Welcome to the website for the 2009 National Conference for MD-PhD students in the Social Sciences and Humanities! The conference will take place on March 28th-29th, 2009 at the University of Pennsylvania, in beautiful Philadelphia, PA. We have been working hard to create a stimulating program with excellent speakers and social events. We've posted the Call for Papers and a conference description below, and the preliminary schedule can be seen in the bar to the right.
We hope you can join us and that we'll all have a productive and fun time.
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National Conference for Physician Scholars in the Social Sciences and Humanities - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA - March 28-29, 2009
Preliminary Conference Schedule
- Saturday, March 28th, 2009
- 9-9:30am Breakfast and Registration
- 9:30-10am Welcome and Opening Remarks
- 10-11am Keynote: Rita Charon MD-PhD
- 11-12:30pm Lunch
- 12:30-2:30pm Research Presentations
- 2:30-4pm Small Group Discussion Sections
- 4pm Keynote: Walt Schalick, MD, PhD
- 5pm Wine and Cheese Reception
- Sunday, March 29th, 2009
- 9-9:30am Breakfast and Registration
- 9:30-11am Research Presentations
- 11-12pm Keynote: Camara P. Jones, MD MPH PhD
- 12-1:30pm Lunch with Disciplinary Breakout Sessions
- 1:30-3pm Panel Sessions-Mentors, Mentees, Residency, Research & Jobs
- 3-4pm Keynote: Vinh-Kim Nguyen, MD-PhD
- 4-4:30pm Closing Remarks
We thank our generous supporters:
- The Robert Wood Johnson Health and Societies Scholars Program, U. Penn.
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- U. Illinois-UC /U. Chicago 2007 Conference Organizers
- National Association of MD/PhD Programs
- Combined Degree Program Office, School of Medicine, U. Penn.
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale U.
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, U. Penn.
- Academic Programs Office, School of Medicine, U. Penn.