Q&A with Dr. Harris Eyre, Psychiatry Trainee, Pharmacogeneticist
By Gloria Onwneme, Medical Student, University of Nottingham, UK Dr. Harris Eyre, MD, PhD, Fulbright ... Read more
Written by: Gloria Onwuneme
Published on: March 12, 2018
Research
Checking the Boxes: Should You Give Up Your Job To Do Research?
Sometimes the requirements aren’t required. Annie wrote in to [email protected] to ask Kaci McCleary, Erik Kneller, Gabriel ... Read more
Written by: The Short Coat Podcast
Published on: January 19, 2018
Q&A with Suzanne Tharin, MD/PhD, Neurosurgery
Dr. Suzanne Tharin, MD/Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University and a ... Read more
Written by: Gloria Onwuneme
Published on: December 20, 2017
Why Medical Students Need To Understand Statistics: An Interview With a Patho-Geneticist
Dr. Mary Jean M. has spent the last decade researching in various laboratories, from plant ... Read more
Written by: Mary Jean M
Published on: November 1, 2017
Getting In: The Undergraduate’s Guide to Research Experience
Undergraduate students do not need told, again, how important it is to be involved in ... Read more
Written by: Brent Schnipke
Published on: October 4, 2017
Q&A with Maxine Mackintosh, Health Data Scientist
Maxine Mackintosh (BSc MSc) is a PhD student in data science at University College London, ... Read more
Written by: Gloria Onwuneme
Published on: August 2, 2017
A Med Student’s Guide to Becoming a Physician-Scientist
When medical students start to think about areas of practice to specialize in once they ... Read more
Written by: Brian Wu
Published on: March 21, 2017
4 Strategies for Students Reapplying to Medical School
In an ideal world, your first attempt at applying to medical school would also be ... Read more
Written by: Cassie Kosarek
Published on: March 8, 2017
From "Book Rat" to Neurologist: An Interview with José Cavazos, MD-PhD
As a child, José Cavazos, MD-PhD, was a self-proclaimed “book rat”. So, it makes sense ... Read more
Written by: Suzanne Barston
Published on: January 23, 2017
20 Questions: Brian Baxter, PhD
Brian Baxter, PhD, is a current postdoctoral scholar with the DeRisi Group at University of ... Read more
Written by: Juliet Farmer
Published on: August 22, 2016
Your Pathway to the White Coat: 7 Tips for Writing Your AMCAS® Personal Comments Essay
The AMCAS application to medical school asks for a lot of information about yourself. It ... Read more
Written by: AAMC Staff
Published on: May 12, 2016
The One Letter to Rule Them All
As an undergrad, one of the reasons you devoted so much time to a research ... Read more
Written by: David Oppenheimer
Published on: March 21, 2016
Spring Break: Should You Spend It On The Beach Or At The Bench?
For most researchers, working in the lab over a holiday break is somewhat different from ... Read more
Written by: Paris Grey
Published on: March 8, 2016
Why Some Labs Don’t Train Premed Students and Why You Shouldn’t Care
So far, the vast majority of the undergrads I’ve trained during my research career have ... Read more
Written by: David Oppenheimer
Published on: January 21, 2016
Choose Your Undergrad Research Position Wisely
Author’s Note: It is widely believed (and for good reason) that undergraduate research positions are highly ... Read more
Written by: David Oppenheimer
Published on: January 5, 2016
Seize Your Undergrad Research Interview: Ask the Questions That Matter
When selecting your classes each semester you apply a methodical approach. You no doubt consider ... Read more
Written by: David Oppenheimer
Published on: December 7, 2015
Difficult Interview Questions: Learning To Hit A Curveball Out Of The Park
By Michelle Finkel, MD with CrispyDoc You put your heart and soul into your compelling, ... Read more
Written by: Michelle Finkel
Published on: November 6, 2015
10 Things to Expect Your First Semester of Research
Even if you have previous lab experience from a high school or college lab class, ... Read more
Written by: Paris Grey
Published on: October 23, 2015
The F-Word: Your Reaction to Failure in a Lab Matters More Than You Know
There is only one guarantee in research: sometimes things fail. It doesn’t matter what your ... Read more
Written by: Paris Grey
Published on: August 28, 2015