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The 2025 Medical Student Research Forum will be held August 30, 2025 at Disney's Yacht Club Resort. Check back for more information soon.
2024 Event Information
The Department of Pediatrics sponsored the 10th Annual Pediatrics Medical Student Research Forum on August 31, 2024, at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort in Orlando. This was a national stage, with over 50 students from coast to coast representing over 11 states, including the islands of Puerto Rico and Barbados. We were impressed by the superior level of research on the platform and poster presentations.
We sincerely appreciate our keynote speaker, Dr. Krithika Lingappan, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, for her amazing, inspirational message to the medical students. Also, to our faculty judges, Drs. Rashmin Savani, Molly Posa, Maria Kelly, Kristin Dayton, Laura Jacobsen, Thao Vu, (University of Florida), Debra Weiner (Boston Children’s Hospital), and Gene Chen (Orlando Health). We appreciate their dedication to this event as their participation was critical in offering feedback and inspiration to all medical student participants. We believe that each medical student left the forum inspired to better care for children and challenged to make discoveries to improve our understanding of pediatric illnesses.
We also extend special appreciation to our sponsors and partners at the University of Florida College of Medicine Office of Educational Affairs, the Society for Pediatric Research, and the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Awards
Of the many talks and posters, special recognition goes to the individuals listed below:
Oral Presentation
First Place
Nada Elsayed
Vanderbilt University
Second Place
Caitland Love
University of Florida College of Medicine
Third Place
Anna Walls
University of Florida College of Medicine
Third Place
Hannah Rogers
University of Florida College of Medicine
Poster Presentations
First Place
Marleine Negrón-Rosich
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Second Place
Melanie Pearce
University of Florida College of Medicine
Second Place
Maren Thomas
Florida State University College of Medicine
Third Place
Julia Prakash
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine
Third Place
Landon Graham
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
About the Forum
The Pediatric Research Forum for Medical Students is an exciting opportunity for students to share their research with peers.
- The forum, open to all medical students, will take place in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Oral and poster presentations will be available for basic science, case report/series, and clinical research.
- Pediatrics is an ever-changing field of discovery and innovation. Today’s research will lead to tomorrow’s cures
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact us at pedsresearchforum@peds.ufl.edu
Past Event Photos
