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In the News: Zeal for Medical Science on Display at Annual Soma Weiss Research Day


Soma Weiss Day 2025 will be held on Tuesday, March 18 

Soma Weiss Student Research Day is an annual forum where medical and dental students present their scholarly work and learn about the investigative work of their peers. The event, first organized by Harvard faculty and medical students in 1940, honors the memory of Soma Weiss, MD (1899-1942), an inspiring teacher and physician at HMS and an ardent supporter of student research. The day consists of a poster session and selected student oral presentations.  It provides students with an opportunity to interact with faculty, staff, and peers from the greater Harvard community.

2024 Soma Weiss Student Research Day Schedule and Book of Abstracts (HarvardKey log on)
 

Current HMS students

Visit the Soma Weiss Day Student participation page to present your work on Soma Weiss Day (HarvardKey log on)

Visit the Harvard Catalyst Writing and Communications Center site for helpful tools on writing manuscripts effectively, preparing a scientific talk, and designing a poster.

The following prizes are awarded for the best student posters:

  • Elizabeth D. Hay Prize for Basic Science Research
  • Judah Folkman Prize for Clinical/Translational Science Research
  • Charles Janeway Prize for International Research or Service
  • Robert Ebert Prize for Health Care Delivery Research or Service
  • Leon Eisenberg Prize for Medicine in Society Research

Poster Winners 2024

Elizabeth D. Hay Prize for Basic Science Research

Jules Albritton-King, A Novel Perfused Cardiac Organoid System to Define the Impact of Vascular Dysfunction in Heart Disease

Runner-up: Ruby Guo, Chemogenetic Oxidative Stress in Utero: A Novel Model of Neonatal Heart Failure

Judah Folkman Prize for Clinical/Translational Science Research

Rohan Jha, Low Voltage Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) Stimulation Suggests Recorded Intracranial Signals and Cortico-Cortical Evoked Potentials (CCEPs) Are Often Artefactual Echoes of Each Other

Runner-up: Jean Filo, Conservative Medical Therapy Is a Safe and Effective Primary Treatment for Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Pseudoaneurysms

Robert Ebert Prize for Health Care Delivery Research or Service

Laboni Hoque, Expansion of the Health Champions Program

Charles Janeway Prize for International Research or Service

Donald Fejfar, The Impact of COVID-19 and National Pandemic Responses on Health Service Utilization in Seven Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Leon Eisenberg Prize for Medicine in Society Research

Julia Beatini, #GenderAffirmingHormoneTherapy on TikTok: An analysis of content and health information reported on social media

Runner-up: King Fok, Representation in Leadership: A parity analysis of gender and racial/ethnic diversity of department chairs in academic psychiatry