{"id":1408,"date":"2024-10-02T11:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T15:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2024-10-03T14:52:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T18:52:31","slug":"annual-md-phd-program-retreat-brings-students-of-all-years-together-for-a-day-full-of-science-medicine-mentorship-and-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/2024\/10\/02\/annual-md-phd-program-retreat-brings-students-of-all-years-together-for-a-day-full-of-science-medicine-mentorship-and-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual MD-PhD Program Retreat Brings Students of All Years Together for a Day Full of Science, Medicine, Mentorship, and Fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container 2024-md-phd-retreat\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-1435\" data-slideshow-name=\"2024-md-phd-retreat\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-1435\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0025-636x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">2024 MD-PhD program group photo!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0943-636x404.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Dr. Trinkaus-Randall shared important program news and updates<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0948-636x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Dr. Borkan provided invaluable lessons on life, learning, and medicine.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0963-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Students from all years connected through shared hobbies, interests, and quirks during fan favorite ice breakers<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0956-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Students from all years connected through shared hobbies, interests, and quirks during fan favorite ice breakers<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_5\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0967-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Students from all years connected through shared hobbies, interests, and quirks during fan favorite ice breakers<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_6\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0972-485x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Dr. Elezaby, who graduated from the BU MD-PhD class of 2017 and now practices as an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at Stanford University School of Medicine where he continues his research in the lab of Dr. Daria Mochly-Rosen, was selected as the key note speaker for our program's 2024 annual MD-PhD Retreat. Dr. Elezaby gave a captivating talk on the integral role of mitchondrial function in modulating cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury, and provided insightful lessons from his journey to becoming a physician-scientist. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_7\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0984-636x529.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Keynote speaker and alumnus Dr. Elezaby with current program directors, Dr. Trinkaus-Randall and Dr. Borkan<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_8\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0997-636x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Students presented research from pre-med years, summer rotations, and ongoing PhD projects.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_9\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0998-636x452.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Students presented research from pre-med years, summer rotations, and ongoing PhD projects.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_10\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0040-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Students presented research from pre-med years, summer rotations, and ongoing PhD projects.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_11\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0008-636x434.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Kenny Kim presented his work on mapping human cerebral blood flow with a high-density, multi-channel speckle contrast optical spectroscopy system<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_12\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0012-636x403.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Anthony Spinella presented his work on the role of YAP-TEAD blockade in restoring age-associated immune-evasion of oral squamous cell carcinoma<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_13\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0017-636x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Connor Shea presented a riveting clinical case study on a patient found down outside of the hospital<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_14\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0031-411x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Welcome to our new M1s!\r\n(left to right: Jackson Smith, Hanna Soulati, Marcia Ndege, CheYu Lee)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_15\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2024\/10\/DSC_0038-636x404.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Lots of food and fun was had during the post-retreat social at Time Out Market!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-1435\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-8\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-9\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>9<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-10\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>10<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-11\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>11<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-12\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>12<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-13\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>13<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-14\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>14<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-15\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>15<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-16\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>16<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-arrows\" id=\"bu-slideshow-1435_arrows\"><a class=\"bu-slideshow-arrow-left\" href=\"#\"><\/a><a class=\"bu-slideshow-arrow-right\" href=\"#\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>The annual retreat is a student-planned initiative\u00a0<\/span><span>attended by all members of the MD\/PhD training program.\u00a0 Students interact and learn from their colleagues in all years during this event. The retreat includes a keynote speaker (usually an alum of the program), several student scientific and clinical presentations, and a poster session where M2s and all students in the graduate phase of the program present research from their labs or rotations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s alumni speaker is Dr. Aly Elezaby. Dr. Elezaby is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology at Stanford University School of Medicine and a research scientist in the lab of Dr. Daria Mochly-Rosen. He graduated from the MD-PhD program at Boston University School of Medicine in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of Brittny Garcia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The annual retreat is a student-planned initiative\u00a0attended by all members of the MD\/PhD training program.\u00a0 Students interact and learn from their colleagues in all years during this event. The retreat includes a keynote speaker (usually an alum of the program), several student scientific and clinical presentations, and a poster session where M2s and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23726,"featured_media":1421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,3,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1481,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions\/1481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}