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Our Program Directors and one current student attend this event annually to mentor students and learn how to facilitate student success. During the four day conference, students present their research, enhance professional development skills, explore graduate schools, and network.<\/p>\n
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Each year, we send a few students to the Annual National MD\/PhD Student Conference.This unique assembly unites MD\/PhD students, alumni, and faculty from across the country to explore the intersections of research and medicine, focusing on career opportunities, healthcare policy, and scientific breakthroughs.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Michael Clark, Robert Corty, and Brooke Matson attended the 2019 joint meeting between the APSA, ASCI, and AAP. They enjoyed inspiring keynote presentations on the national kidney transplant program, CAAR-T cell therapy for pemphigus vulgaris, and applications of \u201cbig data\u201d methods for health systems analysis as well as a panel discussion on sexual harassment and gender diversification. They participated in the PTSP information session to learn more about opportunities for research in residency and networked with PTSP directors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In April 2019, Izzy Brassfield, Evans Lodge, and Camille Morgan attended the National Conference for Physician Scientists in the Social Sciences and Humanities held at the University of Michigan. This biannual conference brings together MD\/PhD students, residents, fellows, faculty, and others interested in\u00a0how anthropology, sociology, history, public health, economics, and philosophy. The 2-day\u00a0meeting included\u00a0networking sessions, poster and oral\u00a0presentations, and\u00a0shared meals in the Biomedical Science Research Building at the University of Michigan.\u00a0The keynote speakers including Lisa Harris, Jacalyn Duffin, and Scott Stonington. Dr. Harris, a practicing OB\/Gyn with a PhD in American Culture, used her experience as an\u00a0abortion care provider to discuss how recognizing truth in opposing viewpoints can lead to more successful debates across ideologies. Dr. Duffin, a hematologist with a PhD in History, recounted a 20th century\u00a0medical voyage to Easter Island and modern implications of the discovery of Rapamycin there. Finally, Dr. Stonington, an Internist with a PhD in Medical Anthropology, detailed how a Western clinical ethics framework breaks down when trying to understand individual, familial, and societal dynamics of end-of-life care in rural Thailand.\u00a0The conference\u00a0had a remarkably supportive atmosphere for MD\/PhD trainees in the social sciences and humanities, while still offering space for academic critique and improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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The AAP\/ASCI\/APSA Joint Meeting<\/h2>\n
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\nThe National Conference for Physician Scientists in the Social Sciences and Humanities<\/h2>\n
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