2020 Medical Student Research Conference and Showcase
The UQ Medical Society (UQMS), Ochsner Medical Student Association (OMSA) and Office of Medical Education (OME) are pleased to announce a “Virtual” Medical Student Research Conference on 16 October at 10am to 12:30pm. Registration is open and free. Everyone is welcome.
Thanks to over 80 medical students who submitted abstracts to this year’s research conference that will showcase Oral Presentations and ePosters during a webinar.
There will be several awards given to the best research in several categories. All Oral presentations and ePosters will have at least two judges. Judges will comprise researchers and Clinician-Scientists from the Faculty of Medicine and other UQ Research Institutes and Centres. Winners of ePosters and Orals will be announced during the Conference Webinar on 16 October.
Conference recording
If you'd like to watch a particular section, please choose from the links below:
- Opening remarks by Professor Stuart Carney, UQ Medical Dean
- Omeed Faghih (MD 2): Suitability of VeroWhite as a sterile material for intraoperative bio modelling
- John Hartberg (MD 4): Impact of oral ketamine augmentation on hospital admissions in treatmentresistant depression and PTSDs
- Velina Chavarro (MD 2): Successful Correction of Sagittal Imbalance by Single-segment Minimally Invasive Anterior Column Release with Anterior-to-the-Psoas Interbody Fusion Using Hyperlordotic Expandable Cage and Posterior Instrumentation: Case Series
- Patrick Biggins (MD 4): The COVID-19 pandemic: an unexpected opportunity to optimise Australian tertiary ED workflow?
- Cody Frear (MD 3): Cost-effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy as an adjunctive treatment for paediatric burns: evidence from the SONATA in C randomised controlled trial
- Dylan Kendrick (MD 2): Comparison of Sleep Problems in Children with Down syndrome and Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Chloe Yap (MD 4): Restricted diet drives autism-gut microbiota associations, which are weak compared to age, dietary and stool traits
- Shamima Banu Mohamed Ansari (MD 3): Investigation of Key Factors Influencing Transition to Learning in the Clinical Setting
- Jenny Kuo (MD 4): Diagnostic accuracy of serum and urinary biomarkers to predict acute kidney injury in premature infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Alice Zhang (MD 4): Short- and long-term outcomes of older surgical patients admitted to ICU after surgery
- Zorana Lynton (MD 2): The structure-function paradox of callosal absence: Long-range axonal plasticity may not be necessary for the recovery of functional outcome.
- Professor Ruth Hubbard - Keynote Speaker with Q&A
- Announcement of ePoster and oral presentation prize winners and closing remarks by Professor Paul Colditz, Head, School of Clinical Medicine
Conference Program
- 10am: Welcome by Professor Stuart Carney, Medical Dean
- 10.10am-11:50am: Oral Presentations
- 11:55am-12.20pm: Keynote presentation
- 12.20-12.30pm: Announcement of winners & Closing by Professor Paul Colditz, Head, School of Clinical Medicine
View program View winners of the oral presentations and ePosters
ePosters
ePosters are available to be viewed via the button below.
Reminder: There is no presentation involved for ePosters. All posters have been judged and the winners in each category will be announced at the Conference Webinar.
Information for Oral Presentations
A webinar format will be used to showcase several short presentations over approximately 2.5 hours. Each oral presenter will have 7 minutes talking time to present their research.
Presentations will be in grouped in fours with time for Q&A after each group. Please keep your presentation strictly to 7 minutes maximum. You will be asked to stop if you go over time.
More information and the webinar schedule and timing of presentations on the day will be sent to you by 12 October.