GSBS Graduate Student Research Day

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Cooley Center
7440 Cambridge Street
Houston, Texas 77054

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Erin S. Calipari, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Director of Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research
Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation

Vanderbilt University

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2026 AGENDA

9:00-9:30AM	Breakfast
9:30AM	Welcome
9:35-10:35AM	Oral Presentation Skills Finalists’ Competitions Pre-Candidacy & MS
10:45-11:45AM	Oral Presentation Skills Finalists’ Competitions Post-Candidacy
12:00-1:00PM (A) 1:00-2:00PM (B)	Poster Sessions and Lunch (first 250 attendees) Session A Session B
2:10-3:30PM	Elevator Pitch Finalists’ Contests
3:45-4:45PM	Keynote Seminar with Q&A
4:45PM	Awards
5:00-6:00PM	Reception

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