28th Annual Stratford Campus Research Day Thursday, May 2nd

April 25, 2024

The 28th Annual Stratford Campus Research Day will be held on May 2, 2024 from 8:00AM to 2:00PM in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Academic Center Building located on the Stratford Campus.  The purpose of this event is to recognize the efforts of faculty, staff, interns/residents, fellows and students involved in research, promote collaboration, and encourage student participation in research. 

You are invited to submit poster displays of research projects or related professional activity. Poster submissions from all campuses at Rowan University are welcome. 

Poster Registration - The deadline for poster submissions is Friday, April 26th. All Rowan-affiliated registrants: please select "Log in with your Rowan University account." All others will need to create a new account.

Be sure to click on "Submit" once you have completed the registration and uploaded your poster information. 

Attendee Registration - If you are attending Research Day and not displaying a poster or pre-recorded video, the deadline for submitting the form for attendance only is Wednesday, May 1st, 2024.

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Saul Weiner: Contextualizing Care: An Essential and Measurable Clinical Competency

  • 8:00 a.m.     Breakfast and Poster Viewing - AC MPR
  • 9:30 a.m.     Introductory Remarks - Dr. Adarsh Gupta - AC Auditorium 
  • 9:40 a.m.     Welcome - Dr. Carl Hock, Senior Associate Dean
  • 9:50 a.m.     Introductory Remarks - Dr. Richard Jermyn, Dean
  • 10:00 a.m.   Dr. Daniel Hurst, Director of Medical Professionalism, Ethics, and Humanities; Associate Professor. Lecture: "Advancements in Xenotransplantation and Attendant Ethical Issues"
  • 10:30 a.m.   Dr. Adarsh Gupta, Professor; Chair, Rowan-Virtua SOM IRB; Chair, Rowan-Virtua SOM Research Committee; Course Director. Lecture: "AI in Academic Research"
  • 11:00 a.m.   Dr. Dianne Langford, Associate Vice President for Research; Professor. Lecture: "Neurodegenerative Diseases of Disrupted Waste Management"
  • 11:30 a.m.   Mr. Vamsee Potluri, Director of the VA Wilmington Healthcare System. Lecture: "VA's Four Missions - VA's Commitment to Education and Research"
  • 12:00 p.m.   Introductory Remarks - Mr. Vamsee Potluri
  • 12:10 p.m.   Keynote Speaker - Dr. Saul Weiner, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago; Staff Physician, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center; Deputy Director, VA Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare. Lecture: "Contextualizing Care: An Essential and Measurable Clinical Competency"
  • 1:20 p.m.     Lunch and Poster Viewing - AC MPR
  • 2:30 p.m.     Education and Research Opportunities with the VA - AC Room 276

Please visit the Rowan-Virtua SOM Research Webpage at https://som.rowan.edu/research/researchday.html for additional information