Medical Student Research Forum 

The 51st Annual Medical Student Research Forum at UT Southwestern Medical Center
January 22, 2013, 3-6 p.m. 
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Guest Speaker: James Malter, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Pathology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Medical students will make these oral presentations:

  • Sara Cooper – “Evolving characteristics of HIV infected pregnancies at a single institution”
  • Christopher Molina – “Low Dialysate Sodium reduced Systolic blood pressure in Patients with intradialytic hypertension”
  • Christopher Straka – “Parameters that Predict for High Grade Rectal Toxicity in Prostate Cancer (Pca) Patients Undergoing Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) – Analysis of Phase I/II Study at UT Southwestern (UTSW).”

  • Leyya Suleman – “Severe Remote Burn Injury Results in Early, Elevated Markers of Alzheimer’s Disease”
  • Joel Sun – “Folate receptor beta targeting for in vivo optical imaging of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma”
  • Lan Chi "Krysti" Vo – “Neural activity during the Stop Signal Task, a measure of inhibitory control, predicts relapse in cocaine-dependent patients”

A reception and poster session follow immediately in the A.W. Harris Faculty Club. 

About the Forum

The UT Southwestern Medical Student Research Forum is an annual event celebrating research conducted by current UT medical students. The Forum is open to any medical student who participated in research, whether it be through the Summer Research Program or a year-long program like HHMI.

Students with accepted abstracts are able to present a poster at the poster session and reception held at the A.W. Harris Faculty and Alumni Center. Six students will be selected to give oral presentations during the day. An expert panel of judges selects the two best oral presentation and the four most outstanding posters. The top presenters are recognized with certificates and cash awards.

At a reception afterward, a prominent researcher addresses the participants.

Application Process

Abstracts must be submitted electronically and on paper using the downloadable abstract form. The title, authors, affiliations, and text of the abstract must be in 10 point Arial font, and must all fit in an area 4.5x7 inches (the area outlined by the box in the linked form). The deadline for the receipt of abstracts will be 5 p.m. on November 15, 2012. The electronically submitted abstract should be emailed to amanda.arista@utsouthwestern.edu. In addition, a signed copy of the abstract must be submitted to Dr. Galindo’s office.

Submissions are categorized by the student and mentor into one of the following categories:

  • Clinical Research
  • Basic Research/ Disease Models
  • Research Design and Methods

These categories are designed to permit a fair judging of like abstracts and posters and to permit the participation of all students conducting research.

Please contact Dr. Galindo by email or phone for any questions:
Email: rene.galindo@utsouthwestern.edu
Phone: 214-648-3465