Opportunities for Undergraduate Students

Careers in Science Summer Internship for Students Interested in Cancer Research

The CSM Initiative seeks to develop undergraduate scholars to help them build the accomplishments, skills, network, and support necessary to achieve advanced careers in biomedical, medical, health-related, and STEM professions. Since 2019, the Office of CRTEC has partnered with the Careers in Science in Medicine (CSM) Office to formalize an oncology thread and 4 undergraduate students are selected each year to participate in a 10-week cancer focused internship. To date it has trained 133 scholars, of which 50% have matriculated into medical or graduate school programs.

SARE Program

The Summer Academic Research Experience (SARE) is a high school component of Johns Hopkins Initiative for Careers in Science and Medicine. SARE seeks to develop exceptional high school students by introducing them to biomedical research. To date, 95% of scholars who have reached college age have matriculated into college with nearly 100% receiving partial or full financial support. SARE also has ≥74% college completion rate by four years post high school graduation. 79% have graduated with degrees in STEM or medical-related majors (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medical-related sciences; STEMM).

Summer Research Program

The Office of CRTEC facilitates several programmatic research opportunities for Undergraduate Students. They draw from national and local universities. The 8-week internship provides supervised research activities that are laboratory-based, as well as didactic and professional development activities. Students present their work at the end of the summer program. Many students who complete the program choose to continue research and learning opportunities at Johns Hopkins including at post-baccalaureate programs.

SKCCC-Susan D. Flynn Oncology Nursing Fellowship

The SKCCC-Susan D. Flynn Oncology Nursing Fellowship recruits students to an eight-week paid rotation that spans inpatient and outpatient oncology practice with modules on the psychosocial context of oncology nursing and evidence-based research projects. The internship, which aims to recruit a talented group of nurses to oncology careers, has trained seven students from regional programs including MSU and Salisbury State University; six have remained in cancer careers.

Opportunities for Post-Baccalaureate Students

SKCCC Members support several post-baccalaureate programs for scholars interested in obtaining doctoral degrees, both MD, PhD, PharmD as well combined degrees. Scholars join a research lab and conduct original research, get clinical shadowing opportunities and materials for entrance examinations such as the MCAT where relevant.