Student research forum inspires careers in academic medicine

UT Southwestern’s 61st Medical Student Research Forum provided a venue for its future doctors to showcase their work from the unique research opportunities available on campus. The annual event is intended to spark interest in academic medicine as a career.
Out of 140 applicants, 54 students were selected to present posters on their projects at the Jan. 31 forum, which was held virtually this year. The broad range of research topics included base editors, gene expression, enzyme replacement therapy, cross-facial nerve graft, cancer epithelial cells, and more.
The posters were evaluated by 22 faculty judges. The six 2023 winners listed below were each awarded $75.
Adeeb Alomar

Henry W. Chen

Linh Lieu

Mahad Rehman

Roshni Thachil

Lily Xu

Dr. Dauer holds the Lois C. A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Mobility Research.
Dr. Jacobe holds the James N. Gilliam, M.D. Chair in Dermatology.
Dr. Olson holds The Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Science, the Pogue Distinguished Chair in Research on Cardiac Birth Defects, and the Annie and Willie Nelson Professorship in Stem Cell Research.