Description:

As a gateway for a clinician-scientist career, the Northwestern T35 Summer Research Program for Medical Students aims to offer academically promising medical students from the Feinberg School of Medicine and other schools in the greater Chicago area a rich and didactic summer researching basic science or outcomes research in their NIDDK area of interest.

The program consists of 8-10 weeks of mentored and paid research and didactics including:

Hands-on research experience
Daily lectures
Weekly group trainee meetings
A full-day retreat with a NIDDK-funded visiting professor
A poster session at the end of the summer