Opportunities and resources
Talk to your health and society advisor to discuss available opportunities and resources.
Resources for students underrepresented in medicine (URM)
- Minority Association of Pre-Health Students (MAPS): A program for URM pre-med students.
- Medical Minority Applicant Registry (Med-MAR): A program for Black, male, pre-med students.
- Master List of Research, Internship, and Fellowship for URM: A compilation of health programs and opportunities—see tab on URM/minority students.
- Pipeline to Biostats (Harvard School of Public Health): Six-week summer program for minority and low-income students. Contact biostat_diversity@hsph.harvard.edu
Additional opportunities for health and society majors
- BaccMD Summer Enrichment Program (UMass Chan): Residential summer scholarships for students in the BaccMD program. Contact baccmd@umassmed.edu or Dr. Frank Scarano for more information
- Future Public Health Leaders Program (University of Michigan): Residential summer program funded by the CDC
- Summer Health Professions Education Program: Summer program for students interested in health careers, hosted at multiple campuses. Contact shpep@aamc.org
- Success Program (Ohio State University): Ten-week funded research experience for medical science training. Contact Ashley Bertran at mdphd@osu.mc.edu
- Summer Training in Academic Research and Scholarship Program (Brigham and Women's Hospital): Eight-week funded summer research program. Contact bwhstars@partners.org
- Mentoring to Increase Access to Health Professions (Duke University): Two-week summer program for minority students. Contact healthequityacademy@duke.edu or wendy.perry@duke.edu
- Four Direction Summer Research Program (Brigham and Women's Hospital): Eight-week research program for students committed to the health of Native American communities. Contact fourdirections@partners.org
- Reproductive Rights Activist Service Corps Summer Internship Program (multiple locations): Ten-week, full-time paid summer internship program that places students at reproductive rights and social justice organizations. Contact rrasc@hampshire.edu
- Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) Seminar (Washington, D.C.): Seminar series that discusses health, public, and global policy. Contact plen@plen.org
- Summer Public Health Scholars Program (Columbia University): Fully funded program that includes coursework, lectures, mentoring, and hands-on fieldwork. Contact sphsp@cumc.columbia.edu
- Maternal Child Health Careers/Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement- Undergraduate Program (multiple locations): Ten-week, fully funded public health leadership training in the maternal and child health field. Contact MCHC-RISE-UP@kennedykrieger.org