Lifespan Research Day 2024
The Lifespan Office of Research will host its 31st annual Research Day on Friday, November 8, 2024.
More than 460 clinical trials are currently underway at Lifespan, and awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other sources, totaling more than $120 million, support Lifespan’s pioneering academic and clinical research. Please join us in celebrating the research being conducted at Lifespan.
Keynote Speaker
The event will be headlined by a presentation from Russell J. McCulloh, MD, titled Clinical Trials Innovations: Conducting Clinical Trials in Rural and Underserved Settings.
Dr. McCulloh is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is also the associate vice chancellor of clinical research for UNMC, the vice president for research for Nebraska Medicine, and the medical director for clinical and translational research operations at Children's Nebraska. He completed his infectious diseases fellowship at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University. He earned his MD from the University of Missouri.
Join Us in Person or Online
Friday, November 8, 2024
Rhode Island Hospital, George Auditorium
Gerry House Lobby (poster sessions)
For those unable to attend in person, the talks at the George Auditorium will also be broadcast via Zoom.
Additional presentations will include the Bruce Selya Award Winner in Research Excellence and research posters from Lifespan and other Rhode Island research institutions.
Call for Abstracts
Rhode Island researchers are invited to submit abstracts to be considered for an oral or electronic posterboard presentation.
Participants will have the opportunity to:
- Share findings with local colleagues.
- Gain feedback from expert faculty.
- Network and foster collaborations with professionals from various disciplines and institutions.
- Be considered for various awards.
Guidelines for Submitting Authors
- The faculty member or a trainee would be expected to present.
- Authors will need to select a category each for submitted abstract.
- Innovation
- Basic
- Clinical and Translational
- Submit abstracts here, at redcap.
- The deadline for abstract submissions is August 28, 2024.
- Authors will be notified in late August on their abstract status.
- Invited authors will be provided with details and deadlines for final electronic poster submission.
- Invited oral presenters will be provided with a deadline for presentations.
Please contact Susan McNamara, [email protected], with questions.