April 13th through 15th, twelve TL1 students, descended on Washington, DC for the 2016 Translational Science Conference hosted by the Association for Clinical and Translational Science and the American Federation for Medical Research. All attendees had either an oral or poster presentation or both. Conference events also included a network dinner with students from other schools across the country and visits to meet with congressional representatives and advocate for translational science on Capitol Hill. Attendees also got to hear plenary speeches from NIH and HHS representatives.
TL1 Scholars join the KL2 Scholars in a visit to Capital Hill
TL1 Scholar Intensive James VandenBerg presents his poster
TL1 Standard Scholar Amy Langdon discusses her poster with conference attendees
TL1 Standard Ravi Chacko (left) presents his poster to conference attendee
TL1 Standard Wade Self (left) discusses his poster