Evidence-Based Medicine & Research Committee
Recommends to Foundation Board of Directors criteria, encourages entries, and selects winners for the Leslie Bernstein Resident Research, Investigator Development, and the Bernstein Research Grants; oversees all research activities, including the activities of the Research and Innovation for Surgical Excellence (RISE) Review Group and encourages research in facial plastic surgery at all levels and identifies research areas of strategic importance in facial plastic surgery. Makes recommendations to the Foundation or Academy Board of Directors related to those areas. Coordinates all requests from AAFPRS members to distribute member surveys. Develops short and long-term strategies to incorporate evidence-based medicine into our facial plastic surgeon culture. No member of the research committee may apply for or receive a research award while a member of the research committee.