College of Medicine graduate students share research at forum
Graduate students and faculty members from Penn State College of Medicine gathered online to hear students talk about their research progress at the 2021 Graduate Student Research Forum held March 3 to 5.
Students presented 19 in-person oral presentations and 21 pre-recorded poster sessions. The event, hosted by the College of Medicine’s Graduate Student Association, involved faculty across all departments, postdoctoral students and alumni.
College of Medicine Alumna Tricia Burdo, who received her PhD from the College of Medicine in 2003, was the keynote speaker March 5. Burdo is associate chair of education in the Department of Neuroscience in the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.
“Seek out good mentors. This is so important,” she advised, adding that students need to get involved in programs as much as possible and find people who will support them when they need encouragement.
“This year’s forum was almost entirely virtual, but thankfully allowed for a great deal of interactions to take place with live presentations and pre-recorded poster sessions,” said event co-chair Claire Werner. “The virtual format allowed for engagement from more senior and freshman graduate student researchers.”
Event co-chair Darren Mehay agreed, saying attendees were exposed to a wider range of research topics than ever before because of the number of oral and lightning talks throughout the three-day event.
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