develop a compelling travel grant application, and understand what reviewers look for in successful submissions. Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your application and take the next step toward participating in the IARS meeting.

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	Presenters
	Key Components of a Strong Travel Grant Application Moderator: Kristin L. Schreiber, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Vice Chair of Faculty Development, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; International Subcommittee Member and Chair, International Outreach Travel Grant Review Study Section Kristin L. Schreiber, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Vice Chair of Faculty Development in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She completed her MD and a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota, investigating reciprocal neural-immune interactions involved in infection and the development of persistent pain. She completed residency training at the University of Pittsburgh, and fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she practices clinically as a Regional Anesthesiologist and Physician Scientist, receiving funding from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), as well as National Science Foundation (NSF) and other funding agencies. Her current clinical translational research program investigates the development of chronic pain after surgical injury, as well as worsening of chronic pain after cancer diagnosis or during social isolation. She employs pragmatic assessment of psychosocial and psychophysical phenotypic factors, in addition to biomarkers, clinical characteristics, and socio-demographics, to better predict which individual patients are most at risk. Her perioperative interventional studies incorporate dense biopsychosocial assessment of individual patients into their design, to allow more nuanced assessment of differential efficacy of preventive perioperative interventions among patients, ranging from regional anesthesia and ketamine to yoga-based exercise and open-label placebo. In her quantitative sensory testing lab, she investigates differences in pain processing among individuals, including how subjective experience of pain relates to changes in physiology, and what aspects of pain processing are modulated by non-opioid analgesic techniques.
	What Makes an Application Stand Out from a Reviewer’s Perspective  Bradley Fritz, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; International Subcommittee Member and Member, International Outreach Travel Grant Review Study Section Dr. Bradley Fritz is an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. He received his BS in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University before completing medical school, anesthesiology residency, and critical care medicine fellowship at Washington University. His research interests include the use of machine learning and innovative care pathways such as telemedicine to prevent postoperative complications, as well as treatments to improve the mental health of surgical and critical care patients.
	First-Hand Experiences and Advice from Past Travel Grant Recipient: China Xinyan (Alice) Wang, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China; 2024-2025 International Outreach Travel Grant Recipient Dr. Xinyan Wang is an anesthesiologist and clinical scientist at the Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University. Her research work focuses on perioperative anesthesia management of cerebrovascular diseases. She has published numerous articles in prestigious journals such as JAMA Neurology, Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, and BMC Anesthesiology. Additionally, Dr. Wang has presented her research at international conferences including the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC), the World Stroke Congress, and the International Stroke Conference (ISC). Her clinical interests include neuroanesthesia and critical care. Dr. Wang’s current clinical research focuses on improving clinical outcomes for patients undergoing endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke.
	First-Hand Experiences and Advice from Past Travel Grant Recipient: Africa Gerald Kirenga, MBChB, MMED Anaesthesia, FCA, Consultant Anesthesiologist, University of Rwanda, Dream Medical Center Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda; 2024-2025 International Outreach Travel Grant Recipient A medical clinician with over 17 years in clinical medicine and 7 years of experience in anesthesia and critical care medicine, Dr. Gerald Kirenga is currently pursuing subspeciality training in Interventional Pain Medicine at the Asian Pain Academy. He has a special interest in perioperative medicine, patient safety, theater efficiency, clinical teaching and research. He previously worked at a tertiary referral hospital in Kigali, Rwanda, before joining a specialized orthopedic private hospital facility with dedicated and advanced pain management services. Live Q&A to address your specific questions

Are you a researcher from a low-, lower-middle-, or upper-middle-income country interested in presenting your research at the 2026 Annual Meeting, presented by IARS and SOCCA, and applying for the IARS International Outreach Travel Grant? Join this 1-hour webinar designed to guide you through each step of the process from preparing your abstract submission to crafting a competitive travel grant application.

Led by experienced researchers, reviewers and past awardees, this session will provide practical strategies and expert insights to help you prepare a strong research proposal, develop a compelling travel grant application, and understand what reviewers look for in successful submissions. Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your application and take the next step toward participating in the IARS meeting.

Secure Your Spot

Presenters

Key Components of a Strong Travel Grant Application

Moderator: Kristin L. Schreiber, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Vice Chair of Faculty Development, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; International Subcommittee Member and Chair, International Outreach Travel Grant Review Study Section

Kristin L. Schreiber, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Vice Chair of Faculty Development in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She completed her MD and a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota, investigating reciprocal neural-immune interactions involved in infection and the development of persistent pain. She completed residency training at the University of Pittsburgh, and fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she practices clinically as a Regional Anesthesiologist and Physician Scientist, receiving funding from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), as well as National Science Foundation (NSF) and other funding agencies. Her current clinical translational research program investigates the development of chronic pain after surgical injury, as well as worsening of chronic pain after cancer diagnosis or during social isolation. She employs pragmatic assessment of psychosocial and psychophysical phenotypic factors, in addition to biomarkers, clinical characteristics, and socio-demographics, to better predict which individual patients are most at risk. Her perioperative interventional studies incorporate dense biopsychosocial assessment of individual patients into their design, to allow more nuanced assessment of differential efficacy of preventive perioperative interventions among patients, ranging from regional anesthesia and ketamine to yoga-based exercise and open-label placebo. In her quantitative sensory testing lab, she investigates differences in pain processing among individuals, including how subjective experience of pain relates to changes in physiology, and what aspects of pain processing are modulated by non-opioid analgesic techniques.

What Makes an Application Stand Out from a Reviewer’s Perspective 

Bradley Fritz, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; International Subcommittee Member and Member, International Outreach Travel Grant Review Study Section

Dr. Bradley Fritz is an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. He received his BS in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University before completing medical school, anesthesiology residency, and critical care medicine fellowship at Washington University. His research interests include the use of machine learning and innovative care pathways such as telemedicine to prevent postoperative complications, as well as treatments to improve the mental health of surgical and critical care patients.

First-Hand Experiences and Advice from Past Travel Grant Recipient: China

Xinyan (Alice) Wang, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China; 2024-2025 International Outreach Travel Grant Recipient

Dr. Xinyan Wang is an anesthesiologist and clinical scientist at the Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University. Her research work focuses on perioperative anesthesia management of cerebrovascular diseases. She has published numerous articles in prestigious journals such as JAMA Neurology, Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, and BMC Anesthesiology. Additionally, Dr. Wang has presented her research at international conferences including the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC), the World Stroke Congress, and the International Stroke Conference (ISC). Her clinical interests include neuroanesthesia and critical care. Dr. Wang’s current clinical research focuses on improving clinical outcomes for patients undergoing endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke.

First-Hand Experiences and Advice from Past Travel Grant Recipient: Africa

Gerald Kirenga, MBChB, MMED Anaesthesia, FCA, Consultant Anesthesiologist, University of Rwanda, Dream Medical Center Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda; 2024-2025 International Outreach Travel Grant Recipient

A medical clinician with over 17 years in clinical medicine and 7 years of experience in anesthesia and critical care medicine, Dr. Gerald Kirenga is currently pursuing subspeciality training in Interventional Pain Medicine at the Asian Pain Academy. He has a special interest in perioperative medicine, patient safety, theater efficiency, clinical teaching and research. He previously worked at a tertiary referral hospital in Kigali, Rwanda, before joining a specialized orthopedic private hospital facility with dedicated and advanced pain management services.

Live Q&A to address your specific questions