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Discovery Day Schedule of Events

Discovery Day 2026
Tuesday, October 27

Discovery Day is a daylong event highlighting research by students, residents and fellows at Drexel University College of Medicine. Poster setup takes place in the morning, with judging lasting throughout the morning. A keynote speaker presents a lecture in the early afternoon, followed by platform presentations and an awards ceremony. 

Discovery Day 2026 Schedule

Time 

Event 

Location 

 8 a.m. 

Networking Breakfast and Event Check-in for Presenters, Judges, Alumni & Guests 
Check-in will remain open throughout the morning 

Sponsored by Drexel University College of Medicine Office of Educational Affairs

 Terrace Prefunction

 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Poster Presentations

 Terrace IV

 12 to 1:30 p.m.

Lunch, Welcome & Stephenson Lecture Keynote Address
Emmanuelle A.D. Schindler, MD/PhD ’12

 Terrace III

 1:30 to 3:45 p.m.

Platform Presentations

  • Chris West, PhD Candidate in the Neuroscience program | Mentor: Kimberly Dougherty, PhD | Title: Leveraging Modulation of Spinal GABAergic Interneurons to Restore Function after Spinal Cord Injury 
  • Linda Bo Lim Lee, MD/PhD Candidate in the Biochemistry of Health and Disease program | Mentor: Srinivas Somarowthu, PhD | Title: Characterizing SND1-RNA interactions and their role in glioblastoma progression 
  • Wesley Corey, PhD Candidate in the Pharmacology & Physiology program | Mentor: Antonio Sanz-Clemente, PhD | Title: Regulation of NMDAR synaptic content by activity-dependent phosphorylation on their GluN2B subunit 
  • L. Taylor Flynn, MD/PhD candidate in the Neuroscience program | Mentor: Wen-Jun Gao, MD, PhD | Title: Investigating the ability of psilocybin to reverse adolescent social isolation-induced deficits 
  • Luisa Abadia, PhD candidate in the Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics program | Mentor: Christian Sell, PhD | Title: DNA Damage Responses in hiPSC-derived Neurons as Drivers of Senescence 
  • Yash Agarwal, MD/PhD candidate in the Pharmacology & Physiology program | Mentor: Peter J. Gaskill, PhD | Title: Stimulant-induced dopamine signaling promotes HIV replication in human neural organoids 
  • Mary Marino, PhD Candidate in the Microbiology & Immunology program | Mentors: Joshua Chang Mell, PhD and Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD | Title: A Mechanistic Link Between the Stringent Response and Horizontal Gene Transfer in Haemophilus influenzae 

 Terrace III

 3:45 to 5 p.m.

Awards Ceremony & Light Refreshments

 Terrace III