Student abstracts and poster competitions: encouraging research.

s with numbers that do not begin with the letter designation S were submitted through the AOA Research Conference and were thus published in the August 2010 issue of the JAOA along EDITORIAL Student Abstracts and Poster Competitions: Encouraging Research Joseph K. Prinsen, OMS VI Joseph K. Prinsen is the National Research Director for the Student Osteopathic Medical Association, a member of the AOA’s Bureau of Osteopathic Clinical Education and Research, and a sixth-year DO and PhD candidate at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Address correspondence to Joseph K. Prinsen, OMS VI, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, B440 Life Sciences Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1317. E-mail: [email protected] Downloaded From: http://jaoa.org/pdfaccess.ashx?url=/data/journals/jaoa/932134/ on 06/24/2017 JAOA • Vol 111 • No 1 • January 2011 • 53 EDITORIAL Prinsen • Editorial with 15 other student abstracts. The 18 student abstracts submitted and accepted through SOMA are published in this issue beginning on page 54. Bureau of International Osteopathic Medical Education and Affairs At OMED Unified 2010, SOMA collaborated with BIOMEA for the second time to offer students a venue to present their international experiences. This year’s competition consisted of 2 categories: (1) research conducted internationally and (2) broad outreach experiences. There were 11 abstracts selected in the outreach category and 12 in the research category. The winners, who were selected by BIOMEA members, were as follows: