The Hilton Resort is located on historic Galveston Island's 22.5 acre beachfront resort, the San Luis Resort and Conference Center.  Escape to the perfect year-round resort for business and pleasure with temperate weather and 32 miles of Gulf Coast beach.  Galveston Island has sun, sea, and sand galore!  Visit one-of-a-kind museums, the Strand District, a 10-story tropical rainforest, aquarium and a 3-D Imax theater, shopping, great restaurants and entertainment.  It is 55 minutes from Houston Hobby Airport and 90 minutes from Bush Intercontinental Airport.

AIR & GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
Houston Hobby Airport is the nearest major commercial airport. It provides service to all major airlines and is about 45 minutes away. Transportation from the airport via Galveston Limousine Service or Super Shuttle and costs about $25 per person each way.

Bush Intercontinental Airport, located in north Houston, is about an hour and a half from Galveston. Galveston Limousine also serves this airport for about the same cost.

Please call Galveston Limousine for reservations: (409)740-5466 or in Houston (281)223-2256.

COST:
There is a $60 registration fee for all students and $100 for all advisors who pre-register by 5p.m., December 2, 2002. After December 2, late registration will be $75 for students and $125 for advisors. We will provide hotel accomodations - four students per room, Wednesday & Thursday nights.  For advisors requesting single occupancy, there will be an additional charge of $50.  Two continental breakfasts, two lunches, a reception, an awards banquet, coffee breaks, meeting materials and supplies are included. We do not pay for telephone calls, room service or cot rentals. Please make check payable to the University of Texas Medical Branch and mail with submitted abstract. Participant's only cost will be travel expenses. We will provide a limited number of need-based student travel awards. Those requiring such assistance must submit a written request, along with their abstracts, postmarked no later that December 2, 2002. We strongly encourage participation by sophomores and juniors.

Galveston is located two miles off of the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico, and is less than 50 miles from downtown Houston, TX. Galveston is a major city on a natural island. It is 30 miles long and from one to two miles wide. The island is bounded on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and is separated from the mainland by an arm of Galveston Bay. Three causeways and a ferry connect Galveston Island to the mainland. UTMB offers the unique advantages of a large, well-established and rapidly expanding medical center located directly on a seashore.

Galveston provides recreation for those who enjoy fishing, swimming, bicycling and other outdoor sports. There are several marinas. Stewart Beach at Sixth Street and Seawall Boulevard is a major beach park. Seawolf Park on Pelican Island has fishing piers and several World War II vessels open for tours. Further west, Galveston Island State Park offers beach front picnic areas, camping, nature trails and abundant bird watching. The Island's colorful history provides many attractions such as Victorian period homes and the Ashton Villa and Samuel May Williams house museums. The Strand area also provides tourists with many restaurants and gift shops. In addition to these attractions, there is a Strand Street Theatre and plenty of horse-drawn carriages that offer leisurely tours of the historic areas.