Explore Careers in Medicine & Healthcare with Prehealth Advising this IAP 2024!
Join Prehealth Advising this IAP for a collection of events designed to help you explore your interest in careers at the intersection of medicine, healthcare, and research along with the chance to get involved in small-scale volunteer opportunities and clinical experiences.
The collection of tailored events will offer you opportunities to learn about the:
- Services Prehealth Advising offers students and alumni
- Experiences of MIT alumni attending medical school
- Clinical research being conducted at MIT’s Center for Clinical & Translational Research
- Research & volunteer opportunities in the McGovern Institute
Learn more and register for events individually in the Handshake links below.
Join MIT’s Prehealth Advising for a panel of 3 MIT alumni currently in their first year of medical school to get answers to your most pressing questions about medical school and being prehealth at MIT. Attendees will learn about each alum’s medical school experience as well as their prehealth journey at MIT, including their involvement in clubs and UROPs, tips on acquiring recommendation letters and studying for the MCAT, how they chose their major, navigating academic requirements, and options to consider for a gap year.
- Register in Handshake and find the Zoom link here
Bring your questions about preparing and applying for medical school, and adjusting to medical school after MIT.
This CAPD event is only open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni.
Are you considering or planning to apply to medical school or another health profession program in June 2024? Then join MIT’s Prehealth Advising to learn about the steps to submit a competitive application, how to acquire a MIT Committee Letter (COPA), the application timeline, and the many resources available through Prehealth Advising.
- Register in Handshake and find the Zoom link here
This CAPD event is only open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni.
To register for this event, please email arosser@mit.edu and samyoung@mit.edu.
Join MIT’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) and Prehealth Advising for the opportunity to explore the exciting world of clinical research and learn about the engaging studies our partner research labs are conducting in the CCTR’s facilities through interactive demos. From the exploration of biomarkers in chronic illnesses, to gait analyses for low-cost prosthetics designs, to Phase IV drug studies, the CCTR supports a wide variety of human subject study needs that we can’t wait to share with you.
HealthLab & Cell Shop:
1. Immersive Demonstration: Witness a mock-up of an actual study conducted at the CCTR HealthLabs using a simulated participant. Learn about the clinical research process, including the consent process, study setup, instrumentation, and data collection. Observe a demonstration of biological sample processing in the Cell Shop.
- HealthLab Website: https://cctr.mit.edu/what-we-offer/healthlab
- Cell Shop Website: https://cctr.mit.edu/what-we-offer/cell-shop
2. Featured Study: MIT MAESTRO Study – Investigation of biomarkers of long COVID and chronic Lyme by Michal Tal and the Tal Research Group. Brief presentation providing background on the study. Observe all components of a study visit, including medical evaluation, neurological testing, and collection of biological samples.
- MAESTRO Study Website: https://talresearchgroup.mit.edu/mitmaestro
3. Informative Tour: Explore the HealthLabs, Cell Shop, and other clinical spaces.
Who Should Attend: Students, researchers, and members of the MIT community interested in learning more about the clinical research capacities on MIT’s campus. Geared towards those wanting to explore and get involved in clinical research, including students considering pre-med, current medical or graduate students, and anyone interested in clinical research and translational healthcare technologies.
Availability is limited, and spaces will be filled on a first-come first-serve basis.
Refreshments will be available!
For inquiries, please contact Samantha Young (samyoung@mit.edu) or Akunna Rosser (arosser@mit.edu).
Dates: January 22nd, 23rd, 25th, and 26th (attend only 1 day) | Time: 10:00 – 1:45 pm; includes lunch | Location: Meet at the McGovern Foyer, Main St. Entrance
Event website – https://mit.joinhandshake.com/events/1453558/share_preview
Join the McGovern Institute’s researchers for a full day of hands-on experiments, discussions, and activities about the ethical, legal, and social implications of neuroscience research. The daily events are designed to help MIT students explore the many research opportunities at the McGovern Institute and the Couse 9 major – Brain & Cognitive Sciences. Attendees will also have the opportunity to volunteer and engage with students from Cambridge’s Rindge Avenue Upper School.
Activities will include:
- Simulations of a Mock MRI Scan and MEG Brain Imaging
- Tour of a Wet & Dry Lab and an activity titled ‘From Worm Brains to Human Brains’
- An overview of labs conducting Computational Neuroscience
- Visiting the Learning Lab in MIT’s Museum – students will engage in activities exploring Clinical Pathology, Brain-Computer Interface, and Artificial Intelligence
The event can host only 2 MIT undergraduates per day. If you are interested, please email Akunna Rosser at arosser@mit.edu and the opportunity to attend is on a first come, first serve basis. Learn more about this event and register in Handshake here.
To register for this event, please email arosser@mit.edu and samyoung@mit.edu.
Join MIT’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) and Prehealth Advising for the opportunity to explore the exciting world of clinical research and learn about the engaging studies our partner research labs are conducting in the CCTR’s facilities through interactive demos. From the exploration of biomarkers in chronic illnesses, to gait analyses for low-cost prosthetics designs, to Phase IV drug studies, the CCTR supports a wide variety of human subject study needs that we can’t wait to share with you.
The Motion Capture Suite & Device Workshop will include:
1. Interactive Demonstrations: Walk through all steps of running a study in the Motion Capture Suite, including calibration, participant prep and instrumentation, and data collection. Observe the real-time rapid-prototyping of a custom research device in the Device Workshop through 3D-scanning and 3D-printing.
- Motion Capture Suite Website – https://cctr.mit.edu/what-we-offer/motion-capture-suite
- Device Workshop Website – https://cctr.mit.edu/what-we-offer/device-workshop
2. Informative Tour: Explore the Motion Capture Suite, Device Workshop, and other relevant spaces.
Who Should Attend:
Students, researchers, and members of the MIT community interested in learning more about the clinical research capacities on MIT’s campus. Geared towards those wanting to explore and get involved in clinical research, including students considering pre-med, current medical or graduate students, and anyone interested in clinical research and translational healthcare technologies.
Availability is limited, and spaces will be filled on a first-come first-serve basis.
Refreshments will be available!
For inquiries, please contact Samantha Young (samyoung@mit.edu) or Akunna Rosser (arosser@mit.edu).
