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Graduate Research Education And Technology (GREAT)

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What is the GREAT Symposium?

GREAT is an acronym for Graduate Research Education and Technology Symposium. For the past 37 years, students at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have showcased their original research at GREAT.    Students and postdoctoral fellows compete for travel grants to present their research at national scientific meetings. Participation in GREAT has increased substantially in recent years and in 2012 had 119 participants.

38th Annual GREAT Symposium

The 2013 symposium hosts three Pre-GREAT Workshops, oral and poster presentations, and vendor show. The symposium also hosts a career development workshop presented by  the Noha Farag, MD, Ph.D., OUHSC graduate now serving as Animal-Human Interface Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and a keynote address by Barbara E. Corkey, Ph.D., Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine & Vice Chair for Research of the Obesity Research Center in the Department of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine.

Ways to participate in GREAT

All students are encouraged to present a 10-minute oral and/or poster presentation. If you would like to assistant with organization or volunteer at the symposium, contact Xiaowu-Gu@ouhsc.edu or Lauren-Liles@ouhsc.edu

Schedule of Events

 

Monday, April 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:00 am-12 :00 pm
Postdoctoral Fellow Oral Competition
Robert M. Bird Library Auditorium, Room 299

Tuesday, April 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:00 am-12:00 pm
Oral Presentation Competition
Robert M. Bird Library Auditorium, Room 299 (Bench Research)

9 am-11:00 am
Graduate, Professional, & OSSM Student Poster Set Up
Robert M. Bird Library Foyer

1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Oral Presentation Competition
Robert M. Bird Library Auditorium, Room 299 (Bench Research)

Wednesday, April 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:00 am-12:00 pm
Oral Presentation Competition
Robert M. Bird Library Auditorium, Room 299 (Human Population/Clinical Research)

Biomedical Research Center, Room 109 (Bench Research)

12:15pm-1:15 pm
Career Development Workshop, Noha Farag, M.D., Ph.D.
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert M. Bird Library Auditorium, Room 299
Learn more about Noha Farag, M.D., Ph.D.

2:00 pm-5:00 pm
Graduate Student & OSSM Poster Judging
Scheduled Rooms

Thursday, April 4

 

9:00 am - 10:00 am
Sigma Xi Kickoff Breakfast
Robert M. Bird Library Foyer

9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Research Vendor Show
Robert M. Bird Library Foyer

9:00 am-10:30 am
Bioscience Career Roundtable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9-9:45am Overview of Biotechnology & Careers

9:45-10:30 am Questions & Networking” (come & go)
Hosted by: Oklahoma Bioscience Association
Robert M. Bird Library Auditorium, Room 299

10:00 am-11:30 am
General Poster Viewing
Robert M. Bird Library Foyer

11:30 am-1:00 pm
GREAT Luncheon
Robert M. Bird Library Patio

1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Keynote Address

Barbara E. Corkey, Ph.D.
Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Robert M. Bird Library Auditorium, Room 299
Learn more about Barbara Corkey, Ph.D.

Awards Ceremony
Immediately Following Keynote Address
Robert M. Bird Library Auditorium, Room 299