The Department of Medicine’s 2022 Janet D. Rowley Research Day will be held on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. This year’s keynote speaker will be Kimryn Rathmell,MD,PhD, the Hugh Jackson Morgan Chair in Medicine, Physician in Chief and Professor of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Rathmell is a physician-scientist /genitourinary oncologist whose work is focused on renal cell carcinoma. Dr. Rathmell’s talk entitled “Exposing Gaps in Genomic Integrity in Renal Cell Carcinoma” will take place at Medicine Grand Rounds at noon via Zoom. Faculty and trainee awards for best poster in each category will be announced on March 1. Trainee abstract winners will present their research following Dr. Rathmell’ s talk.
The annual poster session will be held using a virtual platform. View the posters here
Schedule of Events
- 9:00-10:00am: Meet the Professor featuring Dr. Rathmell with any DOM K awardees, instructors and assistant professors (Advance registration is required).
- Session 1 – 9:00am -9:30am (Moderator: Dr. Micah Prochaska)
- Session 2 – 9:30am-10:00am (Moderator: Dr. Rochelle Naylor)
- 10:00-11:30: NEW! Mentorship Office Hours (now closed). Mentees who registered for this event were paired with DOM mentors outside of their normal circle of mentors to confidentially discuss career-related questions of their choice. Pairs were emailed in advance with instructions to arrange zoom meetings. Thank you to all mentors who volunteered!
- 12:00-1:30pm: Research Day Keynote Address & Trainee Presentations
- 2:00-4:00pm: Moderated Poster Sessions
- Session 1- 2:00-3:00
- Session 2: 3:00-4:00