Annual Research Day


Research Day is intended as a forum to highlight research conducted at the UIC Health Sciences Campus-Rockford, as well as affiliated and regional institutions. This year’s event will feature prominent keynote speakers, a panel discussion with cancer researchers, and dozens of research posters from students, residents, staff and faculty.
Research Day theme: Twists and Turns of Cancer Research
9 a.m. Registration
9:15 a.m. Welcome-Robert J Vickrey, MD, Auditorium
9:30 a.m. Keynote speakers:
NCI Program Highlights on Cancer Research and Training

Harnessing Tumor Vasculature for Therapeutic Development: Taking it up a Notch

11 a.m. Cancer Research Panel Discussion
Panelists
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Poster Viewing
2:00 p.m. Student Presentations
3:30 p.m. Presentation of Awards
4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
POSTERS
Poster Guidelines | Poster Templates | Basic Science Example | Case Report Example | Clinical Example | Community Example
LOGOS
AWARD CATEGORIES
Best Basic Science Research Poster Award | Sponsored by: Department of Biomedical Sciences
Best Basic Science Research Poster Award | Sponsored by: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Best Case Report Award | Sponsored by: Rockford Anesthesiologists Associated
Best Clinical Research Poster Award | Sponsored by: Rockford Ambulatory Surgery Center
Best MBT Student Research Poster Award | Sponsored by: Master of Science in Medical Biotechnology (MBT) Program and Department of Biomedical Sciences
Best Student Technical Poster Awards (Two Awards) | Sponsored by: Winnebago County Medical Society
Best Use of Literature in a Student Research Project Award | Sponsored by: Crawford Library of the Health Sciences-Rockford
CCTS Best Clinical-Translational Research Poster Award | Sponsored by: UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science
CCTS Best Community-Translational Research Poster Award | Sponsored by: UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science
College of Pharmacy Outstanding Poster Award | Sponsored by: UIC College of Pharmacy at Rockford
Dean’s Action Council Award | Sponsored by: Office of the Regional Dean, UICOMR
Innovation in Basic Science Research Award | Sponsored by: Office of the Regional Dean, UICOMR
James Scholar Award | Sponsored by: James Scholar Program
NCRHP Poster Award for Encouraging Excellence in Rural Health | Sponsored by: National Center for Rural Health Professions
Sister Mary Linus Nowak Research Award | Sponsored by: Saint Anthony College of Nursing
Supporting Model Public Health Practices Research Award | Sponsored by: Winnebago County Health Department and its Board of Health