Oct'12 SSRA Final
Sun, 14 October, 2012The Student Summer Research Awards 2012 culminated in an eagerly anticipated competitive final, which took place on Thursday 4th October in the debating chamber of the new UCD Student Centre. Co-hosted by Dr Amanda McCann and Professor Cormac Taylor (SBI), the SSRA final represents one of the highlights of School's calendar - bringing together students, academics and patient advocate groups from across our clinical and academic network.
In her opening remarks to a packed chamber, Dr McCann said:
"I want to congratulate not just our eight finalists, but all of the students who gave up their time to participate in the student summer research programme 2012. As well as the invaluable hands-on experience that each student gained, many of these projects will now be submitted to peer reviewed publications, to be read and referenced by like-minded investigators in the future."
Each of the eight finalists was then invited to present their research to the adjudication panel and assembled guests. Each finalist had six minutes to present, before fielding questions from the panel and from the floor. This intense, dynamic session tested and interrogated the depth of students' understanding, as well as descriptive skills and communications prowess.
Following a break, during which the adjudication panel made their deliberations and agreed on the medallists - tired finalists, proud families and assembled guests gathered for the results which were annouced by Professor Bill Powderly, Head of the School of Medicine and Medical Science.
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Gold Medal |
Elisa D'Arcangelo |
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Silver Medal |
Mark Savage |
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Bronze Medal |
Sean Owens |
For a full description of the event please click here
SBI would like to thank Mark Byrne, UCD SMMS, for providing the content for this article.