Medical students present summer research at 51st annual event

Medical students Leah Kunneth and Danielle Flores discuss their research during poster presentations. 

Fifty-one medical students participated in the Whiddon College of Medicine's 2024 Medical Student Summer Research Program. The eight-week program culminated with student presentations and a keynote lecture at the 51st Annual Medical Student Summer Research Day, held Friday, July 26, in the Medical Sciences Building. 

Troy Moon, M.D., MPH, delivers the keynote lecture.

The summer program pairs incoming first-year and rising second-year medical students with faculty mentors. The students devote 30 to 40 hours a week to hands-on research related to basic science and/or clinical medicine, allowing them to develop an appreciation of how research contributes to the knowledge and practice of medicine.

Troy Moon, M.D., MPH, professor of tropical medicine and pediatrics at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, delivered the keynote lecture, “Bobbles, Mishaps and a Good Bit of Fun: Adventures on the Road to Becoming a Physician-Scientist-Educator.” Students had the opportunity to attend a mixer with the keynote speaker the Thursday evening prior to Summer Research Day.

The Clyde G. Huggins Awards for Summer Research will be presented to the winners in the oral and poster presentation categories next week. 

View more photos from Medical Student Summer Research Day on Flickr. 

Medical students who participated in the summer research program pose with the keynote speaker, Troy Moon, M.D., MPH.