Tentative Agenda: Saturday, March 15, 2008

 

8:00-9 a.m.        Breakfast, Registration and Student Poster Set-up

9-10                  Welcome: Drs. Chris Korey and Beth Meyer-Bernstein (College of Charleston)

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Diane O’Dowd, Ph.D., HHMI Professor ,University of California, Irvine

10-11                Panel: Admissions to Graduate Programs:
                        Tentative Panel Members to Include:

      • Dean of Medical School
      • Dean of Graduate School
      • MD Student: Travis Jenkins, New York Medical College
      • PhD Student: Jamie van Etten, University of Michigan
      • MD/PhD Student: Michael Guthrie, Medical University of South Carolina

11-11:30            Coffee Break

11:30-12:30       Student Oral Presentations (Recipients of Student Awards)

12:30-2p.m.       Lunch/Poster Session at Alumni Hall

2-3                   Student Workshops

      • Scientific Writing: Jennifer Schnellman, MUSC
      • MCAS Enhancement Tips:  Karen Eippert, College of Charleston
      • Alternative Careers in Science:
        •  Science Writing: Christine Ruscio, Ph.D. (science writer)
        • Patent Law/Technology Transfer: Yashmin Karten, Ph.D., Licensing Manager, Foundation for Research and Development, MUSC
        • Bioethics: Dr. Jerome Kurent, M.D., M.P.H
      • Bioethics and the Personal Genome Project: Dana Waring, Harvard
      • Applying to Graduate School: Graduate School Dean and professors
    • Featured Speaker on Neuroethics: Dr. Jerome Kurent, M.D., M.P.H.

                                                                         Professor of Medicine and Neuroscience, MUSC

4-4:30               Closing Remarks and Reception