The department of medicine will highlight clinical and basic medical research at its Seventh Annual Research Day. The event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25.
This year’s distinguished speaker is Richard M. Locksley, M.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Sandler professor and director of the Sandler Center for Basic Research in Asthma at the University of California in San Francisco. Dr. Locksley will present, “Tracking the Activation of Immunity
in vivo” at 4 p.m. in the Pestana lecture hall, 3.104A in the School of Medicine.
“Research Day represents a wonderful opportunity to recognize the excellence and scope of the scientific contributions of trainees and faculty,” said Robert Clark, M.D., professor and Dan F. Parman Distinguished Chairman of medicine. “Dr. Locksley, a widely recognized physician scientist, is noted for his seminal contributions to basic immunology.”
A panel discussion titled, “Research Strategies in the Post-Genomic Era” will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 209L in the School of Medicine. Box lunches will be available.
Poster and oral presentations from faculty, fellows, medical residents and students will also be presented. Select oral presentations will be from 1 to 2 p.m. in Room 209L. A poster display will be set up from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the auditorium foyer. Awards will be presented for the best presentations in each of these categories. This year there will be several vendors with booths on display.
