The annual M.D./Ph.D. Student Research Symposium will take place at Miller School of Medicine’s Lois Pope LIFE Center on Thursday, April 7 and feature Kathleen L. Collins, professor of internal medicine and of microbiology and immunology at the University of Michigan.

Collins, whose lab investigates the molecular mechanisms of HIV immune evasion, will discuss “Molecular Mechanisms of HIV Persistence” at noon in the seventh-floor auditorium.

Student scientific talks will follow in the auditorium from 1:45 to 3:15 p.m. in the auditorium, and the student poster session will take place outside the auditorium from 3:25 to 5 p.m.

The goal of of the symposium is to bring students and mentors together, provide a unique forum for interaction among students and faculty, and for students to learn about the research of their peers. It was planned and organized by M.D./Ph.D students, including symposium chair and vice chair Matthew Phillips and Rhea Choi, Michelle Caunca, Michael Durante, Tyler Cunningham, James Grosso, Zachary Silver, Kevin Toomer, Michelle Trojanowsky, and Yusheng Zhang.

For more information, please contact Carlen Duncombe at [email protected] or 305-243-6278.