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APSA Sponsored Meeting: Houston,
TX (November 4, 2006) |
Last Updated:
August 13, 2008 |
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Inaugural Texas Physician-Scientist
Student Symposium
American Physician Scientists
Association
Houston, TX (November 4, 2006) |
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Location: |
Sarofim Research
Building of the Brown Foundation
Institute of Molecular Medicine for
the Prevention of Human Diseases
(1825 Pressler Street, Houston TX
77030,
http://www.uthouston.edu/sarofim/index.html) |
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Parking: |
Parking available in
the adjacent UT University Center
Tower building (7000 Fannin Street,
Houston, Texas 77030
http://publicaffairs.uth.tmc.edu/index/maps/building/uct.html) |
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Contact Information: |
APSA Institutional
Representatives:
Matt McCurdy, Baylor College of
Medicine (mccurdy@rice.edu),(713)
348-2614
Chirag Patel, University of Texas -
Houston (chirag0@gmail.com),
(832) 620-2701 |
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Registration Deadline: |
October 23, 2006 |
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Dates: |
November 4, 2006,
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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Objectives: |
Networking among
Texas physician scientist students
Career development
Residency Advice |
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Who Should Attend? |
MD/PhD students and
DO/PhD students
Medical students interested in
research / academic pathways
PhD students interested in medical
school
Undergraduate students interested in
physician-scientist degree programs |
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Cost: |
Free for current
MD/PhD and DO/PhD students
$5 charge for all other students (To
Be Collected Upon Arrival - please
bring exact change.)
Late /
On-Site Registration Fee: $15.00 |
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Attire: |
Casual (suits not
necessary) |
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Housing: |
Free student hosting
will be provided for attendees
wishing to stay in Houston on
Saturday night |
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Saturday, November 4, 2006 |
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01:00 PM
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01:03 PM |
Brief welcome;
recognition of organizing committee |
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01:03 PM
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01:08 PM |
Introduction of
programs in attendance |
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01:08 PM
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01:12 PM |
Introduction to APSA
by Freddy Nguyen, President/Founder |
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01:12 PM
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01:15 PM |
Brief introduction
from National Student Research Forum
(NSRF) organizers regarding upcoming
student research poster competition
and deadlines. |
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01:20 PM
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02:20 PM |
Four programs will
have a student talk briefly (10min)
about his/her individual path within
the program. The student’s research
will not be the major emphasis of
his/her talk. Instead, his/her
experiences thus far and “pearls of
wisdom” will be shared. |
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01:20 PM
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01:30 PM |
Amir
Mohsenin, UT-Houston (Just
defended his PhD, and before
returning to M3 year in 2007, he
will be doing a post-doc in his lab
this year) |
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01:35 PM
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01:45 PM |
Melanie Cree,
UTMB-Galveston (In her last (7th)
year of the combined program. Will
touch on: choosing a mentor, some
tips for getting your PhD done in 3
years, and tips for getting back
into to clinics) |
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01:50 PM
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02:00 PM |
Jay Widmer,
TAMU (In last year of PhD studying
thermoregulation in bats. Actively
involved with AMPAC (political arm
of the AMA) in addition to organized
medicine) |
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02:05 PM
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02:20 PM |
Geoff Preidis,
BCM (A first-year PhD student.
International student-humanitarian,
working on AIDS in Haiti. Has
received grants to help fund his
initiatives there.) |
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02:20 PM
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02:30 PM |
Break (snacks provided) |
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02:30 PM
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02:50 PM |
APSA Interactive
Presentation
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Title: “Research
Careers and Opportunities”
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What is APSA? Why
are we here?
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Why research?
Transformation in research from
20th - 21st century; areas of
research
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How do you decide
what to do? Effective habits of
researchers
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Opportunities –
government, industry, academia
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NIH Roadmap for
medical research
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Unofficial guide
to the NIH grant review process;
types of NIH grants
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Opportunities in
clinical research
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Possible
timelines; practical advice
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02:50pm
– 03:30pm |
Residency/Career Panel:
A distinguished panel of MD/PhD
graduates who have gone into various
fields (academia, government, and
industry) will talk about their
paths and address questions from the
audience. The post-MD/PhD panelists
will include:
- [academia]
Lisa Armitige, MD, PhD
(UT-Houston’02) – Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics and
Medicine (Division of Infectious
Disease), UT-Houston Medical
School
- [government]
Stephen Hewitt, MD, PhD
(UT-Houston’96) – Clinical
Investigator, NIH NCI Center for
Cancer Research (CCR)
- [academia]
Shayan Izaddoost, MD, PhD
(BCM’02) – PGY4 in Plastic
Surgery, Baylor College of
Medicine
- [industry]
Atul Varadhachary (MD,
University of Bombay'87, PhD,
Johns Hopkins University'92),
President & CEO, Agennix, Inc.,
Houston, TX; and Adjunct
Professor, Rice University Jones
School of Management
- [academia]
Tse-Kuan Yu, MD, PhD
(UT-Houston’00) – Assistant
Professor of Radiation Oncology,
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
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03:40pm
– 04:20pm |
Breakout
Sessions:
- Pre-Med
Breakout Session – panel
of MD/PhD Program
administrators. Each will speak
5min about their program, and
then the panel will be open for
Q&A.
- M1/M2
Breakout Session – how
to choose a mentor, prepare for
the USMLE, succeeding in basic
science courses, studying
techniques, etc. A panel of
early-phase graduate students
will share advice with first-
and second-year medical
students. The panelists will
include:
1. Roxanna Irani
(UT-Houston G1)
2. Wendy Mayes (BCM G2)
3. Matt Rose (BCM G5)
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PhD-phase Breakout Session
- how to negotiate with your
mentor on a time table, funding
opportunities, tips on beginning
to write your
dissertation/papers, etc. A
panel of post-PhD students will
share advice with students in
the PhD phase of their training.
The panelists will include:
1. Vivek Bansal (BCM)
2. Melanie Cree (UTMB)
3. Jason Etheredge (TAMU)
4. Amir Mohsenin
(UT-Houston)
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04:20pm
– 04:35pm |
Head over to Dinner /
Social (catered) |
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04:40pm
– 06:00pm |
Dinner / Social |
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Conference Planning Committee |
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Matt McCurdy, M.D.-Ph.D.
Student, Baylor College of Medicine
/ Rice University
Chirag Patel, M.D.-Ph.D.
Student, University of Texas -
Houston
Wendy Mayes, M.D.-Ph.D.
Student, Baylor College of Medicine
Richard Wu, M.D.-Ph.D.
Student, University of Texas -
Houston
Vafa Bayat, M.D.-Ph.D.
Student, Baylor College of Medicine |
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Sponsored by the University of Texas
- Houston and Baylor College of
Medicine MD/PhD Programs |
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