Schedule of Events - Premedical Students
9:00am - 10:00am Registration and Refreshments
10:00am - 10:30am "Welcome" / Introductions
Sadiya Thermidor, UCONN SNMA Chapter President/ Regional Conference Co-chair
Courtney Johnson, Region VII Director
Dr. Cato Laurencin, Chief Executive Officer Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
10:40am -11:30am "Strategies for Applying to Medical School"
Dr. Wrensford, Associate Director of Health Career Opportunities Program at UConn School of Medicine
11:40am -12:30pm "How to Prepare and Ace the Interview"
Ms. Christine Castater, UConn School of Medicine Admissions/ Program Interview Day Coordinator
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch and Lecture
Mr. Jason Smith, MTS, JD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
University of Connecticut Health Center
2:00pm - 3:00pm Tour of UConn Health Center and SimMan Demonstration
3:00pm - 4:00pm "Different Careers in Medicine"
Dr. Enrique Ballesteros, Director of Hematopathology & Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. David Gregorio, Professor, Associate Chair for Education, & Director of the Graduate Program in Public Health
4:00pm - 5:00pm Exhibition Hall is Open
Medical Schools, Residencies, Fellowship Programs
5:00pm - 6:00pm "Navigating Your Yellow Brick Road: Different Paths to Medicine"
Medical/ Health-Related Student Panel
6:00pm - 7:30pm Dinner and Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Zowie Barnes
Clinical Instructor at the University of Maryland Department of Family Medicine
Former SNMA Region 7 Director
Closing Remarks
Dr. Marja Hurley, Director of Health Career Opportunities Program at UConn School of Medicine