Scientific Conferences for Medical Students: Why do We Need more Spaces for Students to Enhance Research?

• Amy Phelan,
• Prakash Gupta,
• Mihnea-Alexandru Găman,
• Juan C. Puyana,
• Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar

Affiliations

Amy Phelan

Medical Student, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Prakash Gupta

MD, Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation College of Medicine, Philippines.

Mihnea-Alexandru Găman

MD, PhD(c), Faculty of Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine andPharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania & Department of Hematology, Center of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, 022328 Bucharest, Romania. Scientific Editor, IJMS.

Juan C. Puyana

MD, FACS, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgery,Critical Care Medicine, and Clinical Translational Science, Director for Global Health-Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Editorial Board Member, IJMS.

Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar

MD, MSc, PhD(c), Department of Ophtalmology; Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Fundación Somos Ciencia al Servicio de la Comunidad, Fundación SCISCO/Science to Serve the Community Foundation, SCISCO Foundation, Cali Colombia. Grupo de investigaciónen Visión y Salud Ocular, VISOC, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Editor in Chief, IJMS.