Research Symposium 2023
Symposium date: Thursday, March 30, 2023 | 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The Long School of Medicine Office for Research is excited to present our annual research symposium!
During our annual symposium, the LSOM Dean’s Office for Research will offer research poster sessions, host basic and clinical science research presentations, and offer multiple cash prizes to research presenters to celebrate the exciting research being carried out by our trainees, staff, and faculty.
Keynote speaker:
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Zachry Foundation Distinguished Chair in Microbiology and Immunology
Poster Session:
We invite faculty, staff, and trainees to submit a poster presentation illustrating completed or ongoing research. Poster sessions will be held on Thursday, March 30th, 2023 from 11 AM – 11:40 AM and 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM.
Cash awards will be given to top posters in the following categories: medical student, medical resident, clinical fellow, graduate student, visiting student, postdoctoral fellow, best overall clinical research poster, and best basic/translational research poster.
Student & Trainee Poster Application Link | Faculty & Staff Poster Application Link
Register to Attend
Poster Session 1 Directory
Poster Session 2 Directory
Call for Student & Trainee Poster Applications
Call for Faculty & Staff Poster Applications
The poster application deadline is Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 11:59 PM.
2022 LSOM Research Symposium
2021 Research Week
Research Symposium Itinerary
| Time | Event/Topic | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Doors Open/Breakfast | LEC 3.102B | |
| 8:20 AM-8:30 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Robert Hromas, MD, FACP Dean and Professor Long School of Medicine Vice President for Medical Affairs | LEC 3.102B |
| 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | Trainee Podium Presentations | Tolga Delibasi Medical Student | LEC 3.102B |
| Lacey Sell, MS Graduate Student | |||
| Sarah Wedemeyer MD/PhD Student | |||
| Santosh Timilsina, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow | |||
| Morgan Wall, MD Resident | |||
| Alixandria Pfeiffer, DO Clinical Fellow | |||
| 10:00-10:15 AM | Live Voting for "Best Overall Podium Presentation Student and Trainees | LEC 3.102B | |
| 10:15 AM-11:45 AM | LSOM Rising Star Presentations | Josephine Taverna, MD Medicine | LEC 3.102B |
| Mohamad Habes, PhD Director, Biggs Institute Neuroimaging Core (BINC), Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases | |||
| Kevin B. Koronowski, PhD Biochemistry & Structural Biology | |||
| Hye Young Lee, PhD Cellular and Integrative Physiology | |||
| 12:00 PM-1:00 PM | Keynote Presentation | Larry Schlesinger, MD Professor, President and CEO, Texas Biomedical Research Institute | LEC 3.102B |
| 1:00 PM-3:30 PM | Lunch | Holly Courtyard | |
| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM | Poster Session I | Faculty, Staff and Trainees | Holly Foyer |
| 2:30 PM-3:30 PM | Poster Session II | Faculty, Staff and Trainees | Holly Foyer |