SEMSS 2025
An annual symposium that brings together both current and aspiring physician-scientists from around the southeastern U.S. and beyond to share their work and collaborate.
Thank you for making SEMSS 2025 a success!
We’re excited for SEMSS 2026, which will be hosted by the Emory Medical Scientist Training Program in Atlanta, GA.
Congratulations to our SEMSS 2025 Poster and Oral Presentation Winners!:
Poster Presentations - Undergraduate
1st: Theo Hines, UAB
2nd: Pranay Ramaswamy, Georgia Institute of Technology
3rd: Michael Adofo, Grambling State University
Poster Presentations - Graduate
1st: Kevin Zhang, Vanderbilt University
2nd: Kyle Enriquez, Vanderbilt University
3rd: Huy Pham, UAB
Oral Presentations - Undergraduate
1st: Abdul Elsaadawy, Belmont University
2nd: Swarada Kulkarni, Vanderbilt University
Oral Presentations - Graduate
1st: Derek Shyr, UAB
2nd: Benjamin Lee, UAB
3rd: Kaitlin McKernan, Vanderbilt University
And congratulations to our Outstanding Abstract Award Winners!:
Joshua Li, UAB, MD/PhD Student
Sakthi Priya Ramamoorthy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Undergraduate Student
Arooj Zehra, Belmont University, Undergraduate Student
Matthew Shen, UAB, Undergraduate Student
Funding for this conference was made in part by NIH R13GM109532 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a component of the National Institutes of Health. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Additional funding for this conference was made possible through support from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Emory University, Vanderbilt University, American Physician Scientist Association (APSA), and the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI).
SEMSS is committed to providing an environment that is free of bias, discrimination, and harassment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, veteran status, disability or genetic information.
