Donald W. Seldin Research Symposium
The Donald W. Seldin, M.D., Research Symposium is the annual showcase research event of the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Highlighting the tremendous research activity of Internal Medicine residents and fellows, the Symposium brings together trainees, faculty, and staff to celebrate the collaborative mentored research performed by Internal Medicine Trainees.
The Symposium held annually in late spring, when trainees gather to present posters detailing their research activities, where all faculty from the department and across campus are invited to celebrate and learn more about the breadth and depth of the department’s trainee research projects.
Research Competition
Posters are also judged each year by a large panel of Internal Medicine faculty, critically evaluating the strength of their experimental design and/or approach to patient-oriented problems and cases, the advancement of our fund of knowledge from their results and case analyses, and the potential for their work to significantly impact human health and health care.
Six finalists, designated as Foster Fellows in honor of the late Daniel W. Foster, M.D., are announced the next day following Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Those finalists then present their work in short 5-minute blitz talks during Grand Rounds the following week, when a panel of judges vote to select that year’s winning Seldin Scholar.
Awards
Monetary awards are issued to each finalist and their faculty mentor to further support the education and development of each trainee, as well as further develop the collaborative research project between each finalist and their mentor. Each award celebrates the important collaboration between the faculty mentor and trainee and encourages the development of further research collaborations each year between Internal Medicine trainees and faculty.
Funding
Via generous donations, funding is available that enables us to award trainees judged to have given the most outstanding and impactful research presentation. These awards were made in direct support of their medical education and career development. Awards are named in honor of the late Dr. Daniel W. Foster and Dr. Donald W. Seldin, who as former Chairs of Medicine laid the foundation for the outstanding resident research programs ongoing today. Additional resources were also provided to their faculty mentors; these funds were dedicated to continue and extend the collaborative mentor-resident research project, thereby supporting the publication of the results in a peer-reviewed journal and/or presentation at a national meeting.
Previous Symposium Speakers
- 2024 Keynote and Seldin-Smith Physican Scientist
William G. Kaelin Jr, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Danna-Farber Cancer Institute
“New Treatments for Anemia, Ischemia, and Cancer Emerging from Studies of von Hippel-Lindau Disease”Steven E. Mansoor, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
“From Molecular Structure to Drug Development: How Structural Biology can Impact Cardiovascular Medicine.” - 2023 Keynote and Seldin-Smith Physican Scientist
Daniel Drucker, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto
"Changing Outcomes for People Liveing with Cardiometabolic Disorders"Deepak Mijhawan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology & Oncology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
"Molecular Medicine: Adventures in Academic Drug Discovery" - 2022 Kavita Bhavan, M.D.
Kavita Bhavan, M.D.
Chief Innovation Officer, Parkland Health and Hospital System
Associate Professor, Departments of Health Systems and Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
"Experiences with Engaging Patients and Community to Improve Health: A Low-Tech Approach to Innovation in Care Delivery" - 2021 Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC
Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC
Head of Clinical Policy and Strategy for Verily and Google Health
Adjunct Professor, Duke University and Stanford University
I.G. Bromberg Memorial Visiting Professorship
"Can we Stop the Tsunami of Common, Chronic Disease in the Post-Pandemic Era?" - 2020 Joseph Goldstein, M.D.
Joseph Goldstein, M.D.
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Internal Medicine
Chair, Molecular Genetics
"How to Solve a Scientific Puzzle: Clues from Stockholm and Broadway"
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Goldstein was unable to present at Grand Rounds - 2019 Markey McNutt, M.D., Ph.D.
Markey McNutt, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics
“The Genetic Basis of Heritable Disease” - 2018 Michael S. Brown, M.D.
Michael S. Brown, M.D.
The W.A. (Monty) Moncrief Distinguished Chair in Cholesterol and Arteriosclerosis Research Regental Professor
Paul J. Thomas Professor of Molecular Genetics
Director, Jonsson Center for Molecular Genetics
Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985
“Controlling Cholesterol” - 2017 Marlene Rabinovitch, M.D.
Marlene Rabinovitch, M.D.
Dwight and Vera Dunlevie Professor in Pediatric-Cardiology
Staff Scientist, Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Stanford University School of Medicine
Robert L. Johnson, Jr., M.D., Lectureship in Internal Medicine,
hosted by Dr. Connie Hsia, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
“Crossing the Intersection of Genetics and Inflammation to Find a Cure for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”