PhD Program

MCP Research Symposium

By the students. For the students.

One of the marquee events in the Department of Pathology is our Annual MCP Research Symposium. The symposium, which is organized by third-year MCP students, features oral and poster presentations by our faculty and trainees, highlighting the innovative research undertaken in the Department of Pathology. The symposium concludes with an awards ceremony presenting the MCP Outstanding Research and Service Awards, as well as awards for the best oral and poster presentations. The symposium provides numerous opportunities for exciting and stimulating interactions between our students and faculty through discussions and sharing ideas.

 

The 2023 MCP Symposium Organizing Committee, third year MCP students Joanna Lum (Venneti Lab), Koral Campbell (Li Lab) and Rodolfo Ismael Cabrera Silva (Nusrat-Parkos Lab).
Fourth year MCP student Gabrielle Rozumek (Prasov Lab) presents 'Unlocking the secrets of small eyes: using a humanized mouse to model eye size disorders' and wins the 2023 Best Oral Presentation.
Second year MCP student, Charukesi Sivakumar (Rao Lab) discusses 'Elucidating the Role of KAT8/MOF in Retinal Development and Disease' with one of the >160 symposium attendees during the poster session at the 22nd Annual MCP Research Symposium (November 2023).

 

Register for 23rd Annual Pathology Research Symposium

This year's Symposium will be held on Friday, November 8th, 2024, from 9 am to 4 pm at the Kahn Auditorium located in the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB).

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Our keynote speaker, Dr. Humsa Venkatesh, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, will present: “The Neural Regulation of Cancer”.

The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Michigan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

The symposium has a long tradition of hosting internationally renowned external keynote speakers, such as Dr. Ralph Steinman, the 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine Laureate. At the 21st Annual MCP Research Symposium, our Keynote Speaker, Dr. James Olson (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington School of Medicine), presented “Protein and peptide therapeutics based on blueprints from nature".

 

MCP students, Keynote Speaker Dr. James Olson (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington School of Medicine) and MCP mentors at the 21st Annual Pathology Research Symposium (November 2022).

 

For the 22nd Annual MCP Research Symposium, we were honored to welcome Dr. Charles Mullighan, Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, as our 2023 Keynote Speaker to present: “Acute leukemia at the intersection of genomics and cell of origin”. The event was covered by members of the Pathology Communications team: video.