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Student Research Day abstract deadline Sept. 11 The Student Research Day 2002 abstract deadline is midnight Wednesday, Sept. 11.     Student Research Day 2002, the annual event presenting the full range of research undertaken by students, postdocs, residents and fellows in all programs of study in the six MUSC colleges will be held on Friday, Nov. 1.     SRD2002 is designed to provide a friendly environment for participants to gain experience in presenting at a meeting and to receive advice on how to achieve excellence in presentation skills.   Presentations will be judged by faculty teams who will provide constructive criticism and guidance. In each section a first and second place prize will be awarded. Eligibility: To participate in SRD2002 you must be either 1) a student, postdoc., resident  or  fellow registered at MUSC on Nov. 1 and have performed research sometime during the year prior to Nov. 1 (not necessarily at MUSC); or 2) a student registered elsewhere on Nov. 1 who has performed research at MUSC sometime during the year prior to Nov. 1.  Many presentations will contain work still in progress—it is not necessary to have complete data in order to participate. Format: Both oral and poster presentation sessions are planned for the following sections:  Undergraduate Basic/Clinical Sciences and Undergraduate Social/Behavioral Sciences (for high school, and undergraduate BS, BA, students); q Clinical Professional Sciences (Basic/Clinical and Social/Behavioral Sciences)  (for students in M.D., DMD, Pharm. D., MHS, MHA, MSN, etc programs); q Masters (M.S. students, including environmental studies); Ph.D. (both years 1/2 and years 3/4+) (all students in all Ph.D. programs including MD/Ph.D, DMD/PhD, Nursing PhD);  Postdocs./Fellows/ Residents. (The number of abstracts received determines final division of session categories). Prizes: 1st place prizes of $500 and 2nd place prizes of $200 will be awarded for each of the oral and poster presentation sections.   Additionally there will be Bio-informatics/Information Science Awards presented by the MUSC library. Talks: Talks are 15 minutes each: allow 10-12 minutes for presentation, three to five minutes for questions.    Computer projection (eg Power-point) is recommended. (Rooms are equipped with Mac G3 computers with Internet connection, zip drive, PowerPoint/Office 98 and Virtual PC). Times of presentations will be announced in the program posted on the SRD2002 Web site (see below) by Oct. 12 and also in the hardcopy program available approximately two weeks before SRD2002. Posters: Poster support stands are approximately 5'6" wide by 3'10" tall. To see how a poster is put together check examples of posters on display around MUSC, eg. 2nd- 6th floors of the BSB.  Posters will be assigned to a morning or an afternoon session, during which time the judging team will visit for 10 minutes.     Participants may also choose to present a non-competitive poster (i.e. not in contention for a prize) which will not be judged. Judging: Presentations will be evaluated for: 1) scientific content/subject matter 2) delivery, and 3) handling of questions.   A team of four judges will judge each section. Presentations will be evaluated by each judge on a scale of one to 10 in ten categories for a total maximum score of 100 points.     The score sheets, with judges’ comments, will be available to participants after SRD2002; those not collected will be returned by mail. First and second place prizes will be awarded to the presentations with the highest and second highest mean scores, respectively.     The Bioinformatics/Information Science Awards will be given to those oral or poster presenters demonstrating the best use of informatics/information systems in their research.    Judges will be assigned to sections based on their area of expertise while trying to avoid conflicts of interest. Aside from identifying prizewinners, the purpose of judging is to try to be positively critical—to point out to each presenter those things that were done well and to suggest ways in which other aspects of the presentation might be improved. Abstracts: Abstract submission is via the SRD2002 Web site. To access the SRD2002 web site: either go to the MUSC College of Graduate Studies home page at http://www2.musc.edu/grad/gradhome.htm and select Research Day from the menu, or go directly to: http://fmp2.musc.edu/SRD_2002/default.htm.   For assistance on how to put together slides, overheads, and poster presentations, there will be a link on the SRD2002 Web site (once abstract submission is complete) to Oral and Poster Help.    The MUSC Writing Center in the Harper Wellness Center can also help with creating presentations.     For more information, questions about SRD2002, or have problems with abstract submission, contact Eric James at jameser@musc.edu. Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. 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