About the Program
The program provides an immersive health professions and clinical research experience within the Baylor College of Medicine OB/GYN department. The activities include:
- Attending lectures on medical research
- Shadowing and exploring clinical research
- Gaining insight into the operations and logistics of research administration
- Contributing to the writing of posters, abstracts, and articles
Program participants interact with Baylor College of Medicine faculty and staff. The clinical research leadership team serves as the program counselors who accompany the students during all the activities.
The program is scheduled from June 22, 2026 to July 31, 2026. Program participants will work in the Texas Children’s Hospital Pavilion for Women from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. on weekdays. Students will bring their own laptop and use the TCH internet.
Please contact Jia Chen (jia.chen@bcm.edu) or Christina Reed (christina.reed@bcm.edu) for any questions.
Program Activities Descriptions
- Completing required certification training (biomedical research, health information privacy and confidentiality, good clinical practice, and other certification training in the CITI program)
- Shadowing biobank/clinical trial research personnel in all types of research activities in the healthcare setting
- Exploring research regulatory, administration and operations in the office setting
- Attending research-related departmental and institutional lectures and seminars (biostatistics, bioinformatics, clinical research, etc.)
- Participating in the scientific writing of posters, abstracts, and articles
Program Agenda
Week 1
- Research Basics/Ethics Training
Week 2-5
- Shadowing research coordinators in outpatient and inpatient settings
- Learning informed consent and building patient relationship
- Exploring research regulatory, administration, operations
- Establishing situational awareness and medical etiquette
- Attending medical research lectures and workshops
- Participating weekly group/ individual 1:1 mentoring meetings
- Working on posters, abstracts, and articles
Week 6
- Final presentation and award ceremony
The application is available to current high school students (at least 16 by the start of the program) in the greater Houston area between March 1 - March 31, 2026. Please use the following link to complete the application.
Results will be released by April 30, 2026 through email.
