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2006 Texas Regional Meeting

On behalf of the organizing committee, it is our pleasure to invite you to the 1st Texas Physician Scientists Symposium to be hosted at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas on November 4, 2006. We look forward to hosting physician-scientist trainees from the entire Gulf Coast area.

Location:

 Sarofim Research Building
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

Parking:

 Parking available in the adjacent UT University Center Tower building (7000 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77030
http://www.uthouston.edu/index/campus_maps.htm)

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

Registration Deadline:

 October 23, 2006

Dates:

 November 4, 2006, 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Objectives:

 Networking among Texas physician scientist students
Career development
Residency Advice

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

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

Attire:

 Casual (suits not necessary)

Housing:

 Free student hosting will be provided for attendees wishing to stay in Houston on
Saturday night

Agenda

Saturday, November 4, 2006

01:00 PM - 01:03 PM

 Brief welcome; recognition of organizing committee

01:03 PM - 01:08 PM

 Introduction of programs in attendance

01:08 PM - 01:12 PM

 Introduction to APSA by Freddy Nguyen, President/Founder

01:12 PM - 01:15 PM

 Brief introduction from National Student Research Forum (NSRF) organizers regarding upcoming student research poster competition and deadlines.

01:20 PM - 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.

01:20 PM - 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)

01:35 PM - 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)

01:50 PM - 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)

02:05 PM - 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.)

02:20 PM - 02:30 PM

 Break (snacks provided)

02:30 PM - 02:50 PM

 APSA Interactive Presentation
  • Title: "Research Careers and Opportunities"
  • What is APSA? Why are we here?
  • Why research? Transformation in research from 20th - 21st century; areas of research
  • How do you decide what to do? Effective habits of researchers
  • Opportunities - government, industry, academia
  • NIH Roadmap for medical research
  • Unofficial guide to the NIH grant review process; types of NIH grants
  • Opportunities in clinical research
  • Possible timelines; practical advice

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

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)
  • 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)

04:20pm - 04:35pm

 Head over to Dinner / Social (catered)

04:40pm - 06:00pm

 Dinner / Social

Conference Planning Committee
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

Sponsored by the University of Texas - Houston and Baylor College of Medicine MD/PhD Programs
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