August 2-4, 2023 | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Background
The Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases (KUH) within the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) sponsors summer research programs for undergraduates across the US. At the end of the summer, a conference brings all students together to share their research accomplishment, network with peers and distinguished faculty, and receive timely career development advice. This added exposure to professional and scientific opportunities in renal, urologic, and hematologic diseases will encourage undergraduates to continue their medical or graduate careers in areas within the NIDDK research mission. In 2023, the conference will be at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Symposium program HERE
- Participating institutions:
- Yale University, Wake Forest University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Virginia, University of Texas Southwestern, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, University of Arizona, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Stanford University, Mayo Clinic (Rochester), Harvard University, and Emory University
- List of students’ abstracts HERE
- Full text abstracts HERE
- Key information. Details for traveling to UW-Madison and other logistics is HERE
- Students from out of town. You will be housed in a dormitory on the UW-Madison campus (Bradley Hall). Accommodations are for 2 persons per room (a few single rooms are available). Check in on Wednesday, August 2.
- CHECK IN & CHECK OUT: Check in on Wednesday, 8/02/2023 between 12:00 PM and 10:00 PM | Check out on Friday, 8/04/2023 by 2:00 PM
- MEALS: You will be given a meal card for breakfast on 8/03 and breakfast on 8/04 at a campus dining venue very close to the dormitory. Lunch and dinner on Thursday, 8/03/2023 is provided during the symposium.
- WEDNESDAY SOCIAL EVENT: For students and faculty, Wednesday 8/02/2023 at 7:00 PM at the UW-Madison Memorial Union (800 Langdon Street)
- Faculty from out of town: A block of rooms is reserved at the Hampton Inn & Suites Madison Downtown, 440 West Johnson Street, Madison, WI 53703
- A limited number of sleeping rooms for conference faculty only (not students) is reserved; room rate is $349 per night for single occupancy, plus tax (15.5%). BREAKFAST IS INCLUDED WITH YOUR STAY, 6:00-10:00 AM. The room block is in effect at this rate only until Wednesday, July 19, 2023, or until full, whichever comes first. Please be certain that the hotel provides you with a confirmation number for your reservation.
- You will need to arrange and pay for your own hotel reservation. To reserve your room online, please click on the following link, https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/msnbjhx-909-d435ce55-627d-4ad6-8241-e3be78ef6514/, and follow the step-by-step directions. You may also call the hotel’s Front Desk Team at (608) 255-0360 and mention the KUH Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium room block to ensure that you receive the correct room rate.
Symposium registration
- Students and faculty must register online HERE; deadline: July 28, 2023
Abstracts and Posters
- Abstract deadline has passed; students who have submitted abstracts should bring a printed poster with them for presentation during a poster session; poster boards are 4 ft high (vertical) and 8 ft wide (horizontal)
For more information:
- Chad Vezina, PhD, Director of the UW-Madison Summer Program for Undergraduate Urology Research (SPUUR)* and Assistant Director of the UW-Madison George M. O’Brien Center (U54) for Benign Urology Research
- University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Comparative Biosciences (chad.vezina@wisc.edu)
- Kristina Penniston, PhD, RDN, Co-Director of the UW-Madison SPUUR* and Director of the Urology Centers Interactions Core (U24), Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (CAIRIBU)
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Urology (penn@urology.wisc.edu)