2020 AMA Research Symposium event information

Research Challenge
Dec 3, 2020 - Jan 13, 2021
Virtual

The 2020 AMA Research Symposium hosted virtually from Thursday, Dec. 3 (noon Central) through Sunday, Dec. 6, (noon Central) featured a poster gallery and poster competition with more than 450 posters from medical students, residents and international medical graduates.

Poster topics included public health, COVID-19, basic science, health systems science, medical education and more.

AMA Research Challenge

Wednesday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m. Central

Five top-voted finalists from the symposium were chosen to present their research to a panel of judges and compete to be named the overall winner at the AMA Research Challenge in January!

The finalists are:

  • Victoria Danan
  • Eli Levitt
  • Heerod Malekghassemi
  • Shamsh Shaikh
  • Aimen Vanood

Visit the AMA Research Challenge page to review the finalists' posters and find out how to watch the competition on Jan. 13.


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