The program matches incoming first-year medical students and rising second-year medical students with College of Medicine basic science and clinical faculty researchers. The summer experience includes hands-on research, a seminar program that focuses on various scientific and clinical topics, and student presentations. This year, 57 medical students, 12 of whom are incoming first-years, are participating in the program.
Casey Daniel, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate professor of family medicine at the USA College of Medicine and a cancer researcher at the Mitchell Cancer Institute, is chair of the summer research committee.
For more information, contact Marcina Lang at marcinalang@southalabama.edu.