Summer is a great time to build experience outside the classroom. Have a look at some of the opportunities that we know about. Many of them involve competitive applications, and many of these applications are due in a winter month. Also, keep in mind that while these lists may look long, there are many other opportunities that you can explore and pursue!
Consider the Health Professions Shadowing Program offered every summer by the Center for Pre-Health Advising in direct partnership with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Healthcare Careers Enrichment Programs
Searchable Databases
- Explorehealthcareers.org career enrichment programs database
Medicine
- AAMC Pre-Med summer enrichment programs database
- Georgetown University Summer Medical Institute
- Johns Hopkins University Summer Internships
- Rochester Institute of Technology Pre-Med Internships list
- Univeristy of Colorado Emergency & Wilderness Medicine program
Dentistry
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research summer internships
- Rutgers School of Dental Medicine Gateway to Dentistry
- Oral Health America’s Summer Internship Program
Podiatry
- Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine summer internship program (SIP)
- Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine Pre-Professional Internship Program
Public Health
- Wisconsin Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Community Health Internship Program (CHIP) and Wisconsin Express
- National AHEC Organization directory of regional and state AHEC websites
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) jobs, fellowships, and internships
Veterinary Medicine
- Rochester Institute of Technology Pre-Vet Internships list
- Zoological Society of Milwaukee Education Summer Internship
- Michigan State University Veterinary Medicine Summer Enrichment Program
Programs for Students from Groups Underrepresented in Healthcare
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Summer Medical and Dental Program
- University of California-Los Angeles Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Enrichment Program and Re-Application Program (RAP)
- Great Lakes Native American Research Center for Health Student Development Program
- The Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Summer Scholars Program
- Marquette University’s Dental School Summer Programs
- The University of Michigan School of Dentistry and Medical School’s Profile for Success
- Appalachian State University Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program
- University of Alabama’s Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) program
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Diversity Summer Internship Program
- University of California-Berkeley’s School of Optometry ‘Opto-Camp’ program
- Illinois College of Optometry Focus on Your Future summer program
Summer Research
Searchable Databases
- IBP Pathways to Science Summer Research programs
- Boston University Summer Opportunities Database
- Emory ScienceNET Summer Research Programs & Internships Database
- AAMC M.D.-Ph.D. Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
Research Programs
- University of Wisconsin Summer Research Opportunity Program
- Medical College of Wisconsin Summer Program for Undergraduate Research
- University of Iowa Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation Summer Research Internship Program
- Vanderbilt University Summer Science Academy
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine College Summer Fellowship Program
- NIH Summer Internship Program
- Columbia University/Barnard College Summer Research Opportunities
- University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows program
Research Programs for Students from Groups Underrepresented in Healthcare
- National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program
- Harvard University Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program, Summer Clinical and Translational Research Program, Four Directions Summer Research Program, and Summer Training in Academic Research and Scholarship
- University of Pittsburgh Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Underrepresented Students
- Weill Cornell Medical College Travelers Summer Research Fellowship
- Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive & Kidney Diseases Summer Internship Program
- Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- University of Cincinnati College Of Medicine Summer Premedical Enrichment Program and the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship programs
- UW Madison Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Engineering
- Medical College of Wisconsin Diversity Summer Health-related Research Education Program
- University Of Chicago Pritzker School Of Medicine PSOMER (Pritzker School of Medicine Experience in Research) and CAMP (Chicago Academic Medicine Program).
- Oregon Health & Science University Equity Summer Research Program
