2023 VMSRTP Schedule
*The schedule is subject to change; changes will be announced at weekly meetings and by email.
| Date | Event | Person | Location |
| Wed., Mar 8, 2023 (5:30-6:30PM) | Organizational/Introduction Meeting | Scholars/Mentors | VIDI 105 & ZOOM |
| Wed., Mar 22, 2023 (5:30-7 PM) | Writing Workshop: Drafting your Research Proposal | Drs. Gaddy, Long | VIDI 105 |
| Fri., April 14, 2023 | Proposals due by email to Dr. T. Vemulapalli | ||
| Complete prior to Thu., May 11, 2023 | Responsible Conduct of Research & Compliance Training: BSL-2, Biological Safety Cabinet Training (Train-Traq) Blood Borne Pathogen, Radiation Training (Train-Traq) CITI training – Working with IACUC | All training is ONLINE | |
| Thu., May 11, 2023 | Orientation: Required Responsible Conduct of Research 8:30AM: Welcome 8:45AM: Mentor-Mentee Relationships, Agreement 9:30AM: Ethics of Animal Research 10:15AM: Break 10:30AM: Data Management, Ownership & Conflicts of Interest | Directors Long, Vemulapalli Dr. Dana Gaddy Dr. Tracy Vemulapalli Dr. Chuck Long | VIDI 105 |
| Fri., May 12, 2023 | Orientation: Required Responsible Conduct of Research 8:30AM: Ethical, Responsible Conduct of Research 9:15AM: Research Grants and Funding Opportunities 10:00AM: Break 10:15AM: Evaluating & Presenting a Scientific Journal Article 11:00AM: Statistics in Research | Dr. Ramesh Vemulapalli Dr. Peter Nghiem Dr. P. de Figueiredo Dr. Chuck Long Dr. Sarah Hamer | VIDI 105 |
| Wed., May 17, 2023 | Kick-Off Dinner: Career Paths for Veterinary Scientists | Scholars/Mentors | Texas A&M University Club |
| Thu., May 18, 2023 (11:30AM-1PM) | Data conversion to abstracts Alumni corner Invitee: Catrina Silveira, DVM, MS, T32 PhD student, Instructor, VSCS, Texas A&M University | Dr. Gaddy | VIDI 105 |
| Tue., May 23, 2023 ALL DAY | Texas Heart Institute Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston | Scholars Directors | Houston |
| Thu., May 25, 2023 (11:30AM-1PM) | Journal Club Presentations by scholar groups Literature Searches, Building your Professional Profile | Scholars Molly Crews | VIDI 105 |
| Thu., June 1, 2023 (11:30AM-1PM) | Journal Club Presentations by scholar groups Writing Workshop: Converting Proposal to Manuscript Introduction | Scholars Dr. Charles Long | VIDI 105 |
| Thu., June 8, 2023 (11:30AM-1PM) | Organizing Project/Data into posters, oral presentations, manuscripts | Scholars Dr. Dana Gaddy | VIDI 105 |
| Thu., June 15, 2023 (11:30AM-1PM) | Journal Club Presentations by scholar groups How to prepare an Elevator speech Writing Workshop: Manuscript Methods Section | Scholars Dr. Charles Long | VIDI 105 |
| Thu., June 22, 2023 (11:30AM-1PM) | Journal Club Presentations by scholar groups Alumni corner– Invitee: Dr, Chase Crawford, DVM, Texas A&M University, Public Health Analyst, NIAID | Scholars | VIDI 105&ZOOM |
| Fri., June 23 (8:30-9:30 AM) | Boehringer Ingelheim Career Panel DiscussionBoehringer Ingelheim Breakfast Discussion with Drs. Karen Lass, DVM and Whit Cothern, DVM | 5 BI Scholars Directors | Dean’s Conference Room, VENI 300, Dean’s Office Suite |
| Thu., June 29, 2023 (11:30AM-1PM) | Journal Club Presentations by scholar groups Alumni corner-Invitee: Joseph Hicks, DVM, PhD, Res Fellow, Malaria Modelling Group; Imperial College London, UK (zoom) | Scholars | VIDI 105& ZOOM |
| Thu., July 6, 2023 (11:30AM-1PM) | Elevator speeches, Abstract draft workshop, Outstanding Mentor discussion | Dr. Dana Gaddy | VIDI 105 |
| Thu., July 13, 2023 (11:30AM-1PM) | Preparing and delivering research presentations Writing Workshop: Manuscript Data Results section Program Assessment and Evaluation | All Scholars Directors | VIDI 105 |
| Fri, July 14 | Symposium Abstracts due to AAVMC site | ALL SCHOLARS | send to AAVMC |
| Thu., July 20, 2023 (11:30AM-1PM) | Poster and MS Writing Workshop: Discussion section – summary, context; references | Drs. Vemulapalli & Gaddy Scholars | VIDI 105 |
| Thu., July 27, 2022 | Posters due for printing to Eleni Vonda | All Scholars | send to Eleni Vonda |
| Thu., July 27, 2023 (11:30AM-1PM) | Writing Workshop: Directors’ Office Hours | VMSRTP Directors All Scholars | VIDI 105 |
| Fri., July 28, 2023 (8AM-3PM) | Texas A&M Summer Veterinary Student Research Conference (10-minute oral presentations) | Scholars/Mentors | VENI 107AB |
| Fri., July 28, 2023 (6PM) | VMSRTP Final Banquet & Awards Ceremony | Scholars/Mentors | TBD |
| Thu.-Sat., August 3-5, 2023 | National Veterinary Scholars Symposium – San Juan, Puerto Rico (travel Aug 2-6) | ||
| Mon., August 14, 2023 | Final Manuscripts due to Mentors, Project completion, final Program, NVSS evaluation | All Scholars |