About
The Medical Scientist Research Symposium is a half-day annual event (typically beginning at lunchtime) to showcase the research and scientific accomplishments of the University of Rochester’s Medical Scientist Training Program. We are thrilled to be hosting our 12th annual MSRS in person this year on Friday, April 12, 2024!
2024 Speaker
The Robert E. and Louise F. Dunn Professor of Medical Sciences
Director, Center for Neuroimmunology & Neuroinfectious DiseasesProfessor, Departments of Medicine, Pathology & Immunology, Neurosciences
Washington University School of Medicine
Previous Speakers
MSRS 2023
Associate Adjunct Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine
Scientific Director, International Center for the Study of Breast Cancer Subtypes (ICSBCS)
Interim Director of Health Equity, Englander Institute of Precision Medicine
MSRS 2022
Associate Professor, Yale University
Infectious Disease & Microbial Pathogenesis
MSRS 2021
Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
MSRS 2019
Assistant Professor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
Scientific Director of the Lymphoma Program
MSRS 2018
Associate Professor, Duke University Medical Center, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neurobiology, and Biomedical Engineering
Investigator, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
MSRS 2018 Photo Album
MSRS 2017
Marion and Herbert Sandler Distinguished Professorship in Asthma Research, UCSF, Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
MSRS 2017 Photo Album
MSRS 2016
Professor of Radiology, Mayo Clinic
MSRS 2016 Photo Album
MSRS 2015
Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor, The Rockefeller University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
MSRS 2015 Photo Album
MSRS 2014
Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado
Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado Boulder; Director, University of Colorado BioFrontiers Institute
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
MSRS 2014 Photo Album
MSRS 2013
W.H. Boyce Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, Wake Forest University
Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
MSRS 2012
Professor of Medicine & Medtronic Bakken Chair of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Repair, University of Minnesota
Who can attend?
We encourage and hope that this event will draw a large audience of researchers from across the university to promote interaction, discussion and collaboration. As such, all are invited to attend our poster session, keynote address, and student presentations.
Note: All University of Rochester MSTP students are required to attend.
Who can present?
The annual MSRS will include presenters from the Rochester MSTP program, as well as other (non-MSTP) University of Rochester medical students, fellows, and other interested parties. In addition, we would like to invite all interested colleagues from our nearby M.D./Ph.D. programs at SUNY Upstate and SUNY Buffalo to submit poster presentations for this event.
Can we meet with the keynote speaker?
This depends on the travel arrangements and time restrictions for the speaker. However, we would like to try and accommodate all requests. If you would like to meet with the speaker, please email the chair of the organizing committee, or the MSTP office at mstp@urmc.rochester.edu.
How is the event funded?
The MSRS is made possible by funding from the Rochester Medical Scientist Training Program (NIH T32GM07356), the Dr. Thomas A. and Joyce E. Pearson Endowed Lectureship Fund, and other sponsoring departments within the University of Rochester School of Medicine.