Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium

总结/摘要 东南医学科学家研讨会（SEMSS）成立于2010年，由来自 位于伯明翰的亚拉巴马大学（UAB）、埃默里大学和范德比尔特大学医学院 科学家培训方案。这三个方案共同主办了六次研讨会 年，地点在伯明翰（2010年，2013年），亚特兰大（2011年，2014年）和纳什维尔之间轮换 (2012，2015）。研讨会的目的是鼓励合作和跨学科 美国东南部地区的教育环境。这个完全的学生- 有组织的研讨会旨在促进MD/博士生之间的联系，在多个 在东南部的机构，让学生接触到的趋势，挑战和机遇固有的 在学术医生的职业生涯中。未来的SEMSS会议将继续轮流在 伯明翰，亚特兰大和纳什维尔，以优化区域学生的参与。的程序 每个SEMSS都已经并将继续包括主旨发言人的演讲，多个特定主题 分组会议，MSTP学生研究口头和海报会议，和社会活动。的 分组会议分为MD/PhD学生，本科生和 居民/研究员。会议持续两天，内容从下午早些时候开始， 星期六，星期天下午早些时候结束。SEMSS的目标受众是 在东南部和居民/研究员，医学博士生，和 东南部大学的本科生，他们对未来的职业感兴趣， 物理科学家本次研讨会的另一个目的是让本科生接触到 为了培养对学术职业的兴奋， 医学和增加未来的医生科学家的管道。我们认为这种额外的关注 对来自该地区的本科生来说， 来自医学背景的学生人数不足（URIM），据美国新闻和 世界报道，前二十名历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCU）中有九所位于 在亚拉巴马、格鲁吉亚、田纳西、密西西比或路易斯安那。

Summary/Abstract The Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium (SEMSS) was established in 2010 by students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Emory University, and Vanderbilt University Medical Scientist Training Programs (MSTPs). The three programs have co-hosted the symposium for six years with the location rotating among Birmingham (2010, 2013), Atlanta (2011, 2014), and Nashville (2012, 2015). The objective of the symposium is to encourage a collaborative and interdisciplinary educational environment within the Southeast region of the United States. This fully student- organized symposium seeks to foster connections between the MD/PhD students at multiple institutions across the Southeast, exposing students to trends, challenges, and opportunities inherent in careers of academic physicians. Future SEMSS meetings will continue to rotate locations between Birmingham, Atlanta, and Nashville in order to optimize regional student participation. The program of each SEMSS has and will continue to include keynote speaker presentations, multiple topic-specific breakout sessions, MSTP student research oral and poster sessions, and social events. The breakout sessions are divided into sessions of interest to MD/PhD students, undergraduates, and residents/fellows. The meetings span two days, with content starting in the early afternoon on a Saturday and ending in the early afternoon on Sunday. The target audience for the SEMSS is MD/PhD students in training programs in the southeast and residents/fellows, MD students, and undergraduate students at southeastern institutions who have an interest in future careers as physician-scientists. An additional purpose of this symposium is to expose undergraduate students to physician-scientist trainees and faculty in order to foster excitement about careers in academic medicine and increase the pipeline of future physician-scientists. We think that this additional focus on undergraduate students from the region is critical to our purpose of enhancing the pipeline of students from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine (URIM), as according to US News and World Report, nine of the top twenty historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are located in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, or Louisiana.