Resources and Links

Colgate Sites

• Office of the Registrar
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Biology
• Undergraduate research
• Office of Off-Campus Study

Allopathic and Osteopathic Medicine

• American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)
  
• American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) - Students 
• American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) -Washington Highlights
• AMCAS Resources
• American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Medical News (AMA)
• American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
• Canadian Osteopathic Association 
• Osteopathic International Alliance (OIA)
• American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
• American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS)
• American College of Osteopathic Medical School Application Service (ACOMAS)
• Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS)
• Ontario Medical School Application Service (OMSAS)
• The Student Doctor Network
• New England Journal of Medicine's "The Next Generation"
• Osteopathic Medical Student Profiles In Their Own Words
• MD-PhD Facts

Postbaccalaureate Pre-Medical Programs

• AAMC Postbaccalaureate Program Listing
• Bennington College

Dental Medicine

• American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
• American Dental Schools Application Service (ADSAS)
• American Dental Association (ADA)

Diversity in Health Professions

• Aspiring Docs
• Explore Health Careers

Veterinary Medicine

• Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC)
• Veterinary Medical Colleges Application Service (VMCAS)
• Graduate Record Exam (GRE)

Allied Health Careers

• American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
  
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
• American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM)
• American Medical Association - Allied Health Careers
• American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• The American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• AACN Accelerated Programs: The Fast-Track to Careers In Nursing
• ACCN End of Life Care
• Become a Nurse
• Clark University's HSA on Nursing
• Discover Nursing
• Nursing School Guide
• Nursing Career Site
• American College of Nurse-Midwives
• http://www.whatispublichealth.org/
• PhysicalTherapy.com
• Physician Assistant Programs
• American Dietetic Association
• Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO)

Postbaccalaureate Research and Training Opportunities

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  
• National Science Foundation (NSF)

Certified Nursing Assistants

• Certified Nursing Assistants
  

Financial Aid

• International Education Financial Aid (IEFA)
• The Guide to Financial Aid
• The Educational Resources Institute (TERI)

Other Links

• Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
• Health Administration Education

Volunteer Opportunities in Health Care

• www.healthcarevolunteer.com
• www.volunteerabroad.com/search.cfm
• Alternative Breaks Program

Summer Programs and Internships

• Colgate University Career Services Summer Internships
  
• AAAS Internship Opportunities
• AMA Ethics Group Internship Opportunities
• American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Graduate Research Education and Training (GREAT) Group Summer Undergraduate Research
• NIH Student Employment and Internship Programs
• NSF Student Research Opportunities
• Camp Lohikan
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Summer Research
• American Society for Cell Biology
• Broad Institute-Summer Research Programs
• California Institute of Technology
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• The Leadership Alliance - Summer Research
• Cornell's Fellowship and Summer Internship Database
• Cornell University - Center for Materials Research
• Cornell Leadership Alliance Early I.D. Program
• Cornell University - Program in Mathematics Research
• Cornell University - NASA/NY Space Grant Summer Research
• Cornell University - Shoals Marine Lab Summer Research
• Cornell Weill Graduate School of Medicine - Summer Research
• Harvard Medical School - Four Directions Summer Research Program
• Harvard Medical School - Biomedical Sciences Summer Research
• Harvard University - Summer Undergraduate Research/Internship
• Hole In The Wall Gang Camp 
• Hunter College CUNY - Center for Study of Gene Structure & Function Summer Research
• Idealist
• John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida - Sciences and Engineering Summer Research
• Just Garcia Hill
• Meharry Medical College/Vanderbilt University - Summer Neuroscience Apprentice Program
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Summer Undergraduate Research-Biomedical Sciences
• NASA Academy - National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-Research and Training Program
• National Institute on Aging - Summer Research Training Opportunities
• NIH - Summer Internship Programs
• NIH Training Programs in Biomedical Sciences
• North Carolina State University - REU at The Dept. of Chemistry Summer Research
• North Carolina State University - NSF Green Processing REU
• North Carolina State University NSF Vigre Trainee Workshop
• North Carolina State University - Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Interns
• North Carolina State University - Summer Undergraduate Research
• North Carolina State University - Horticulture Summer Undergraduate Research
• North Carolina State University - Nuclear Physics Summer Undergraduate Research
• Northwestern University - Summer Research in Drug Discovery Program
• Northwestern University - Neuroscience
• Northwestern University - Summer Research Opportunity Program
• Ohio University of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Program
• Princeton University - Undergraduate Summer Research
• Research Triangle Park, North Carolina - NIEHS Summer of Discovery Program
• Resource Guide of Summer Opportunities for ALANA Undergraduate Students
• RIT's COOP/Internship Webpage
• RIT Summer Opportunities
• Rochester Institute of Technology Summer Opportunities
• Rutgers University - Project L/EARN
• Rutgers University - Summer Undergraduate Research in Science and Engineering
• Summer Jobs, Research Internships and Training Programs for Students
• Summer Medical & Dental Educational Program
• The American Physiological Society Undergraduate Research Fellows Award
• The University of Missouri - Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine
• Tufts University - Tufts Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Science Summer Research
• The Pennsylvania State University - Summer Research Opportunities Programs
• University in Maryland - Summer Biomedical Training Program
• University of California - Mentoring Summer Research Internship Program
• University of California - UC Irvine SURF
• University of California - Center for Academic and Research Excellence
• University of California, San Francisco - Summer Research Training Program
• University of California, San Diego - STARS
• University of Chicago - Summer Research Training in Biological Sciences
• University of Chicago - Summer Research Opportunity Programs
• University of Maryland - Summer Research Program
• The University of Nebraska - Summer Research Programs
• University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Research in Pharmacology
• University of Pennsylvania - IUP in the Biological Sciences
• University of Rochester - GEBS Summer Scholars Program
• University of Utah - Summer Undergraduate Research
• University of Virginia - Summer Research Internship Program
• University of Wisconsin - Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology URP
• University of Wisconsin - REU Astrophysics
• University of Wisconsin - SRP in Biology
• University of Wisconsin - Synchrotron Radiation Center REU
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Summer Science Academy
• Wake Forest University Summer Research Opportunities Program

Texas Summer Programs

• Baylor College of Dentistry
  
• Baylor College of Medicine Michael E. DeBakey Summer Surgery Program
• Baylor College of Medicine Summer Medical Education Program
• University of Texas Pharmacy Programs
• Parkland Health & Hospital System
• Baylor College of Medicine-Baylor SMART Program 
• Texas A&M University-Summer Undergraduate Research Focus (SURF)
• University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth-SMART
• University of Texas Austin College of Natural Sciences Summer Program
• University of Texas at Austin-College of Pharmacy-Short Term Toxicology Research Training
• University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston-Bridges Summer Administrative Program
• University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center-Summer Science Program for College Students
• University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Science Park Research Division-SURP
• University of Texas Medical Branch-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences-SURP
• University of Texas at San Antonio Health Sciences Center-Pharmacology SURP
• University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center-Physiology Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE)
• University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center
• University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Studies-SURF 
• Texas Tech Health Sciences Center-Rural & Community Health
• University of Houston College of Optometry

URM Opportunities

• Summer Opportunities for ALANA Students
• RIT's Coop/Internship Webpage
• AAAS Internship Opportunities

Additional Links Provided by Career Services

• Health Career Connection
• National Institutes of Health  (NIH) - Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research.
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (National Science Foundation)

Individual Programs

• Albert Einstein School of Medicine - Summer undergraduate research program.
• American Heart Association - (Western States) Undergraduate Student Research Program.
• Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
• Boston University REU Program
• Bristol-Myers Squibb*
• Chester Summer Scholars Program Cleveland, Ohio
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital - Undergraduate Summer Internship.
• Cirrus - Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities.
• Drexel University (Formerly MCP Hahnemann), Summer Research Program
• Hartford Hospital Summer Student Research Fellowship - Residency, Internship & Fellowship Programs.
• The Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Summer Institute
• Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York City, Summer Fellowships in Orthopaedic Bioengineering
• Indiana University School of Medicine - Undergraduate Summer Biomedical Research Program.
• Lankenau Summer Internship Program (Philadelphia)
• Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology - Washington University in St. Louis.
• Mayo Clinic - Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
• Morehouse School of Medicine - Neuroscience Institute Summer Research Program.
• Mount Sinai - Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
• National Center for Ethics - Follow the link to information on summer opportunities through this center.
• National Kidney Foundation of CT*
• NYU School of Medicine - Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
• Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• Pfizer Inc. - Summer Internship Program.
• Rockefeller University - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• Roswell Park Cancer Center*
• Sloan-Kettering Institute - Summer Research Internship Program.
• University of Iowa - Summer Undergraduate Research Programs.
• UMDNJ Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Program for NJ Students
• University of Massachusetts Medical Center - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• University of Minnesota - Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
• University of Pennsylvania - Summer Undergraduate Internship Program.
• University of Pennsylvania/Undergraduate Scholars Program: NIH Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Disease
• University of Rochester - Strong Children's Research Center Summer Training Program.
• University of Texas-Houston - Summer Research Program.
• University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
• University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Camps

• Happiness Is Camping, NJ
• Paul Newman Foundation
• Camp Sundown (affiliated xeroderma pigmentosa society)
• Camp Discovery

Clinical

• AIDS Health Project
• Albert Einstein Medical Center Pre-Med Program, Philadelphia PA
• Arizona Heart Institute/Cardiovascular Summer Students Program
• Bellevue Hospital Center - Project Health Care, NY NY (Click here for a Princeton Review of this Internship)
• Children's Hospital Boston
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Frontier Nursing Service - Courier Program, Wendover, KY.
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Healthcare Career Track Program.
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center
• National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders*
• National Women's Health Network Internships
• New York Presbyterian Hospital (Westchester), Practicum in Mental Health
• New York University School of Medicine/Center for Immigrant Health
• Research Assistant Program/Bridgeport Hospital
• Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Summer Clinical Internship
• University of Texas at Houston/Summer Biomedical Engineering Internship

Community Medicine and Public Health

• ACT-UP New York
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - (ATSDR) Summer Internship
• Water Ecuador
• AIDS Healthcare Foundation
• Alliance For Health Reform
• American Cancer Society
• American Medical Student Association/International Health Opportunities
• American Public Health Association/International Health Internship
• Amigos de las Americas
• Boston Health Care for the Homeless
• Carter Center
• Center for Studying Health System Change*
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - Summer Student Employment Program.
• Charles B. Wang Community Health Center/NYC
• Child Family Health International
• Council on International Education Exchange (CIEE)
• Cross-Cultural Solutions - Cross-Cultural Solutions is an independent, non-religious 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that employs volunteer humanitarian action to empower local communities, foster cultural sensitivity and understanding, and contribute grassroots solutions to global challenges.
• Education as a Vaccine Against AIDS - Offers full-year, semester, and summer internships working with Nigerian youth in health education.
• Engineering World Health (EWH) Summer Institute/Duke University
• Experiential Learning Abroad
• Families USA
• Foundation for Sustainable Development
• Gay Men's Health Crisis
• Global AIDS Alliance
• Global Healing
• Global Service Corps
• Global Health Ministry - Work in distressed urban areas and villages throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Global Volunteers
• Grassroot Soccer
• The Hastings Center for Bioethics
• Haitian Ministries/Diocese of Norwich
• Health Management and Policy Summer Enrichment Program - University of Michigan School of Public Health
• Health Volunteers Overseas
• Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools
• India Study Abroad Center
• Institute for Diversity in Health Management
• Institute for International Cooperation and Development
• International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
• International Honors Program: Health and Community (BU/Study Abroad)
• International Medical Volunteers Association
• Institute for Central American Development Studies (ICADS) - Summer internship program in Costa Rica.
• Kaiser Family Foundation*
• Kaiser Family Foundation/Database of policy fellowships
• Lutheran Social Services of New England
• Minority Access Internship Program - Paid internships with the federal government and elsewhere.
• Minority International Research Training - Programs.
• National Association of People with AIDS
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Student Research Program.
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• National Mental Health Association - Internship Program
• National Women's Health Network
• Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center
• New York City Department of Health - Health Research Training Program.
• Operation Smile - Provides reconstructive surgery and related healthcare in developing countries and US.
• Organization for Tropical Studies
• Organization for Tropical Studies (Study Abroad/Duke/Costa Rica)
• Our Bodies Our Selves/Boston Women's Health Book Collective
• Pemon Health/Venezuela
• Physicians for Human Rights
• Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Primary Cares, Inc.
• Project Health
• Proworld
• Remote Area Medical
• San Francisco Community Health Corps
• Society of Toxicology - Student Research Internships in Toxicology
• Swasthya Community Health Partnership - Sringeri, India.
• Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics*
• Stop HIV/AIDS in India
• Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW) - Volunteer opportunities in India, Nepal, South Africa, Zimbabwe and more.
• Summer Program in Quantitative Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health
• Uganda Village Project/IFMSA
• Visions in Action
• World Health Organization

Dental Medicine

• University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine - Summer Fellowship.

Health Care Ethics

• AMA Ethics Standards Group/Summer Internship
• SUNY Upstate/Center for Bioethics and Humanities
• The Hastings Center
• Undergraduate Internships in Bioethics (courtesy of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities)

Under-represented Minority and Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

Programs with Multiple Sites

• Minority International Research Training - (MIRT) Programs.
• Summer Medical and Dental Education Programs - (SMDEP) At eleven locations throughout the country.

Individual Programs

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine Student Summer Research Opportunity Program
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Hispanic Center of Excellence Maternal and Child Health Program
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Hispanic Center of Excellence Summer Undergraduate Mentorship Program
• American Heart Association/Founder Affiliate
• American Society for Microbiology - (ASM) Minority Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• Biomedical Research Apprentice Program - Washington University in St. Louis.
• Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - Health Careers Enhancement Program for Minorities (HCEM).
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)/Public Health Summer Fellows Program/Office of Minority Health
• Center for Multicultural Affairs, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Cornell University Medical College Gateways to the Laboratory
• Cornell University Medical College Travelers Summer Research Fellowship
• Creighton University - Summer Research Training Program
• Drexel University College of Medicine/Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• Dental Medicine Pipeline Projects
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology -Created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical and behavioral scientists from minority groups, through a Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) grant that involves a variety of programs and activities.
• Hartford Hospital Summer Student Research Fellowship
• Harvard Medical School - Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program.
• Harvard School of Public Health - Undergraduate Internship Program for Minority Students.
• Howard University - Barbara Jordan Congressional Scholars Program, Health Policy
• Mayo Clinic
• Marquette University School of Dentistry - Summer Science Enrichment Program.
• MGH Summer Research Trainee Program
• Michigan State College of Veterinary Medicine Vetward Bound Programs
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• NYU School of Medicine - Minority Undergraduate Summer Research Program.
• Partnership for Minority Advancement in the Biomolecular Sciences - Lists summer internships throughout the U.S.
• Project Learn/RWJ Foundation
• Stanford School of Medicine - Health Careers Opportunity Program.
• Stanford University Health Careers Opportunity Program
• SUNY Downstate/Brooklyn Summer Research Program
• Temple University School of Dentistry
• Tufts University - Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Students.
• UCLA Prep
• University of Alabama (UAB) - SIBS (Summer in Biomedical Science) program
• University of Connecticut Health Center Med/Dent Prep Programs
• University of Massachusetts Medical Center - NIH Research Fellowship.
• University of Michigan Health Services Management - Summer Enrichment Program.
• University of Michigan Medical School - Pipeline/Profile for Success Programs.
• University of Pennsylvania Summer - Pre-Med Enrichment Program.
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Summer Premedical Academic Enrichment. Program.
• University of Utah - Summer Research Opportunity Program.

Veterinary Medicine

• Academy of Rural Veterinarians
• Hidden Villa
• New England Wildlife Center Internships
• Operation Wallacea
• Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine - Adventures in Veterinary Medicine.
• University of Vermont/Animal Science Internship
• Wolf Park - A non-profit research and education facility.

General Resources

• MedHunters.com - Jobs in healthcare; valuable advice on the job search; entertaining and informative stories about healthcare professionals and issues in healthcare.
• Explore Health Careers