Medical Student Research Day

Event attendance is open to the entire UMB campus. UM SOM faculty, staff, residents, fellows, and students are encouraged to attend the event. If you are planning to attend the event or would like to receive updates regarding the event, please complete the 2025 MSRD RSVP Form.

If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering or being a judge for MSRD, please let us know through the RSVP Form.

The OSR team will follow-up with more information on volunteering soon!

To present at MSRD all of the following requirements for eligibility must be met. 

1. Presenter must be a UMSOM medical student currently who has completed at least one year of medical school. 
2. Presenter must have conducted the research after enrollment at UMSOM.
3. The content of the research must be related to biomedical fields or health topics. 
• Clinical case presentations or vignettes are eligible. 
4. The research must not have been presented at a previous MSRD. Research that is an extension of research presented at a previous MSRD is permitted. If it is an extension, prior research and data can be included as part of the background and preliminary data. 
5. The research must have progressed enough that you have actual results to present. MSRD is not a platform to present a proposal on research you plan on doing. If you do not have actual results to present, you are not eligible to present your research at MSRD.
   
6. MD/PhD students are eligible to present if they are in their second year of medical school or are in the first or second year of the PhD program.  

Multiple Presenters

• Students who want to present together (co-presenters) must register together by completing one combined form.
• It is strongly recommended that no more than 2 students present together. 
• We will consider up to 3 co-presenters on a case-by-case basis.
• Each co-presenter must be an eligible presenter.
• If awarded a prize, all co-presenters will evenly split the monetary award.  

Multiple Presentations

• If you have more than one research project you would like to present, you must submit a separate registration form for each presentation.
• You will be asked to indicate your preference for the presentations, since space is limited and we cannot guarantee you will be able to give multiple presentations. 

Presentation Registration Is Open

If you would like to present your research at MSRD, please review the Presenter Instructions and Register to Present by Wednesday, October 15.

No abstract is needed (yet)! Just provide a tentative title/topic!

Presenter Timeline

1. (Immediately) Think about whether you would like to give an oral or poster presentation.
2. Register to present by Wednesday, October 15
3. Presentation format and schedule will be announced on or before Friday, October 24.
4. Submit your abstract and finalize your title by Monday, November 3.
5. Submit the final version of your presentation by Friday, November 14.
6. Present your research at the 48th Annual Medical Student Research Day! (November 18 -19)

For more detailed instructions please review the Instructions for Presenters document. 

We welcome UM SOM faculty, postdoctoral and research fellows, residents, research associates, and research staff to be judges for the event. 

Presentations will be tailored to general audiences interested in biomedical research, so detailed topic expertise is not required to become a judge.

If you are interested in judging for the oral or poster sessions, please complete the 2025 MSRD RSVP Form to share your background and availability for MSRD. 

Even if you are unable to volunteer as a judge, please share the 2025 MSRD RSVP Form with other colleagues who might want to enjoy the broad array of presentations and interact with students and other faculty.