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4th Annual Merck-Merial Veterinary Scholars Symposium

July 31 - August 2, 2003

 

Symposium Schedule

Thursday, July 31
3:30 – 6:30 pm Check-in at West Hall - Derby Dining Center
6:00 pm Welcome Reception & Registration
6:30 pm Brief Welcome & Schedule Review - Dinner
8:00 pm Free Time (K-State CVM Ambassadors and Student Scholars will be available to provide guided tours to the activities of your choice: K-State Campus, College of Veterinary Medicine, Peters Recreation Center, and the Aggieville District.)

 
 

Friday, August 1
7:30 – 8:00 am KSU Student Union - Registration for Late Arrivals
8:45 am Official Welcome: CVM Dean Ralph Richardson (8:45-8:50)
Review of Symposium Goals: Dr. Gerry Hickey (8:55-9:00)
9:00 am IceBreaker Activity
10:00 am Poster Session I: Every scholar attending the symposium will present their research efforts in poster format. Every scholar poster will be mounted in the main ballroom of the KSU Student Union on Friday morning (7:30-8:00 am) and remain available for viewing until Saturday afternoon (4:00 pm). Four one-hour sessions (Poster sessions I, II, III, IV) will be devoted formally to viewing posters; one-fourth of the scholars will be required to be present at their posters during each session. Additional time for viewing posters occurs during breakfast and lunch on Saturday; these buffet style meals take place in the K&S ballrooms adjacent to the main ballroom containing the posters.
11:00 am Panel Discussion I - Topic: Veterinarians in Research: Here, There, and Everywhere
Format:
4-5 panelists,
5-10 minute individual presentations followed by audience questions

Moderator:  Dr. Frank Blecha

Participants:

Research Environment Potential Representative
US Military Dr. Jerry Jaax and/or Dr. Nancy Jaax (KSU)
Medical School (Human) Dr. WA Arden (University of Illinois)
Pharmaceutical Industry Dr. Hilton Klein (Merck)
Contract Research Organization Dr. John Phillip (Midwest Research Institute)
Federal Laboratory Dr. Will Laegreid (U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE)
 
The majority of student scholars supported by Merck-Merial engage in research at universities. The purpose of this panel is to give students insight into non-academic research environments.
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 pm Poster Session II
2:30-3:30 Breakout Groups for Scholars (A-E) and Directors (F) and Pre-Vet Students (G):
A: Student Suggestions for Promoting a Scientific Research Culture within the
Veterinary Community.
B: Student Perceptions about Research Funding (challenges and opportunities)
C: Student Perceptions about the Advantages of a Research Career
D: Student Perceptions about Disadvantages of/Obstacles to a Research Career
E: Student Concerns about Work: Life Balance
F: How Can Directors Improve the Programs?
G: Pre-Veterinary Students
3:30-5:00 Presentation of Group Summaries
5:15 Free Time (Tours of the KSU-CVM Available by Request)
6:30 Reception
7:00 Dinner
8:00 Entertainment:
Hypnotist: Veterinarian and former FFA member, Dr. Al Snyder mixes hypnosis and humor to get the group working and laughing together.

Cosmic Bowling and Billiards: Who cares if you can roll a strike when there’s dance music, disco lights and bowling balls that glow in the dark?


 

Saturday, August 2
8:00 am Breakfast Buffet
9:00 am Poster Session III
10:30 am Break
11:00 am Panel Discussion II
Topic: Combining Research and the Real World: Achieving Work-Life Balance

Format: 5 panelists or teams of panelists (Where appropriate, the spouses or significant others of panelists will be invited to attend and contribute)

Moderator:  Dr. Lisa Wolf-Wendel

Participants:
Drs. Jerry and Nancy Jaax
Dr. James Lillich (Spouse: Dr. Roberta Lillich)
Dr. Kathy Mitchell
Dr. Bonnie Rush (Spouse: Dr. Kevin Hankins)
Dr. Judith Fenyk-Melody (Merck)
Dr. Roberto Alva (Merial)

Veterinary student scholars are very concerned about the demands of combining a research career with a meaningful personal life. The panelists featured here vary in age and life experience, although all of the proposed participants are researchers and parents
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30-2:30 pm Poster Session IV
2:30-4:00 pm Panel Discussion III
Topic: Research Career Paths: Any Which Way that Works

Format:
4-5 panelists,
5-10 minute individual presentations followed by audience questions

Moderator:  Dr. Lisa Freeman
 
Participants:
KSU: Dr. James Lillich
Dr. Thomas Schermerhorn
Dr. Patricia Payne
The Salk Institute: Dr. Melissa Finley
Merck-Merial: Dr Ramon Kemp (Merck)

This panel features veterinarians actively involved in scientific investigation, who entered the research community via different portals at different stages of their personal and professional lives.

4:00 Free Time (Tours of the KSU-CVM Available by Request)
6:00 pm KSU Alumni Center
Evening Reception/Banquet with Keynote Address:
Topic: Globalization of Veterinary Medicine: New Research Opportunities

Speaker: Dr. Corrie Brown, University of Georgia