We want you to represent Milken Institute School of Public Health at GW’s 20th Annual Research Days on April 1, 2015! GW undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students are invited to showcase their work and compete for prize money. The event features poster presentations, keynote speakers and highlights the breadth of research, creative scholarship, and cultural discovery being done at GW by students and postdoctoral researchers. Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend!
Why should I participate? Because, it’s an opportunity to:
- Work with my mentor to showcase my research
- Compete for prizes
- Gain experience in presenting my research to both a lay and a research audience
- Support my career and professional development
How do I participate?
- Gain mentor or advisor approval (required) for your abstract submission – deadline is Sunday, March 1, 2015
- Submit your abstract online
- View our abstract guidelines and instructions for GW Research Days 2015
- Create your poster with approved templates
- Poster guidelines and printing instructions coming soon!
The April 1 session of GW’s Research Days will focus on health and medicine topics, including research from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, School of Nursing, and the Biomedical Engineering program.
Awards will be given for the best poster by a masters- and doctoral-level student. The oral presenter and best poster winners will receive prizes. Criteria for judging abstracts and posters will include the importance of the topic addressed, quality of the methods, clarity of the results, and appropriateness of the conclusions. Judges will include both faculty and peers. Get more information on GW’s 2015 Research Days (including pictures of last year’s posters!)