research

After dozens of cold emails these past few months, I finally found a research lab that is in line with my current interests. I have been in two different labs, one of which I was recently published as a co author in for a high impact journal, but am no longer part of because the project lost...

Hi Smart people of SDN, I'm an M2 about to start my first rotation next week. I'm super frustrated with medical school so far -- nothing has panned out how I wanted it to. I spent the first year of school just trying to keep my head on and mostly failed; I had some of the worst mental health...

I volunteer in a very toxic but prestigious lab & will be applying in 2027. In a couple of months I'll have been in the lab for a year, but its worth noting I committed to 2 years. About 6 months of that was hand on training and another 1 on top of that was all the orientation stuff before I...

I am a current medical student interested in IR or DR, and I want to pursue a research career. Are there any current IR/DRs doing research and would share what that looks like? I am in the process of applying to a research year opportunity, and I am hoping this research year will help me learn...

I am a junior premed student who currently has no clinical or research experience outside of lab courses for school (switched to premed my sophomore year so am a bit behind, planning on taking 2 gap years after college). I'm starting to apply to about 20 different summer undergraduate research...

Hello all, So, I was told my research group has 6 pending abstracts/pubs under review (and 2 more just submitted). All these abstracts (4 of em) have been presented at national GI conferences and accepted to those. I am second author on 3 of them and third on the last one. I was looking at...

Hello, I am a third-year medical student in Texas conducting an IRB-approved research project that aims to examine medical students’ perceptions of individuals with psychiatric conditions and their attitudes toward mental health challenges. The study involves a brief, anonymous 12–15-minute...

Hello all and thank you for taking the time to read this. I was wondering if anyone had insight into this program associated with the ASA. I am an OSM-1 looking at applying for the fellowship this coming year, and was wondering what my chances are as a D.O. student compared to my M.D...

Hey everyone, What's the most professional way to communicate/advertise to other places that our academic psychiatry program is wanting and willing to serve as an additional clinical site for ECT or TMS clinical trials? I graduated residency recently and am looking to build up our ECT/TMS...

Hello, Just wanted some advice regarding update letters/poster presentations. I presented multiple of my colleague's posters at a conference because they were unable to attend. This is not prohibited by conference guidelines and I was clear that I was covering my colleague's work. I am about...

hii guys, I'm currently an international student at a T10/T20 in my junior year. I'm planning to apply this coming cycle straight through since it might be harder to find a gap year job in this market. I recently transferred but previously had 4-500 hours of research (only presentations, no...

Hi everyone, I'm a neuropsychology fellow working on my fellowship research requirement and am running into some barriers recruiting for the project. I’m aiming to recruit healthcare professionals and trainees who use the MoCA cognitive screener (across a variety of disciplines and settings) to...

Hello everyone! I'm a neuropsychology fellow working on my fellowship research requirement and am running into some barriers recruiting for the project. I’m aiming to recruit healthcare professionals and trainees who use the MoCA cognitive screener (across a variety of disciplines and...

Mentor: Jashin J. Wu, M.D., F.A.A.D. Number of positions: 4 for in-person and 2 for virtual Availability: July 2026 Duration: 12 months Deadline: December 14, 2025, and applications will be reviewed starting December 15, 2025 Interviews: December 15, 2025 until the positions are filled Decision...

I will be graduating this upcoming December from my undergrad, and I’m very conflicted about what I should do during my gap year. I’ve been involved in research since my freshman year of school, however I don’t have a lot of hours (about 200) for how long I’ve been in the lab. I do research in...

I recently had a case report published as the first author/only author beside the surgeon who performed the procedure. This procedure, the subject of the report, is relatively new, with ~1,500 performed worldwide, to the best of my knowledge. It is published in a journal that realistically is...

For context, I graduated about 2-3 years ago and I was mostly working at a clinic full-time for a majority of those gap years while studying for the MCAT. I didn't do much research when I was in undergrad and that's one of my biggest faults. The only "research" I've done was a genomics lab class...

Hello, I have about 5 years of industry research in both clinical diagnostic work and immunotherapy. However, only about one semesters worth of academic research with a poster an an abstract. No publications, but have contributed to a few IND's that I am pretty proud of. Do MD schools value...

📣 Calling All Incoming 3rd Year Medical Students! Congrats on finishing your first half of medical school! I'm currently working with a lab that's conducting a national survey to better understand how menopause is taught in U.S. medical schools—and we need your help! 👩‍⚕️ Are you a medical...

Title. I obviously sincerely want to do research as a med student—I want to hit the ground running as an M1 actually—but it feels hard to substantiate this interest in secondaries since I have literally no experience to speak of. If I have other strengths to my application that I could tie into...

Hello everyone! As I have been preparing my application an issue came to my attention that I have no idea how to address. I was in a clinical research internship last summer, and we generated a poster/abstract. Of the two primary authors (I am technically first on the poster), we each...

Hi all, Longtime reader, first time poster here. From what I have read on reddit and on here ~500 (maybe less?) is a good amount of clinical experience to have, and while having more will never hurt, 500 is a solid amount. I'm asking this because this year, my sophomore summer, I declined an...

Program Description: The Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Program is located in the Psychiatry Research Institute at Montefiore Einstein (PRIME) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. We aim to develop innovative, novel and breakthrough...

Disclaimer: Post was found in a bottle washed up on the mod team's private island. The AMCAS Application will be opening soon, and with it comes a ton of questions. The "Work and Activities" Section is probably the most talked-about section. For reference, here are three older threads that...

Hi all, I am posting here to ask if I should limit my applications to only DO schools, or push my application another year. I am in my 3rd gap year as an R&D organic chemist in industrial chem. I have wanted to be a physician my entire life, but I knew after undergrad, that I needed more...

Hi! I am an M1 from CA currently going to an East Coast school and was wondering how important it is to do research in your home state (where I would ideally like to match). Currently, my plans for the summer are to travel/relax with family, keep up with my Anki reviews, and do research with the...

I’m a clinical pharmacy fellow and currently on my fellowship program to gain experience in clinical content development for pharmacists. I’m excited to be here and learn from the pharmacy community!

Hello! I'm super torn between deciding which lab to do research under, and I'd like y'alls opinions/input! As a background, I'll be studying abroad in the Fall in Japan for a semester, where I'll be doing full-time research. As a part of the program, you have to reach out to professors in which...

I have yet to obtain a research position at a laboratory, which would count as research hours... However, based on what I search up, any research where you're conducting original research and not a review counts for research hours. In that sense, I have an online mentor that has let me work on...

Hi yall! I'm applying to a bunch of internships for this summer as a current sophomore. I have been doing research for the past 6 months at a psych research lab that is doing a clinical trial trying to study the effect of thoughts during sleep on problem solving. For these summer internships...

Hello everyone, I am graduating high school early, and I will be turning 16 after this school year. I was wondering if I was anyway I can improve my application without this harming it? I would truly appreciate any insight. To clarify I turn 16 the June before my freshman year of college starts...

The University of Chicago Orthopaedic Surgery Department is actively seeking a one-year Medical Student Researcher This researcher will assist with activities of clinical research studies and projects spanning quality improvement and operations. The successful applicant will work with the...

I'm currently a psychology and neuroscience major, philosophy minor, set to graduate soon with a 4.0 GPA at a large good state school. I have not taken the MCAT yet. I currently have ~1000 hours working in an inpatient psych facility as a mental health counselor/tech working with eating disorder...

Hello! I am an undergraduate Biomedical sciences student at the University of Central Florida, and I am conducting a study on medical students under the guidance of Dr. Susanny Beltran, a University of Central Florida Faculty member. This project seeks to investigate medical students'...

Hello - M1 at midtier USMD; was interested in GS and have been getting a lot of conflicting advice on what to be doing/focusing on if I want to go into gen surg. I really want to do research, preferably in the field of gen/vasc/CT surg but these spots seem very selective, does the type of...

We opened up submissions from medical students and physicians in training to submit a poster and present a top poster on the podium at the 6th Annual San Diego Dermatology Symposium on February 7-9, 2025 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. It doesn't have to be a full research study; in the past...

Mentor: Jashin J. Wu, M.D., F.A.A.D. Number of positions: 2 for in-person and 3 for virtual Availability: July 2025 Duration: 12 months Deadline: December 15, 2024, and applications will be reviewed starting December 15, 2024 Interviews: December 15, 2024 until the positions are filled Decision...

Roduta Roberts, M., Alves, C.B., Chen, F. et al. Associations between an open-response situational judgment test and performance on OSCEs and fieldwork: implications for admissions decisions and matriculant diversity in an occupational therapy program. BMC Med Educ 24, 1146 (2024). Associations...

You are invited to participate in a research study designed to improve the field's understanding of common perceptions of psychodynamic psychotherapy among mental health professionals. Your valuable insights can help inform clinical practice and training in the areas of psychotherapy and...

Hello, I'm new here and I had a few questions regarding research hours for when I plan to apply for med school. What exactly does research mean in applications? Are there any specific conditions that need to be met? Would a senior year long capstone project, that's required by the department I...