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Students are encouraged to
participate in ongoing research beginning their first semester.
Research interests and recent publications of the School of
Medicine faculty are listed in the booklet entitled ‘Medical Research'.
1. W. Morgan Newton
Graduate Student Research Award
This award has been established in
honor of Dr. W. Morgan Newton, the former Director of the Animal
Resource Facility. All Biomedical Science Ph.D students are
required to participate in the annual Newton Graduate Research
Symposium at least once before their dissertation defense.
Programs and abstracts from previous years are located at the
Newton Graduate Research Symposium website
. Participants submit an abstract based on some aspect of their
current research and make a 10-20 minute oral presentation before
the faculty and students. An award committee consisting of one
faculty member from each department selects a winner and
recognizes several highly ranked presentations worthy of
>honorable mention'. Selection criteria include the following:
clarity and organization of presentation; quality of research;
analysis and interpretation of data; and understanding of the
research demonstrated by responses to questions. Those students
selected for ‘honorable mention' receive recognition and a check
for $50. The winner receives a check for $200 and a certificate
presented at the Medical School Graduation and Honors Day Ceremony
in May. First place and honorable mention winners are nominated to
make presentations at the University-wide Graduate Student's Day
held in April.
2. Teaching Training
Biomedical Science graduates often
take faculty positions at colleges, universities, and medical
schools with teaching responsibilities. Therefore, training in
effective scientific and medical education is offered. Basic
Science departments may provide students with opportunities for
participation in teaching one or more courses in the School of
Medicine. In addition, a cooperative teaching affiliation with
Midlands Technical College provides teaching opportunities in
allied health fields; graduate students not only gain valuable
experience but also earn additional income. Teaching tutorials for
graduate students are also offered annually on the main campus and
are required for students appointed as Teaching Assistants or
Instructional Assistants.
3. Biomedical Science
Program Support of Academic Travel
Scientific conferences and meetings
provide an important educational experience and graduate student
are urged to attend and present the results of their research. To
encourage student participation in scientific meetings, the
program allocates a portion of its annual budget to support the
expenses of academic travel. The policy for awarding program funds
for academic travel by graduate students is as follows:
- The regular University policy for
allowable travel expenses applies.
- Requests for travel support should
include an estimate of expenses submitted on the graduate
office travel request forms (Form 6
 ). A
University Travel Authorization must be submitted from the
department, and copies of the TA and TRV (Reimbursement form)
sent to the graduate office.
- Program funds are available to
match funds from a department or research account up to a
limit of $750.00 per year.
- To allocate funds fairly, a
formula for determining priority will be used. Funds will be
awarded starting at the highest priority until the available
budget is exhausted. The priority formula will consist of the
sum of these points:
Seniority
- first year students = 0
- 2nd and 3rd year students =
1
- students beyond 3rd year = 2
Significance of the meeting
- National and small speciality =
2
- Regional meeting = 1
- Resort conferences = 0
Research presentation
- Authorship on a presentation =
1
- Presenter of a presentation = 2
(these are exclusive categories)
Newton Research Award
- Participation in the Newton
Research Award Competition = 2
Requests should be made as early in
the fiscal year as possible (even if the meetings are to be held
or abstracts are not due until much later in the fiscal year) in
order to have funds available for participation at meetings which
occur late in the school's fiscal year. Use Form 6 in the Appendix
to request travel funds.
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