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Anybody know what research opportunities/careers there are for people who only have a PharmD degree and are interested in research?

Hello everyone. I would very much like to get some opinions on the matter of taking a research year during medical school. I am a current OMS1 and I am continuing doing research from my Masters project along with my first year classes. I am finding it quite difficult to manage time between...

Hello everyone. I would very much like to get some opinions on the matter of taking a research year during medical school. I am a current OMS1 and I am continuing doing research from my Masters project along with my first year classes. I am finding it quite difficult to manage time between...

I should begin by saying that I understand the regenerative medicine isn't a specialty in itself and in generally stem cell treatments aren't especially common, but I am interested in becoming a physician-scientist and do translation stem cell research while still practicing medicine. So...

Disclaimer I am a student of electrical engineering, not medicine. I have come here to bounce my idea off of those who are educated in dermatology. Please excuse my medical ignorance. Introduction I have an idea for a minimally invasive method for removing raised skin-colored benign...

Hello, IF by some miracle I get into UMich, I would be very interested in joining SCRUBS-ASDP. How does one go about joining research projects in the surgery department as an MS? Do you have any general advice?

Ms2 shooting for ortho. I got a paper into a top ortho journal and was expecting to be first author as I wrote the whole thing and did all phone follow up and stats/data analysis. However my established attending took first author, he's very well known in the field. How will this be viewed? I'm...

I am hoping to secure a position at a med school as a research assistant/technologist. I hope to match into this surgical sub in the future after making it into med school. Assuming that I am able to secure this position, I had a few questions: What are things that I should look out for to...

Hello, I'm applying MD only, and wondering how to properly communicate my interest in clinical research in both my secondary essays and if/when I get interviews, without giving off the impression that I'm more interested in research than medicine. I've seen various comments on here in different...

I am looking for a non-consumer website that goes into great detail explaining different diseases and their pathophysiologies. For example: I want to study Sickle Cell Anemia but I do not want to learn about it on websites such as Web MD because of how they dumb down the information. Any great...

So one of my secondary apps (Western - Pomona Campus), asks about research experience and has a place to upload files. Does anyone have any advice on what to upload? I have a number of publications and poster presentations (2 with me as the presenter, and 4 as a second author on the poster)...

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Hello, I was hoping to receive some advise on how to make my application more competitive post-graduation. I received a 3.7 GPA at UCSD in neuroscience and physiology. By the time I apply, I will have ~4,000 hrs of experiencing scribing for physicians in 3 different specialties (occupational...

I'm strongly considering doing a research year between third and fourth year (currently an MS3). I know about HHMI/Doris Duke/Sarnoff/CRTP. It sounds like Doris Duke has limited the amount of grants it offers to medical students to be mainly of the international type now. I was wondering if...

I'm a current dental student and thinking of specializing in periodontics. I know that almost all perio programs require research, but was wondering if anyone knows what kind of research? Are the topics limited to dentistry? Or can the topic be on anything dental/medical related? If you're...

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Hi everyone, I am still an undergrad (starting my junior year in August). I am interested in a few different fields of medicine ( I know this can very well change in med school, but for now I am simply curious and want more info). With psychiatry, is it common for psychiatrists to practice and...

So I'm a rising senior, and I've been in my lab (really small, no grad students, a couple undergrads including me, and the PI) for the past year. I've been focusing more on getting my GPA up over the semesters, so I've only been coming in regularly for the summers. My PI is super nice and...

Hey guys, Spending the summer between MS1 and MS2 doing research in a competitive surgical subspecialty at a prestigious institution down south. I'm shadowing some of the surgeons in the department and was wondering how do I leave a great impression while shadowing and not just be in the way...

So I am senior now and will be graduating after next semester. I have >1000 hours of research at 3 different labs (stayed at each lab for 1 year including summers), with the most recent one with >400 hours (9 months including summers). However, I do not have any publications... I was going to...

Hi! I am working on a study with parents, teachers, and medical students for online data collection and I am trying to figure out the best ways to recruit. Anyone have any ideas/experience recruiting these groups? I cannot afford MTurk or Qualtrics panel or anything like that. Any suggestions...

Is this an acceptable email to send to faculty when inquiring about research opportunities in their field? Dear Dr. ___, Thank you again for setting up my shadowing experience in ____. I found the experience very helpful. I'd like to continue gaining exposure to ____ and am interested in...

Hi everyone, I graduated college in May and have moved back home to study for the GRE. After I finish, I'm going to take a gap year and work. During that time I'd like to do research in the town I'm in, preferably in a university (there are three universities around me that have psych phd...

Hi! I am interested in psychiatry residency and would like to match in California, where I am from. I am wondering, with my step score of 227 (a little above the average psych step score....I think average was 224 according the charting the outcomes), and someone being from an allopathic U.S...

I just started helping running participants with a psychology lab on campus. I'm hoping to stick with this lab for a few years and take on my own research project at some point (over the summer, directed studies for course credit, or for my honours thesis) because I'm really interested in the...

I'm a rising senior and I attend a top 20 institution, but I live super nearby so I just commute. My GPA is 3.9+. My MCAT scores come out next month, but I know I'll prob get above the 90th percentile (On all three AAMC practice exams I was above the 95th (I took them under test-like...

Hi, I was filling out the AMCAS application and was confused on how to list my published abstracts. I have four published abstracts that were presented at an international conference, BUT I was not the presenting author. Additionally, the abstracts have several associated authors (10+), so I am...

Hello I am a current undergrad premed student. I always hear about how important it is to have papers published in scientific journals if you want to be accepted into med school. I was wondering about the efficacy of submitting an academic paper to a jounal as an undergrad by yourself. Of course...

Hello everyone I wanted some opinions on what would make the most sense for what I should do for my next two gap years coming up. I just graduated with my bachelors in biomedical sciences and have yet to take the mcat so I intend to spend some time working on that, in addition I am independent...

Dr. Mike Parent from the University of Texas at Austin and Dr. Karen O’Brien from the University of Maryland would like to invite you to participate in a study on approaches to working with death and dying in clinical contexts, among mental health care professionals—ALL mental health care...

I'm going to have between 200 and 300 hours of research by time I apply because I'm in my schools undègrad research program. No publications, but will do a presentation for senior assignment in May 2019. I'm planning on starting volunteering next month and planned on having ~200 hours...

I just finished my MS1 year and have begun working in a pretty prestigious neurosurgery lab doing bench research for the summer with a stipend given by my school. However, I have started to dread going there every day. I'm extremely bored of the research and hate the working environment in my...

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I just got my MCAT score back so I will repost my previous thread with my score if anyone wants to help. I am greatly interested in a research focused program given my extensive research experience in undergrad, so if you have any suggestions please do share :) GPA: 3.95 (One non A class in...

Hi All – I am looking for some advice. I wasn’t sure which forum to post this in, but I thought this group might be able to provide the best insight. I am currently in a MPH-Epidemiology program and will graduate in May of next year (I have a B.A. in Psychology). I also work as a research...

I'm starting MS1 in August, and I really want to get a head start on research and figuring out what potential specialties interest me so that I don't go into MS1 as blind. I realize it's early and I'd honestly rather be doing something fun this summer, but since I'm stuck at home anyway, I...

I will be starting as a freshman at UCLA this year and I have heard many terrifying rumors about the competitiveness and weed out classes. Any advice from other Pre Meds as to how to overcome this competitiveness? Tips and Tricks would be greatly appreciated. Im also stressed about when to find...

Hi! I recently started a summer research internship, I'm unbelievably lucky to be there and I'm genuinely interested in the project, but I have zero prior experience and I've been feeling super stressed out. I have no idea what the "culture" of working in a lab is like and I can't figure out...

Hi all, I applied MD last year and was accepted to one school, but I turned them down because of personal reasons and to pursue opportunities in my lab at school. My PI at home is extremely accomplished and well-known in the field, but our work is not very clinical (fMRI scans of NASA...

Hi I graduated with a BA in Psych 2 years ago and since then I've been working in clinical settings. I've decided a PhD in Clinical Psychology is the right path for me but I didn't establish the strong research background back in my undergrad days. I earned a 3.85 GPA and my GRE scores are...