Mark Your Calendar: 45th Annual Summer Medical Student Research Day

The University of South Alabama College of Medicine will host the 45th annual Medical Student Research Day on Friday, July 27, in the Medical Sciences Building.

Oral presentations will at begin at 8:30 a.m., followed by a keynote address. The event will conclude with poster presentations from 12:45 until 2 p.m.

Dr. David Guidot

This year’s keynote address will be given by Dr. David Guidot, director of the division of pulmonary, allergy, critical care and sleep medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. Dr. Guidot graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. He completed his residency at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis and his fellowship at the University of Colorado Hospital.

The nine-week Medical Student Summer Research Program includes hands-on research related to basic science and/or clinical medicine; a seminar program that focuses on various scientific and clinical topics; and student presentations at Research Day. Through this program, students develop an appreciation of how research contributes to the knowledge and the practice of medicine.

Support for the program is provided by the USA College of Medicine Dean’s Office and the National Institutes of Health.