Life & Health Sciences Research Expo Call for Judges now open

Calling adjudicators with a PhD (or equivalent degree) to assess research poster presentations exploring basic, translational, clinical, and applied science as well as social and population health.

Faculty members, trainees, and research facilitators from the University of Saskatchewan community with a PhD (or equivalent degree) are invited to serve as judges for research poster presentation sessions at the annual Life & Health Sciences Research Expo taking place on Thursday, May 2, 2024.

The success of the expo depends, in large part, on securing enough judges to provide student researchers with professional adjudication:

  • The main research competition event will consist of morning and afternoon poster presentation sessions.
    • The research poster presentation competition is open to USask post-doctoral researchers, graduate students, dentistry and medical residents, and undergraduate students.
    • At previous expos, there has been student participation from all health science colleges/schools plus additional representation from Arts and Science, Engineering, AgBio, and CGPS.
  • Faculty, trainees, and research facilitators are encouraged to participate as judges for the morning session, the afternoon session, or (ideally) both sessions to help ensure that all student researchers receive professional adjudication.
    • Judges are also encouraged to attend the afternoon ceremony where awards for the research competition, Best Paper, and Best Supervisor will be announced.

Most judging duties are performed in groups comprised of two judges who use expo rubrics to assess and score research presentations from their assigned cohort. These judges then consult with each other to determine the winners from their assigned cohort and any potential candidates for optional, self-declared award categories.

Competition categories will explore basic, translational, clinical, and applied science as well as social and population health. Available student prizes total over $5,000.

REGISTER AS A JUDGE TODAY

This Call for Judges closes on April 5, 2024. For more information about the expo, please visit https://healthsciences.usask.ca/expo.