June 10, 2022
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Spring and Summer Updates
HPA Events & Announcements
Campus News & Events
Local Area/Virtual Events & News
Undergraduate Internships & Opportunities
Postgraduate Jobs & Opportunities
Virtual Info. Sessions & Open Houses
Educational Opportunities
MCAT, DAT, PCAT, etc.
HPA Events & Announcements △
- The Penn Med Premed Hospice Program
Application deadline: June 30
- The HPA Office will normally be open Monday through Friday, 8:30 - 4:30 PM. Stop by to borrow books or to say hello. Any scheduling changes will be announced on the HPA website and social media. Limited appointments are available by request during the summer. If you have a quick question, emailing hpa@princeton.edu is your best first step. If it seems that your questions would be better addressed in a meeting, we will reach out to you to schedule a time.
- HPA hiring a Communications/Office Assistant
- Fall 2022 Health- and Medicine -Related Courses List
Campus News & Events △
- New Fall 2022 Courses Fall in Program in Latin American Studies
- Funding Available for Innovative Education Projects and Programs | SPIA
Proposals for awards of $10,000 or less will be considered on a rolling basis.
Local Area/Virtual Events & News △
In-Person and Virtual Opportunities △
- NEW PhysioCamp is looking for virtual TeleTutors! | Flyer (virtual)
- Volunteer with Mothers for Justice and Equality (Boston, MA)
- Volunteer Abroad with Unite for Sight Global Impact Corps (international)
- Be a Virtual Mentor for a K-12 Student with StudentSphere
- Hearts for Health | Free Virtual Shadowing Opportunity (virtual)
- Pre-Health Shadowing Sessions (virtual)
- Volunteer: Medicine in Motion (virtual)
- Volunteer: Community HealthEd (virtual)
- Volunteer: PALS Programs (onsite and virtual)
- Volunteer: Global Brigades - TeleBrigades
- Volunteer leadership opportunities with Prehealth Shadowing
- Volunteer: Camp Holiday Trails
- Virtual Shadowing and Volunteer | The Kingsley Clinic
- Volunteer: Crisis Counseling for LGBTQ Youth | The Trevor Project
- Tutor Elementary, Middle and High School Students | Weill Cornell Tutors
- Volunteer Mentorship | Everyone Deserves STEM
- Volunteer: Tutoring Underserved High School Students in STEM Subjects
Undergraduate Internships & Opportunities △
Princeton Sponsored Internships & Summer Opportunities
- Science Writing Internship | Office of the Dean for Research
- See the Center for Career Development list of all Princeton internships
- Summer Research Programs | OUR
Search the Office of Undergraduate Research database for research opportunities that match your interests.
Other Internships & Summer Opportunities
- NEW Physicians Unite to Lead Student Experiences (PULSE) (virtual)
- U CO | Pre-Med/Pre-Health Wilderness & Emergency Medicine Course in Colorado (Rocky Mountains, CO
- Unite for Sight (New Haven, CT)
- Summer/Youth Support Specialist and Volunteer Positions with Mothers for Justice and Equality (Boston, MA)
- Emerging Professionals Summer Internship Program for College Students (EPSIP) (Worcester, MA)
Priority will be given to students from underrepresented groups in STEM, health science and medicine. - Summer Science and Engineering Jobs at Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (Baltimore, MD & Virtual)
- North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic (NCOC) at Duke University Foot and Ankle and Upper Extremity Surgery Combined Research Fellowship 2022-2023 (Durham, NC) *One year or Summer
- Research Assistant, Rutgers RWJMS Dept. of Pediatrics (New Brunswick, NJ)
full-time, part-time, and per diem positions - Data Analyst Summer Intern at Trenton Health Team (Trenton, NJ)
- Summer Job Opportunities in Medicine, Nursing, Psychology/Neuroscience, and Veterinary Medicine (Philadelphia, PA)
- Keenan Research Summer Student (KRSS) Program (Toronto, Can)
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical internships (varies)
Application deadline: multiple
Postgraduate Jobs & Opportunities | see Postgrad Job Board for more △
- NEW Full-Time Plastic Surgical Coordinator (Washington, DC)
- NEW Full-Time Patient + Clientele Coordinator for Dermatology/Plastic Surgery Practice (Washington, DC)
- NEW Health Policy Research Assistant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Boston, MA)
- NEW Health Policy and Clinical Research Assistant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Boston, MA)
- NEW Research Assistant at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, MA)
- NEW Medical Journal Science Writer for Clinical Data Notes
- Clinical Research Coordinator at Stanford (virtual, Phoenix, AZ and Utah)
- UCSF Accelerated Digital Clinical Ecosystem (ADviCE) Fellowship (San Francisco, CA)
- Clinical Research Coordinator at UCSF Cancer Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Research Technician with Scripps (La Jolla, CA)
- Clinical Research Associate at Yale Neurosurgery (New Haven, CT)
- Clinical Research Assistant at Mass General Brigham (Belmont, MA)
- Research Technician at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA)
- Clinical Research Specialist - Duke Cancer Institute (Durham NC)
- North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic (NCOC) at Duke University Foot and Ankle and Upper Extremity Surgery Combined Research Fellowship 2022-2023 (Durham, NC)
- Research Assistant at Rockefeller University, Darst-Campbell Lab (New York, NY)
- Research Technician NYU Grossman School of Medicine (New York, NY)
- Clinical Research Coordinator in the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NYC / virtual)
- Clinical Research Coordinator at the Hospital for Special Surgery (New York, NY)
- Research Specialist Position at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
- Research Assistant at Penn Med Cancer Center (Philadelphia, PA)
- Research Opportunity in Cancer Biology at UT Southwestern (Dallas, TX)
- National Health Corps (various)
Virtual Information Sessions & Open Houses △
- NEW Ben-Gurion University's Medical School for International Health Info Session
Wed, Jun 29 • 6:30pm - 7:30pm • Zoom • Register - Prerecorded Info Session: Medical School Scholarship Opportunity Army Medicine
- Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) College Tour Webinar | Salus University
- Salus University Admissions Webinars - multispecialty
Past recordings and upcoming webinars on audiology, optometry, physician assistant, and more.
Educational Opportunities △
Participate in an AAMC Survey on Medical Field Pathways for Underrepresented Students
- Applying to Dental School this Cycle? Have a Mock Interview with Harvard Dental Students! | HSDM
- Application deadline: Jul 1 @ 4pm EST
- Too Much Grief: The The Humanities as Intervention--Dartmouth Health Care Foundations Short Course | Dartmouth
Sun, Jun 26 - Wed, Jun 29 • Online • Register
National Student Organizations
- Start a Princeton Chapter: MedicZero
- Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) Northeast Peer Mentoring
- Start a Princeton Chapter: National Alzheimer's Buddies
- Start a Princeton Chapter: Global Brigades
- American Physician Scientists Association Undergraduate Mentorship Program
- Become a HuddleU Ambassador • Apply
- Start a Princeton Branch: American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)
Graduate Programs
- Agnes Scott College Graduate & Post-Bacc Programs (Decatur, GA)
Application deadline: varies by program - MS in Systems Medicine | Georgetown (Washington, DC)
Application deadline: Jul 1 - MS Physiology | Georgetown (Washington, DC)
Application deadline: Jul 1 - MS Pharmacology | Georgetown (Washington, DC)
Application deadline: Jul 1 - NEW MS in Human Nutrition | Columbia (NYC)
Application deadline: Jul 15 • learn about the program - MS in Bioethics | Columbia (NYC)
- Health Information and Data Science Education Programs | Wash U (St. Louis, MO)
Postbac Record Enhancer Programs
- Boston University Master of Arts in Medical Sciences (MAMS) (Boston MA)
- Johns Hopkins University Health Science Intensive MS in Biotechnology (Baltimore MD)
- Keck Graduate Institute Postbac Premedical certificate + masters program (Claremont CA)
- Icahn SOM at Mt. Sinai's MS in Biomedical Sciences program (NYC)
- Agnes Scott College Graduate & Post-Bacc Programs (Decatur, GA)
Application deadline: varies by program - MS in Biomedical Sciences | Tufts (Boston, MA)
Application deadline: Jul 15 • Register for May 11 Open House - George Squared Georgetown and George Mason program (Manassas, VA)
Application deadline: Jul 15 - Loyola University Special Master's Program in Medical Physiology (Chicago, IL)
Application deadline: Jul 28 - Loyola University MA in Medical Sciences (MAMS) (Chicago, IL)
Application deadline: Aug 1 • view Feb webinar - Rutgers University Master of Biomedical Sciences (New Brunswick NJ)
Application deadline: Aug 3 • Virtual Open House: 5/26 @ 11am
- Somos Hermanos Study Abroad Spring 2023 (Guatemala)
- Adventures in Veterinary Medicine | Tufts (virtual)
participate in a hands-on suture clinic, explore specialty fields, solve real cases - Advanced eClinical Training for Pre-Health Students (virtual)
Certifications: Clinical Medical Assistant, Patient Care Tech, Pharmacy Tech, Clinical Research Assistant - Accelerated Hybrid/Online EMT-B Certification Course - July 2022 | Yeshiva University
- Accelerated Hybrid/Online EMT-B Certification Course - August 2022 | Yeshiva University
- Survey for Online/Hybrid Phlebotomy/EKG Course | Yeshiva University
- Accelerated Hybrid Phlebotomy/EKG Course | NYS NHA (virtual and NY)
- Medical School for International Health Ben-Gurion University of Negev (Israel)
MCAT, DAT, PCAT, etc. △
MCAT Prep Weekly Round Up
As we receive new MCAT prep offers, we'll include them in an updated 'weekly round up' notice. HPA does not officially promote, sponsor or recommend any test preparation company - we gather information for our students and make it available to them.