Call for Abstracts for Oral and Poster Presentations

We are pleased to make the call for abstracts to all OHSU students for the 2008 OHSU Student Research Forum (SRF) which will take place on Thursday and Friday, 8^th and 9^th of May 2008. The forum will include one large poster reception and 14 oral presentation sessions on the research topics listed below. The total prize fund for the 2008 SFR is over $7500.

Neuroscience	Cardiovascular Research	Epithelial Biology
Musculoskeletal Research	Immunology and Infectious Disease	Aging
Addiction and Behavior	Cancer Research	Public Health
Environmental Research	Stem Cells and Development	Toxicology
Metabolism	Technology and Devices	Reproductive Biology

Your on-line registration and submission of your abstract for either an oral or poster presentation can be found at http://srf.ohsu.edu. The site has instructions, too, and is available from February 2008 to the 16^th of April 2008. Your registration and abstract can be submitted from any computer with internet access on- or off-campus. Answers to “Frequently Asked Questions” about various topics are also available on the 2008 SRF Website - which also links you to the registration/abstract web site.

Complete information for submitting the abstract will consist of:

a minimum of two authors: yourself as the presenting author, and your primary research advisor/mentor;
the title of your research presentation,
a 250-word Abstract of the research project,
one or more keywords descriptive of the research, and
selection of a research topic that will be used to place your oral presentation into a topic session for the Forum.

The on-line process guides you through these requirements, alerting you whether your submission is complete or not. Registration for oral presentations will be on a first-come first- served basis. Once the abstract has been submitted, the author will be able to edit the abstract up until April 25.

Results of both the Oral and Poster presentations will be announced and awards presented at the SRF Awards Reception on Friday, 9^th of May. This year’s reception will be held at the Center for Health & Healing at the South Waterfront, and all students who presented an Oral or Poster presentation will be invited to attend and bring their mentor as a guest.

We hope that you will participate in this 25th annual OHSU Student Research Forum. It is a great opportunity to present your research to peers, faculty, and staff of OHSU, as well as OHSU alumni and visiting high school and undergraduate students.

Please join us in May!

Frequently Asked Questions about registration and abstract submission.

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