Summer Medical Student Research Day set for July 22

Brant M. Wagener, M.D., Ph.D.

The Whiddon College of Medicine will host the 49th annual Summer Medical Research Day on Friday, July 22, in the Medical Sciences Building on the campus of the University of South Alabama.

Oral presentations will begin at 8:30 a.m., followed by a keynote address. The event will conclude with poster presentations from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This year’s keynote address will be presented by Brant M. Wagener, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor at the UAB Heersink School of Medicine. Wagener is director of clinical research, director of the Strategic Training in Anesthesia Research Program and site director of the FAER Summer Research Program. He serves in the Division of Critical Care Medicine, the Division of Molecular and Translational Biomedicine, and the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine.

The Summer Research Program is a 10-week program that allows medical students to develop an appreciation of how research is needed to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Accepted entering students or rising second-year students at the Whiddon College of Medicine are eligible to participate. The summer experience 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.