Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology-
Application due Jan 30(informatics)
JUNE - AUGUST 2016
The HST Summer Institute offers a unique opportunity for outstanding undergraduate college students considering a career in biomedical engineering and medical science. This highly competitive
program offers a hands-on research experience in a scientific community internationally recognized for its leadership and commitment to excellence. Participants are supported by cutting-edge research facilities and expert mentors.
Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, participating institutions include the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST),
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH),
Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at Harvard Medical School, and others. The Institute is part of an effort at MIT to help facilitate the involvement of talented students in engineering and
science research--in particular, underrepresented minority students, first-generation college students, and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Participants become part of HST's accelerating effort to alleviate human suffering and disease through applied learning in a variety of biomedical research areas. There are two areas of study:
Biomedical Informatics, or the
use of computer science techniques, such as electronic databases and three-dimensional modeling, to gather and analyze life sciences data; particularly information from genomics.
Biomedical Optics, or the
use of lasers and light to develop new applications and modes of treatment in the areas of medicine and biology.
Both programs offer a summer stipend.
•Download a poster about the Biomedical Informatics summer program as a pdf.
•Download a poster about the Biomedical Optics summer program as a pdf.
