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Translational research and interdisciplinary graduate education that advance human health • For all IMS students, attendance at Scientific Day counts towards completion of the MSc 1010 Y / MSc 1011 Y seminar requirement. If you cannot attend, your supervisor must submit an explanation for your absence to pa.medscience@utoronto.ca no later than May 1 st , 2013. 2. LAIDLAW MANUSCRIPT COMPETITION – Submission Deadline: March 15 th , 2013 5pm Students shortlisted for the Laidlaw Manuscript Competition will be invited to give an oral presentation at IMS Scientific Day. The following awards are conferred for exceptional manuscripts and presentations: • Laidlaw Prize – Clinical Science • Laidlaw Prize – Basic Science • Laidlaw Prize – Honourable Mention Laidlaw Manuscript Instructions: Manuscripts for this competition must reflect work completed in the graduate program – published or in press work is eligible. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as a PDF file in the format of a letter to “Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science”. This is the mandatory format for this competition (even if the content of the manuscript has already been published in other journals). Supplemental material is not permitted. For information on “Nature”, letter formatting, length, etc., please visit: http://www.nature.com/nature/authors/index.html If your manuscript contains multiple authors, a letter from your supervisor confirming that the majority of the work presented in the manuscript is your own must accompany the submission. Send your electronic (PDF file) submissions to Marika Galadza at pa.medscience@utoronto.ca by March 15 th , 2013 5pm. 3. ALAN WU POSTER COMPETITION – Abstract Submission Deadline: March 15 th , 2013 5 pm The Alan Wu Poster Prizes are presented to the most outstanding basic science and clinical science abstract and poster presentation. All Alan Wu poster competition participants are expected to prepare an abstract and brief poster presentation (work must have been completed within the graduate program). Alan Wu Poster Competition Instructions: • Students must prepare a poster no bigger than 3 feet high by 6 feet wide to be displayed at Scientific Day on May 28 th , 2013 at Chestnut Residence & Conference Centre • Poster boards will be provided and groups will be assigned on Scientific Day • No more than one poster board is permitted per student • Poster should be designed in a landscape orientation • Posters will be divided into Clinical and Basic science categories Page 2
Translational research and interdisciplinary graduate education that advance human health • All posters should be presented in a way that is accessible to any scientist since poster judges may not be content experts • Posters are divided by into groups of no more than 10 students; each group is assigned two judges • Students are allocated 7 minutes for their oral presentation (5 minute talk plus 2-minute question period) • Following the presentation, judges rank the abstract, poster, and presentation • Based on the ranking, a finalist from each group is selected The following awards are conferred for exceptional posters: • Alan Wu Poster Prize – Clinical Science • Alan Wu Poster Prize – Basic Science • Alan Wu Poster Prize – Honourable Mention Alan Wu Poster Competition Abstract Instructions: • 1 page (or less), single spaced, 1” margins • Arial 11 point font • Includes background, purpose, hypothesis, methods, results, conclusions • Abstract Title (in ALL capital letters), student and supervisor’s names are included at the top of the page • Indicate your abstract category: Clinical or Basic Science. Please note: Community and global health, as well as medical education and bioethics, are considered in the clinical category. All abstracts will be published in the IMS Scientific Day Booklet that is distributed at Scientific Day in May. Send your Alan Wu Poster Competition abstracts in electronic (word file) format to Marika Galadza at pa.medscience@utoronto.ca by March 15 th , 2013, 5pm. Faxed & PDF copies will not be accepted. 4. THE MEL SILVERMAN MENTORSHIP AWARD – Call for Nominations The Mel Silverman Mentorship Award is presented to an IMS faculty member who has served as an outstanding mentor and role model for graduate students, and who has contributed in a significant way to the IMS graduate program. Candidates for this award must be nominated by at least two IMS students. Nominations include a detailed letter in support of the candidate, as well as a copy of the candidate’s curriculum vitae. Additional letters of support are welcome. Send your Mel Silverman Mentorship Award nominations in electronic (word file) format to Michelle Rosen at sf.medscience@utoronto.ca. Page 3
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