The RI-MUHC, its research programs, and the Desjardins Centre for Advanced Training (DCAT) are pleased to announce the 2025 Summer Student Research Day.

All summer students from the research programs are invited to present their work, which can include a literature review, experimental results, or participation in research projects. Presentations can be given either orally or as posters.

The purpose of this event is to give RI-MUHC trainees a unique opportunity to share their research and to introduce their projects to the RI-MUHC community.

From the submitted abstracts, up to two oral presentations will be selected from each participating research program. All other abstracts will be assigned for poster presentations.

Please note that lunch will be provided only for the presenters and their supervisors (principal investigator or senior lab mentor).

Location and Time:

Who can submit an abstract: Any undergraduate student, medical student or visiting student enrolled at the RI-MUHC as a summer student, intern or volunteer. 

Click on the following link to register and submit an abstract.

https://event.fourwaves.com/2025summerresearch/pages

You must register prior to submitting an abstract. Everyone wishing to attend the Summer Student Research Day must register to have access to the abstracts, posters and meeting links.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: August 8th, 2025, 11:59pm

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 16th, 2025, 5pm

Your abstract can be edited after the abstract submission deadline. 

*** IMPORTANT: Abstract submissions are limited to a total of 100 entries. Once this limit is reached, the submission portal will close automatically—even if the deadline has not yet passed. No additional abstracts will be accepted beyond this point.

Presentation Workshops

This year, DCAT is once again offering RI-MUHC trainees and summer students the opportunity to attend a series of workshops designed to help them hone their scientific presentation skills.

We strongly recommend that all students who will participate in Summer Student Research day attend these workshops.

Facilitator: Andrew Churchill, PhD, MBA: Experienced presentation skills coach specializing in helping thousands of academics effectively communicate their research to general audiences, grant funding agencies, and private investors.

July 15: Content for communication : Analyzing audience and purpose and developing techniques to convey scientific knowledge to a broad audience.

July 22: Communication delivery: Presentation style, specifically effective techniques of voice and body language

July 29: Visuals for communication: Transforming text to images, tables and graphs to effectively convey scientific knowledge

All workshops will take place from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.

To register for the workshops:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SummerWorkshops25