EAST news | 2019 Issue 2 6 Our list of Milestone Donors continues to grow. Find your name and those of your fellow EAST Milestone Donors here. Thank you for your generous support! Interested in becoming an EAST Milestone Donor? You might be closer than you think! Log in to your EAST membership profile to review your giving status and consider reaching a new milestone by donating to the EAST Development Fund. Remember that you can invest in the initiative that matters most to you: research, injury control and violence prevention, or education and leadership development. You can also choose to donate to the General Development Fund and let EAST decide which initiatives need your support the most. Continue to fund these valuable initiatives with a recurring donation Gifts to EAST, a 501(c)(3) organization, are tax deductible (consult your tax advisor) and help fuel the innovation and life-learning critical to your profession while helping to change the lives of patients. To give via check, please make it out to the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and mail to 633 N. Saint Clair Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60611. For questions or to discuss a gift, please contact Kinga Litwiniuk, EAST’s Development & Member Services Manager, at 312-202-5621. EAST Milestone Donors The third EAST INVEST-C Research Hackathon was held April 16-17, 2019 at the EAST headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. The conference supported five Participants, seven Reviewers (Faculty), and was moderated by Dr. Jason W. Smith, EAST Treasurer, and Dr. Ben Zarzaur, EAST Research Division Chair, Director-at-Large. Kicking off the Hackathon Drs. Ben Zarzaur and Mayur Patel delivered a lecture titled “Mentorship Here and Back Home” while Dr. Elliott Haut and Dr. Stephen Barnes gave the focused presentation “Funding Sources: NIH and Beyond” on day two of the program. Interested in participating in the INVEST-C Program in the Spring of 2020? Only those that submit a Letter of Intent for either the 2020 John M. Templeton, Jr., MD Injury Prevention Research Scholarship, 2020 Trauma INVEST-C Research Hackathon Recap (continues on page 7)