Pediatric Research, Education & Scholarship Symposium (PRESS)
What is PRESS?
PRESS is an annual event through which the Department of Pediatrics celebrates and showcases the depth and breadth of research and scholarly activities performed by Department trainees and sponsored by faculty members. PRESS uses a combination of oral and poster presentations to showcase these activities.
Contact Us
For all questions regarding PRESS, email pedsigp@umn.edu.
PRESS 2024
Friday, April 5th, 2024
Location: Wilf Family Center
Deadline to submit abstracts: Feb 2, 2024
Program Outline
10.30am-12.30pm: Poster setup
1.00p -2.00pm: Oral Presentations (Wilf Family Center Auditorium)
2.00pm-3.00pm: Poster Session A: Pediatric Fellows, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students (Wilf Family Center Conference Rooms and hallways)
3.00pm-4.00pm: Oral Presentations
4.00pm-5.00pm: Poster Session B: Pediatric Residents, Medical Students, Postdoctoral Fellows (Wilf Family Center Conference Rooms and hallways)
5.00pm-5.30pm: Awards Ceremony (Wilf Family Center Auditorium)
Presenter Guidelines
Poster Presentation Guidelines
Poster layout & size
- 48" x 36" PowerPoint landscape poster
Larger posters will be accommodated only if they are being presented at another national conference with different size specs (such as PAS). Contact pedsigp@umn.edu to request a larger poster size. - Verify the page size in Acrobat in the "Properties or Document Properties" window under the File or Menu options.
Poster Templates (Download the file to use)
- Option 2_ Research Poster Template (2024). Download to use..pptx
- Option 1_ Research Poster Template (2024). Download to use..pptx
Designing Your Poster
- Communicate your research guide from UMN Libraries
- Creating a Poster-The Writing Center UW-Madison
- Pediatric P2P - Poster Pop - How to Make a Poster People Want to Look At
- Pediatric P2P - Academic by Design - New Strategies for Making Figures, Graphics, and Videos for Scholarly Work
Poster Printers
- University Printing Services
Allow 2-3 day turnaround
Submit a PDF, PowerPoint or common image files to the printer (PDF Preferred).
You will need an EFS Chart String to pay for printing costs. - John & company at UMN Posters
Ask for costs to be tax exempt
Submit at https://umnposters.com/ and observe notes on the submission form for policies
Paying for you Poster
- Undergraduate Students
Ask your mentor to support the cost. - Medical Students
Max Seham Student Award: $250 max for a local conference, deadline to apply is February 29th - Graduate Students
Ask your mentor to support the cost. - Pediatric Residents
Pediatric Residents can pay for their poster and request reimbursement from the Pediatric Education Office. - Pediatric Fellows
Ask your scholarly mentor if they have funds to support the cost. If they do not, your $300 Annual Education Allowance can be used.
Oral Presentation Guidelines
- Each presenter has a total of 15 minutes to present and answer questions from the audience.
- Final presentation as a Google Slides presentation (16:9 ratio) will be due on March 29th
Information for Research Mentors
Research mentors for undergraduate students, medical students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows are expected to support the costs of poster printing for presenters if they do not have another funding source.
If you have questions about how to reimburse a presenter who has paid out of pocket, please contact the relevant coordinator or administrator.
Information for Faculty Judges
Sign up to be a Faculty Judge for posters here
Each judge is part of a scoring team. Each scoring team has been assigned to a specific category of learners for each session. Keep the category level in mind as you are scoring. The award categories are split as follows:
- Undergraduate Students
- Medical Students
- Post-Doc Fellow/Graduate Student
- Medical Residents
- Medical Fellows
Posters will be scored in 4 categories.
- Explanation of Research
- Presentation
- Q&A Section
- Overall Research / Report Design
Presentation of Awards
Congratulations to all the awardees!
We look forward to seeing you at next year’s conference on April 5th, 2024