At Zucker School of Medicine, students have the opportunity to work with leading clinician-scientists in a variety of research settings throughout Northwell Health, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Students may choose from basic, translational, and clinical research projects.
These research offerings range from singular touch points, such as summer research experiences between the first and second years of training and research blocks in the fourth year, to independent studies in which students take time off to conduct deeper, more sustained research.
Short-term and longitudinal investigations cover a variety of topics and issues in medicine, including (but not limited to):
Research Opportunities

- Immunology
- Community health
- Medical education
- Medical humanities
- Bioelectric medicine
- Neuroscience
- Cancer biology
- Genetics
- Quality Improvement
External Fellowships and Research Opportunities
- ACR Radiology Summer Research Internship - https://www.acr.org/Membership/Member-Sections/medical-students/for-students
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Research & Training Programs: https://students-residents.aamc.org/research-and-training-opportunities/research-and-training-opportunities
- Chinese American Medical Society: Summer Research Fellowship - https://camsociety.org/fellowship-apply
- CHOP Summer Medical Student Research (SUMMR) Program- https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/department-pediatrics/summer-research-scholars-program
- Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship - https://www.roswellpark.org/education/clinical-fellowships/hematology-medical-oncology
- HSS Medical Student Training Programs - https://www.hss.edu/medical-students.asp
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKK) - https://www.mskcc.org/hcp-education-training/medical-students
- NIH Clinical Center - https://www.cc.nih.gov/training/students/summer-internships
- NYU Orthopedic Surgery Summer Externship Program - https://med.nyu.edu/departments-institutes/orthopedic-surgery/education/medical-student-education/summer-externship-program
- NYU Plastic Surgery Summer Research Program - https://med.nyu.edu/departments-institutes/plastic-surgery/education/training-medical-students/summer-research-program
- Radiation Oncology Summer Student Research Program - https://www.jefferson.edu/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/skmc/departments/radiation-oncology/programs/medical-students/simon-kramer-externship.html
- Summer Medical Internship Program (SMIP) - https://www.sirfoundation.org/get-funded/summer-medical-internship-program-smip/