Undergraduate Outreach
The McKay Conference Grant Program
Since 2021, the McKay Representation and Anti-Discrimination Committee has provided funding and mentoship opportunities for undergraduate students from the Philadelphia and surrounding areas to participate in professional orthopaedics and bioengineering conferences. Conference awards include all costs associated with the events, including registration, housing, and meals, mentorship pairings with current McKay PhD students and Post-Docs, pre- and post-conference academic crash course sessions, and continual exposure to internship and professional development opportunities from students' new, growing networks.
"I am so thankful for this opportunity and thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of this program. My mentor gave me insight into pursuing dual degrees, the available career paths, and the advantages of having both degrees over one. She also put me in touch with her colleague that is pursuing a MD/PhD so that I could have some more specific questions answered." - McKay Conference Grant Participant
Past McKay Conference Grant Awardees:
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Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2021
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Summer Bioengineering, Biomechanics, and Biotransport (SB3C) 2021
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McKay Semester Scholars 2022
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Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2023
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Penn Center for Muskuloskeletal Disorders (PCMD) Symposium 2024
We'd like to give a special thanks to the sponsors that make this program possible: The Orthopaedic Research Society, Bioventus, Marrow Access Technologies, Penn Bioengineering, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania's Center for Engineering Mechanobiology (CEMB), and University of Pennsylvania's Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group (CAMB).