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HMS students at Orientation HMS students weighing an infant as part of a volunteer community service program
HMS students leaving Orientation 		HMS students in a lab course

Special Features

  • Over 20% of the first year class is composed of underrepresented minorities (approximately 50% women).
  • Excellent volunteer opportunities in minority neighborhood health clinics and community outreach projects.
  • Varied opportunities to work in research laboratories and international programs.
  • Students are assigned to one of five societies (Cannon, Castle, Holmes, Peabody, Health Sciences and Technology). The societies serve as the framework for each student's experience in General Medical Education.
  • The Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs sponsors an eight to ten-week Pre-Matriculation Summer Program (PMSP) for accepted Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) students interested in academic medicine and/or research. Students receive stipends, room and board allowances.
  • The Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs sponsors a monthly meeting of
    The Harold Amos Biomedical Research Society.

Additional Programs
Pre-Matriculation Summer Program (PMSP)
Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)
Four Directions Summer Research Program (VSFDSRP)
Harvard Health Policy Summer Program (HPSP)
Minority Undergraduate Summer Internship Program (MUSIP)
Massachusetts General Hospital Summer Research Trainee Program
Biomedical Science Careers Program Special Events & Announcements
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