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Student Research Forum

Mission

The Student Research Forum (SRF) exists to serve the students at the University of Kansas Medical Center, to advance their research and to bolster their professional development. The forum provides a public stage for the presentation, assessment and discussion of their scientific investigations as well an opportunity to recognize and award exceptional research efforts. The forum will provide exposure to talks from world-class researchers and promote interdisciplinary collaboration between fields, departments, professional schools and universities to foster high-quality, innovative research that will transform our present scientific understanding and ultimately improve the lives of people in the state of Kansas and throughout the world.

Each year the Graduate Student Council sponsors the Student Research Forum. A in-person multi-day interactive event, the 2025 SRF will be held April 7-11, 2025. It will showcase research conducted by students from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professionals. In addition to the student presentations, the SRF features a banquet and the extremely popular A.L. Chapman Keynote Research Lecture.

Abstract submissions are now open.  Submit by February 5:00pm on February 12th to participate in this year's SRF!

Questions or Comments can be e-mailed to srf@kumc.edu.


A.L. ChapmanA.L. Chapman Keynote Research Lecture

The A.L. Chapman Lecture series was created in honor of A.L. Chapman, Professor Emeritus of Anatomy & Cell Biology and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Emeritus.

2025 A.L. Chapman Keynote Speaker

Dr. Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D.

Barney Graham portraitBarney S. Graham is an immunologist, virologist, and clinical trials physician who is a thought leader on structure-based vaccine design, application of mRNA delivery technology, and pandemic preparedness. He obtained an undergraduate degree from Rice University, a medical degree from the University of Kansas, and completed internal medicine residency, chief residencies, ID fellowship, and Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University. He joined the NIAID Vaccine Research Center at NIH as a founding member in 2000 and retired as Deputy Director of the VRC in 2021. He is now Director of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute and Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Biochemistry, & Immunology at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. He is an inventor on vaccines and monoclonal antibodies approved for human use for the prevention or treatment of RSV, COVID-19, and Ebola. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has received numerous awards for the advancement of science and vaccinology, and has been recognized by Time magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential individuals and one of the Heroes of the Year in 2021 and one of the 100 most influential in health in 2024.

Student Research Forum

University of Kansas Medical Center
Student Research Forum
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160
srf@kumc.edu