Research Opportunities

With hundreds of opportunities, our students engage in a wide range of research interests.

All students complete a scholarly project, and many go further. The Office of Scholarly Engagement (OSE) empowers students to explore basic and clinical sciences, social sciences, arts, and medical humanities, offering fellowship funding and many other types of support.

Two students converse while reading a research poster.
Scholarly Project
A student sitting at a microscope.
Honors in a Special Field
A student stands at a projected image of a chest imaging and points out their findings.
Funding for Student Projects
Dr. Olive Mukeshimana (principal investigator) and HMS medical student Jaeyoon Cha, working together on a palliative care research project at Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence, Rwanda.
Global & Community Engagement
A scene from Soma Weiss Student Research day where students and faculty cluster in discussions about research posters mounted in rows in the Atrium.
Awards for Research & Scholarly Accomplishments
Three MD students pose together holding their research posters contained in a brown tube.
A Sampling of Scholarly Project Titles

Research in a Minute

MD student Blake Hauser studied inherited retinal diseases that cause vision loss.

MD student Anjali Misra discusses research findings addressing prehospital care for stroke patients.


My mentor has guided me in balancing clinical rotations and research, offering advice that allowed me to manage my workload without sacrificing my well-being. She embodies the very principles of compassionate care she has encouraged me to teach. She is not just a mentor; she is an advocate, a role model, and one of the greatest sources of support I have had in medical school.

Student Research Accomplishments

Two students on either side of a row of posters present their work to numerous onlookers

Medical Students at the Vanguard of Advancing Science, Education, and Clinical Care

People in colorful outfits cross the street at an intersection with rainbow crosswalks in San Francisco’s Castro district.

Studies Deepen Understanding of LGBTQ Health Disparities

Plana outside in black and white dress with Quad building blurred behind

Seeing the Human Behind the Data