The newly transformed Van Liere and West Virginia IDeA Research Conference will engage researchers from WVU, Marshall University and academic institutions across the state of West Virginia beginning at 9 a.m. today (Sept. 16) at the Erickson Alumni Center.
Dr. Ali Rezai, executive chair of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, will give the keynote address at 9:30 a.m.
Various experts and speakers, including Dr. Clay Marsh and Ming Lei, will discuss neuroscience, stroke and cancer research, and how academic research affects individuals and communities through clinical and translational science
The conference, hosted by the WVU Health Sciences Office of Research and Graduate Education, will feature more than 130 posters and 40 oral presentations.
The broad scope of impactful work was derived from all five health schools — Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health — and includes highlighted research from undergraduate, graduate, medical and professional students, residents and faculty.
The first Van Liere Research Conference was held in 1965 and recognized the research of medical students in the School of Medicine. Dr. Edward J. Van Liere, the dean of the School of Medicine from 1937 to 1960, developed the two-year medical school into a four-year accredited program.
The conference has continued to grow in terms of participation and the scope of the research presented over the past several years. The celebration of the diversity of investigations and investigators continues to highlight the excitement around research at WVU Health Sciences.
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