Save the Date:

17th Annual Conference
April 18, 2026

The 16th Annual Conference was held on April 5, 2024.

See below for the Program Agenda and Panel Themes.

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2025 Program Agenda TBA

2024 Program Agenda

Welcome 9:15am – 10:00am (Science 206)

Panel 1 Presentations 10:00am – 10:50am

Panel 2 Presentations 11:00am – 12:05pm

Break/Lunch 12:15am – 1:15pm

Panel 3 Presentations 1:30pm – 3:00pm

Closing 3:00pm

Panel 1: Future Wellbeing: Nurturing Health in the Next Generation 

Panel 2: Medical Racism: A History of Neglect

Panel 3: Ethics and Health Equity Within and Beyond the Clinical Experience

About the Conference

Our annual conference offers students and faculty at Providence College the opportunity to engage with the complexities and accomplishments involved in organizing an academic event. Each year, PC students actively participate in the peer review process for paper proposals. Additionally, students gain valuable experience in event coordination by managing logistics such as catering, hospitality, registration, and hosting attendees from various colleges and universities across the region. Since 2011, funding for this initiative has been generously provided by the Office of Institutional Advancement and the Canavan Family Endowment. We sincerely appreciate the Canavan family’s ongoing support, which promotes meaningful discussions on health policy and medical ethics at Providence College. In recent years, the conference has attracted students from numerous institutions nationwide. Panel presentations have included participants from Providence College, Brandeis University, Brown University, UCLA, Connecticut College, the University of Houston, the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, the University of New Hampshire, Sarah Lawrence College, Stonehill College, Tufts University, and Yale University. Presenters will have the chance to connect with like-minded students and explore a variety of topics related to historical and contemporary issues in healthcare.

Digital Publishing

An online repository of of student presentations from previous conferences. Presentations are organized by panel topic. Each year, new student papers will be added to this platform, offering students an opportunity to share their work with a broader audience beyond conference attendees. Presenters interested in publishing their papers online are encouraged to contact the Library at: dps@providence.edu.

Traveling to Providence

Providence is conveniently accessible by air, rail, or automobile.;

Due to the generous support of the Canavan Family Fund, we are pleased to offer a limited number of travel stipends for presenters traveling to Providence from outside of the New England region. If you are interested in applying for travel support, please email the conference coordinator. Click here for Maps and Directions.

Registration

All presenters will be provided with a link to a Google Forms registration form via email. Kindly complete and submit the form at your earliest convenience to facilitate the finalization of panel arrangements. Students and faculty interested in attending the conference are encouraged to contact the conference coordinator  via email to complete their registration.