How it Works
Qualifications
- Current GSBS student
- Must be nominated or selected by your program or discipline to participate.
Preliminary Rounds:
The preliminary rounds are conducted virtually and organized by program theme to ensure fairness, efficiency, and meaningful comparison. Each thematic group is judged independently, allowing students to compete alongside peers from similar academic and research contexts.
Top-scoring presenters from each group advance to the Quarterfinals.
Preliminary Round Program Groups
Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) Programs:
- Cellular & Genomic Medicine (CGM)
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (BMB)
- Aging & Longevity
- Pharmacology
- Cancer Biology
- Microbiology & Immunology (MIMG)
- Neuroscience
Clinical Programs:
- PhD Health Sciences
- Nursing Sciences
- DDS/PhD
- MD/PhD
- MS Dental Sciences
- MS Dental Hygiene
- Pre-Professional Graduate Certificate
Translational Science Programs:
- PhD Radiological Sciences
- Doctorate of Medical Physics
- PhD Biomedical Engineering
- PhD Translational Science
- MS Medicine & Health Physics
- MS Biomedical Engineering
- MS Clinical Investigation & Translational Sciences
- Graduate Certificate in Medical Physics
- Graduate Certificate in Translational Science
Basic Science Programs:
- MS Cell Systems & Anatomy
- MS Immunology & Infection
- MS Personalized Medicine
- MS Drug Discovery
- Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Data Science
- Graduate Certificate in Cancer Prevention