Department of Medicine & Whiting School of Engineering Research Retreat

Friday, February 14, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.

Turner Auditorium & Concourse
East Baltimore Campus

Abstract Submissions

We are thrilled to announce that next year’s retreat will occur in conjunction with the poster session. All trainees and faculty members are encouraged to submit an abstract for consideration for award and presentation opportunity at the retreat. Submit abstracts for both the Department of Medicine and the Whiting School of Engineering via the form linked below.

Abstract Submissions Deadline: Monday, January 6, 2025

Keynote Speaker

Donald Ingber

Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD

Founding Director, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Harvard University
Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology
Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital
Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Department of Medicine Mentoring Awards

If you are a full- or part-time faculty member or a post-doctoral fellow (MD, MD-PhD, or PhD) within the DOM and would like to acknowledge the contributions of an outstanding mentor, please consider submitting a DOM Mentoring Award nomination packet.

All full- or part-time faculty members with a primary appointment within the DOM are eligible for nomination. Nominators are responsible for collecting all required documents and submitting the completed packet by the nomination deadline. Previous Levine and Brancati awardees are not eligible. Please review the criteria for the awards.

Please submit your complete nomination packet to [email protected].

Mentoring Awards Nomination Deadline: Monday, January 6, 2025

A complete, competitive packet for each award includes:

  1. Primary nominating letter that addresses the award criteria
    • Nominating letter must be no more than 4-pages in length and must be signed by the nominator
    • If you have previously nominated this candidate, please update the letter and other materials as applicable
  2. 4 supporting letters from previous or current mentees
    • Each supporting letter must be no more than 2-pages in length.
    • The committee will not accept more than four supporting letters. If more than four are received, you will be asked to select the four you would like to be included in the nominating packet
  3. A complete list of current and former mentees
    • This list can be included in the nominee’s CV or submitted in your preferred format
  4. Nominee’s updated CV

David M. Levine Excellence in Mentoring Award

Mid-career and senior faculty (late Associate Professor and Professor)

Frederick L. Brancati Excellence in Mentoring Award

Early stage faculty (Assistant Professor or early Associate Professor--within 3 years of promotion)

For questions, contact [email protected].