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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Office of Medical Student Research and Scholarship

Helping Medical Students Engage in High-Quality Research and Scholarship Opportunities A diverse trio of female students smile together in the lab. advance to content
 
 

The Office of Medical Student Research and Scholarship administers the Scholarly Concentrations course, works with students to organize an annual Medical Student Research Symposium, creates and maintains a database of current and previous mentors and projects, provides stipends for summer and year-long research experiences at Johns Hopkins, provides funds for travel to present at national/international conferences, and provides awards for outstanding faculty mentorship and student scholarship.

Our Mission

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The mission of the Office of Medical Student Research and Scholarship is to help Johns Hopkins medical students to identify and engage in high-quality research and scholarship opportunities.

We value integrity, curiosity, humility, openness, teamwork, and excellence.

Research Funding

The Office of Medical Student Research administers funding for summer research projects, for longitudinal research opportunities and training, and for travel to national conferences where students can present their work.

Scholarly Concentrations

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In the Scholarly Concentrations Course, students are guided by course faculty to conduct a scholarly project and prepare a presentation of that project. In doing so, they will acquire skills for self-directed learning and identify options for pursuing an academic career in medicine. 

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Awards

  • Student Research Awards

    The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine offers several distinctions to recognize high-quality medical student scholarship.

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  • Mentoring Awards

    The Scholarly Concentrations Award for Excellence in Mentoring honors faculty mentors who clearly went above and beyond in their commitment to mentoring student research in the Scholarly Concentrations program.

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Our People

  • Mary Catherine Beach, M.D., M.P.H.

    Director, Office of Medical Student Research

    Mary Catherine Beach

  • Robin Lenzo

    Director, Medical Student Services and Housing

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  • Delena Dodd

    Academic Program Manager, Scholarly Concentrations

    Delena Dodd
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