New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
New England Science Symposium | Harvard Medical School | Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership

New England Science Symposium


SAVE THE DATE

The New England Science Symposium Date Announced!

The 20th Annual New England Science Symposium has been scheduled for Sunday, April 11, 2021 at The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School.

We will be communicating directly with individuals whose abstracts were accepted to present for April 2020 about additional virtual opportunities.

We will reach out with more information in the coming months.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email Rodolfo Ramos at rodolfo_ramos@hms.harvard.edu

Follow us on twitter: @NESS_News


PURPOSE

The New England Science Symposium (NESS), established in 2002, provides a forum for postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; post-baccalaureates; college and community college students (particularly for African-American, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native individuals) to share their biomedical and health-related research activities through oral or poster presentations, to engage in discussions related to career development in the sciences, to exchange ideas and to expand their professional networks.


AWARDS

Awards for outstanding oral and poster presentations in various disciplines and categories are: Ruth and William Silen, M.D. Awards, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Awards, Postdoctoral Awards, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Neonatology Award, TACS BIO Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Award, American Cancer Society Awards, and Predicine Translational Research Award.

For description of the awards and list of award winners, please click here.


SPONSORS

Harvard Medical School
Minority Faculty Development Program (MFDP)
 
The Minority Faculty Development Program (Established 1990) of the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership (Established 2002; originally named Faculty Development and Diversity) sponsors programs for the development of Harvard Medical School faculty and trainees, with an emphasis on mentoring and leadership, as well as programs that are designed to reach out to the pre-college, college, graduate and postdoctoral populations with the goal of bringing outstanding students from groups underrepresented in medicine into the biomedical science pipeline.
 
Biomedical Science Careers Program (BSCP)
BSCP was founded in 1991 by MFDP in collaboration with the Massachusetts Medical Society and the New England Board of Higher Education to identify, inform, support and provide mentoring for academically outstanding minority students and fellows ranging from high school to postdoctoral level.


CONTACTS

For more information please contact:
 
Rodolfo Ramos
Program Coordinator - New England Science Symposium
Harvard Medical School
 
Hollie Borek DeSilva
Executive Director
Biomedical Science Careers Program