Tri-Institutional Research Conference

The University of Rochester hosted the Tri-institutional Research Day on Saturday May 3, 2008. This year area college students had an opportunity to learn about the MD/PhD programs at the three upstate New York Universities: University at Buffalo, University of Rochester and Upstate Medical University. The U of R invited interested students to learn about the MD/PhD programs at the three institutions by presenting recruitment materials and panel sessions. There were also opportunities for these students to ask questions of current MD/PhD students at the various institutions.

Current MD/PhD students presented their research in oral presentations or in a poster session. This was a wonderful opportunity for students to learn of the research being conducted in the upstate New York area and to become acquainted with other students who are on the same career path.

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The Upstate Medical University MD/PhD Program hosted the Annual Tri-Institutional Research Conference in 2007.

This all day conference was held on April 14, 2007.  Approximately 60 attendees heard presentations from 8 students representing each of the three Medical Schools.

Our Keynote speaker was Dr. Gary Koretzky, M.D./Ph.D. Dr. Koretzky is the Associate Director and Chair of the Admissions Committee for the University of Pennsylvania MSTP Program.  He is also the Leonard Jarrett professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.

Dr. Koretzky's talk was titled: Adapting to the Unexpected: From immune cell function to vascular development. He also spoke about his career as a physician scientist and the opportunities awaiting MD/PhD graduates in the next few years.