The University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine offers a number of outstanding opportunities for medical students to garner experience in biomedical research throughout the period of their medical education.
All medical students – and especially those who choose to matriculate in the Academic Medicine Area of Emphasis Career Pathway – are encouraged to avail themselves of several research options. These opportunities are designed to provide medical students access to research experiences in both basic and clinical biomedical sciences.
An exciting research program is available to students in the summer after their 1st year. This program allows medical students to select a mentor form the Keck faculty and spend a summer working in his/her laboratory.
All year II students are required to develop a medically-related project during year 2 of their education.
During the 4th year, medical students can submit requests for additional research experience in diverse fields of basic and clinical medicine practiced at the Keck and its affiliated institutions.
The Dean has established a competitive 5th year fellowship for those medical students that wish to spend an additional year conducting biomedical research in a discipline and area of their choice. This option can be pursued between years 2 and 3, or in the year following graduation.
The Breman Foundation has established a number of International Travel Grants for students pursuing clinical research overseas. |
