2008 Joint Conference Student Program

WELCOME STUDENTS!

The Annual Conference Student Program is designed to create and enhance learning and networking opportunities for, among, and between you and the broader ISEA & ISEE membership and conference attendees. At this year’s meeting in Pasadena, several student-focused activities are being planned:

STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION

The Annual Student Poster Competition has been scheduled during the Opening Reception on Sunday evening, October 12. This competition provides a unique opportunity for students to practice and perfect their critical thinking and oratory skills by presenting their research to a panel of judges, student peers, and other meeting attendees. Each society will select posters to receive awards as described below.

Instructions for the Student Poster Competition:

1) Be prepared to present your poster TWICE during the Annual Meeting -- once at the competition on Sunday October 12th, and a second time during the regularly scheduled session assigned to you by the conference organizers.

a. Student Poster competition participation is ABOVE AND BEYOND your presentation during the regular conference sessions. If your regular conference presentation is an oral one but you would like to participate in the Student Competition, you will need to prepare a “posterized” version for the Sunday competition. If you are presenting a poster at the regular conference session, you will need to present the poster twice, once during the competition on Sunday night and once during the regularly scheduled conference poster session. If you have multiple presentations during the regular conference sessions, select one for the student poster competition (if you have both oral and poster presentations during the regular conference sessions, you may select your poster or prepare a “posterized” version of your oral presentation for the student competition).

2) At the Sunday poster competition, each competitor will be required to present his/her poster(s) in a pre-assigned area for review. Posters will be grouped by research topics to enhance student communication and networking during the Sunday reception.

3) Competitors will need to stand near their poster during the judging and be prepared to answer questions about their work. If approached by the review panel, competitors will be asked to summarize their poster in a two-minute oral presentation and to respond to questions raised about their research by the viewing judges.

Competition Eligibility Requirements:
Students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program (masters or doctoral) at a university or college and who are involved in an original research program in exposure, epidemiology, or health sciences are eligible to participate.

Review Process:
A panel of judges with members from each society will be assembled. The panel will review the student abstracts in advance of the Sunday poster presentations. Final judging will occur ONLY during the competition, concurrent with the opening reception.

Awards:
ISEA Awards:
1. One 1st place = $500
2. One 2nd place = $300
3. One 3rd place = $150
4. Two Honorable Mentions, each to include a free one-year student membership in ISEA

ISEE Awards:
Three $300 awards will be presented.

TRAVEL GRANTS

The 2008 Joint Conference Program Committee will be awarding travel grants to students (and new investigators) engaged in research activities relevant to the respective societies. Awards are competitive, with the following factors being considered:
• Scientific quality of any submitted meeting presentation or poster abstracts
• Applicants from developing countries and countries with weak currencies

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENT MEMBERS

• Designated “Student Tables” will be identified during conference lunches, so students can sit with their peers and members of the Student Subcommittee, if desired (not required).
• A designated location at the Pasadena Convention Center will be identified as a “Student Meeting Place” for the duration of the conference, to provide a gathering place for social, academic, and mingling opportunities for student participants.
• A joint workshop and reception for students and new researchers (co-sponsored by the New Researchers Network) will be held on Tuesday evening October 14 to provide professional and social networking opportunities for attendees.
• To facilitate informal networking, names of local restaurants and sign-up sheets will be made available at the Student Meeting Place. Students can initiate a gathering by starting a sheet and posting it for additional conference attendees to sign-up.

MEMBERS OF THE JOINT CONFERENCE STUDENT SUBCOMMITTEE

• Dr. Jennifer Lantz, Bayer Crop Science (2008 Student Subcommittee Chair)
• Dr. Tina Bahadori, American Chemistry Council
• Dr. Esther Erdei, University of New Mexico
• Dr. Jaymie Meliker, Stony Brook University
• Ms. Megan Williams, Columbia University
• Ms. Lesliam Quiros, University of California at Berkeley
• Dr. Rosemary Zaleski, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc.
• Dr. Francine Laden, Harvard School of Public Health
• Dr. Marie O’Neill, University of Michigan School of Public Health

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ORGANIZING IN THE STUDENT & NEW RESEARCHERS NETWORK JOINT WORKSHOP

• Dr. Bendicte Jacquemin, INSERM, France
• Dr. Sally Picciotto, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
• Dr. Shakira Franco Suglia, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
• Dr. Susan Hodgson, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, UK
• Dr. Stephanie von Klot, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, GmbH Germany & Harvard School of Public Health, USA
• Dr. Ana Maria Mora, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
• Dr. Sun-Young Kim, University of Washington School of Public Health, USA
• Regina Rueckerl, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Germany