John Marymont, M.D., dean of the USA College of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs, and Sarah Sayner, Ph.D., associate professor of physiology and cell biology, will deliver opening remarks.
Fifty-three abstracts, distributed over nine Zoom sessions, will be presented during the forum.
Starting at noon, three faculty members will give presentations: Meghan Hermance, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology and immunology; Amy Nelson, assistant professor of physiology and cell biology; and Thuy Phung, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology.
Zoom links are provided on the Canvas portal. Beginning on Wednesday, Dec. 9, all registrants to the forum can access the COM Research Forum Canvas portal, where they can review the forum's program and all materials submitted by poster presenters (three-minute video/audio with an overview of their work, plus PDF poster file).
All basic medical sciences graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty of the USA College of Medicine will be automatically registered to the Canvas portal COM Research Forum. Others interested in participating should contact Angie O’Neal at aoneal@southalabama.edu to access the Canvas portal for this virtual forum.
