2022 Summer Student Awards
The Otago Medical School Research Society is proud to announce the 261st Scientific Meeting : Summer Student Awards
This will occur between 5.00 – 7.30 pm on Wednesday 4th May 2022 in the Barnett Lecture. We are limiting in-person attendance to the speakers and their immediate supporters, but encourage others to attend via zoom at the link below.
The Pat Cragg Summer Student award will be presented to the best presentation, along with a prize of $500. The runner-up will be awarded $250.
This award is sponsored by The Otago Medical Research Foundation
Please attend and support our students. The zoom details are:
https://otago.zoom.us/j/92263725089?pwd=QkNnNEN6VHRuQUh2aHNVZTZKSi83QT09
Password: 056625
Summer Student Award 2022 – Call for Abstracts
The Otago Medical School Research Society is proud to announce the Call for Abstracts for the 2022 Summer Student Award at the 261st Scientific Meeting of the Society.
This will occur between 5.00 – 7.30 pm on Wednesday 4th May 2022 in the Barnett Lecture. An option for attending and presenting via Zoom will also be offered.
This award is sponsored by The Otago Medical Research Foundation
The Pat Cragg Summer Student award will be presented to the best presentation, along with a prize of $500. The runner-up will be awarded $250.
To be eligible for the Award, you must
- have not previously won this award
- report the results of health-related research that you have made a major contribution to, and which was performed during the most recent summer research fellowship under the auspices of the University of Otago, Dunedin.
Summer students wishing to present a paper at this meeting should prepare an abstract following these guidelines:
OMSRS Abstracts Guidelines and Template 2022
Submit your abstract by completing this online form.
Or, email your completed abstract and abstract submission form sheet
OMSRS Abstract Submission Form
to the OMSRS Editor by emailing omsrs-editor@otago.ac.nz
Up to ten abstracts will be selected for presentation at the meeting.
Abstracts and supporting documentation must be received by the OMSRS Editor on or before: Friday 24th March 2022
2021 Invited Speaker – Peter Williamson
The Otago Medical School Research Society are thrilled to announce Peter Williamson as our invited speaker for 2021.
Peter is Rautaki Hononga / Kaitakawaenga – Māori Strategic Framework Facilitator for the School of Biomedical Sciences and will be speaking on “Kaitiakitanga (caretakership) Today”.
Peter Williamson, Rautaki Hononga / Kaitakawaenga (Māori Strategic Framework Facilitator) at University of Otago
In the Māori world view, people originated out of the environment (Papatuānuku or mother earth). Medicine has engaged poorly with this mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) treating human wellness separately to environmental wellness. Although living in the same “dwelling” alongside Papatuānuku, western medicine has in the main, ignored its own science of contagion seeing people as impervious to her failing health. This optimistic discussion proposes medicine will require a major focus on kaitiakitanga Māori for its credibility going forward.
We welcome you all to attend and learn from Peter on Wednesday 21st July at 5pm in the Barnett Lecture Theatre. Refreshments will be served.
OMSRS – now for a blog!
Welcome to the new weblog for the Otago Medical School Research Society.
While our previous webpage will remain as an archive, this weblog will bring you up-to-date news of coming events, as well as highlighting the winners of our competitions.
Out with old in with the new… but seriously, we thank those members of the committee who are leaving to pursue other agendas, as well as those who are staying on for another stint (perhaps in a new role), and welcome new members. This year our new President is Assoc. Professor Shyamal Das (School of Pharmacy), who is taking up the reins from immediate past President Assoc. Professor Gisela Sole(School of Physiotherapy). A full list of committee members can be found HERE.
So, without further ado, on with the blog!
