Please see the REGISTRATION highlight box on the left-hand side of this website for links, information, and cost. The DEADLINES highlight box also gives information on important dates.

Administrators can pay for attendees through the multiple registrants' page. They must email their confirmation email to the conference committee to receive a promotion code. The attendees then must complete the registration form individually to register and can use the provided promotion code at checkout to waive the registration fee.

Following registration, attendees must still fill out the MD-PhD Attendee survey (required) for NIH reporting. This form is also how attendees will submit an abstract to be considered for an oral/poster presentation, and/or a diversity travel award.

Attendees must also provide proof of COVID vaccination, ideally through the provided vaccination form. 

This information, the forms, and more information can all be found on the left-hand side of this website, or in the registration confirmation email.

Following successful registration, please make sure to do the following action items (also provided in your confirmation email):

1. Complete the MD-PhD Attendee Survey
2. Complete the vaccination form
3. Book flights and travel for the weekend
4. Download the "Socio Event App" Mobile app (google play or apple store), create an account with your school email, and make sure you can find the "38th Annual MD-PhD National Conference" event. This should require an event code which will be given either by email or at the registration table. Be on the lookout for an email the week of about how to navigate the conference through Socio!
5. Enjoy the conference!

The code will be updated by June so you can book rooms.

The conference will be held at the Copper Mountain Resort. We strongly encourage making lodging accommodations at the Copper Mountain Resort. Booking at the Copper Mountain Resort helps support the conference. We have blocked off a certain number of rooms for the resort with reduced pricing.

When you are ready to book room(s) for yourself and/or others, contact the Copper Mountain Resort (1 (888) 760-7561) and tell them you are looking to book rooms specifically for the MD-PhD Conference and give them the code ####. We suggest you register beforehand so you can use your email confirmation as proof if needed.

While the conference is primarily held in the Center Village, either the Center Village or East Village for lodging should work fine, assuming they are both available for our reserved rooms.

Pricing and availability are subject to change. Last we checked, options ranged from a room with a queen bed (starting around $378+) to a 3-bedroom condo for up to 6 people (starting around $984+). If you hear about different availability and/or costs, please feel free to email us, so we can update our information.

If you have any issues booking a room or questions in general, please email the committee at the email provided on the left-hand side of the website (Contact Us highlight box).

There are several options to get to Copper Mountain Resort (especially from Denver International Airport). We suggest a good place to start looking for whichever option you prefer is here: https://www.coppercolorado.com/plan-your-trip/getting-here/how-to-get-here 

A bigger version of the general resort map below can be found here

Our event will be up by July.

We will navigate the conference using the "Socio Event App" Mobile version. To prepare, please do the following before registration:

(1) Download the "Socio Event App" from Google Play or Apple Store.

(2) Create an account with your school email

(3) Confirm that you can find our event through "search events." Try searching for "38th Annual MD-PhD National Student Conference." You should hopefully not need to type that whole thing in the event search to find it.

(4) The event should ask for an event code to officially join the conference. The event code will be provided at the registration table when you register (and in an email just before the conference)! Please show up to registration with the Socio Event App already downloaded, and a login created so that all you might need is the event code!

(5) Use the given event code at registration to enter the conference!

We recommend using the Mobile app over the Web App for visual purposes. But a web app version does also exist.

• Learning from the best with 3 Keynote Speakers with live Q&A sessions
• Addressing diversity and discrimination in school and in your career with a diversity speaker and diversity subgroup discussions
• Preparing for your next potential steps, with a PSTP Residency panel and Showcase to meet directly with PSTP directors in small groups
• Tackling integrity in science with an ethics discussion
• Chances to present your work and connect with the research of MD-PhD students across the country with Poster Sessions and Oral Presentations
• Sunday Funday Activities, Food, and Breaks throughout allow for ample time to connect with others and take in the fresh mountain air
• Conference Swag, including engraved water bottles
• And so much more!

The annual national MD-PhD conference is dedicated to making the event available for all MD-PhD students throughout the country. We believe having a more diverse population at the conference will benefit every student in training. To achieve that end, students from an under-represented minority or from a disadvantaged background (according to NIH standards) may qualify for a diversity travel award (DTA). Ten awards will be granted. 

Attendees can apply for a DTA through the required MD-PhD Attendee Survey emailed to them with their registration confirmation. On the MD-PhD Attendee Survey, attendees must submit an abstract before the oral presentation abstract deadline, select yes to be considered for a DTA, and may optionally submit a short document on why they qualify for a diversity award and/or how this award would help them. DTAs will be selected largely based on their abstract, but the optional additional document will be taken into account if it is also submitted. 

Decisions on DTAs will be emailed to attendees in early June and will be posted on the website (unless they request otherwise). Attendees who are granted a DTA will receive a 100% refund on their registration cost if selected. 

For more information, please refer to this document: Diversity Travel Awards

Abstracts (2000 total character limit) can be submitted through the required MD-PhD Attendee Survey provided with your registration email confirmation. You must submit an abstract to be considered for an oral presentation, poster, or Diversity Travel Award. You can select your abstract to be considered for both an oral presentation and a poster.

Abstracts are due by May 19th to be considered for an oral presentation and/or a Diversity Travel Award. Abstracts are due by May 31st to be considered for a poster presentation.

Posters and oral presentation selection will be based on the abstract submission from the MD-PhD Attendee Survey provided in your registration email confirmation.

An email telling you if you won a DTA or are giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster should have been sent out to you before mid-June. We will send the email to the email address you listed on registration.

Diversity Travel Awards and oral and poster presentations will be displayed elsewhere on this website following selection.

Given the high rates of travel and community transmission, we want to assure registrants that we have a vaccine requirement and that we strongly recommend wearing masks at indoor events of the conference, especially if you have been traveling recently. Supplies of masks will be available throughout the conference.

Proof of COVID vaccination is required for attendance. Please fill out the form provided in your registration confirmation email. It is recommended that you self-test prior to attendance, and we ask that you do not attend the conference if you have any symptoms during travel.