Summer Pediatric Internship Research Experience

The Summer Pediatric Internship in Research is a mentored program designed to provide research experience to first-year Jacobs School medical students. In our program, you will be paired with a faculty mentor to complete a pediatric or pediatric specialty research project.

In addition to conducting research, you will attend departmental meetings to gain exposure to the clinical aspects of the subspecialty. Expectation will be to work on plan of research with mentor prior to starting project. At the end of the 7-week summer internship, you will be expected to have minimally completed data collection. Work may be needed to complete analysis and prepare your presentation during the winter break. You will have the opportunity to present your work to faculty and peers in the department, at the Pediatrics Department Research Forum, and at the schoolwide Medical Student Research Forum.

Our faculty mentors encourage our student researchers to publish study results and present at national meetings.

Current projects focus on:

• Kawasaki disease
• B cell immunology in children 

Internships take place on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (Mark Hicar, MD, PhD).

We accept 1-4 students per year, depending on student/mentor fit and funding.

First-year Jacobs School medical students in good standing are eligible.

This is a 7-week internship during the summer between your first and second year.

June 9 - July 25, 2025

$4,000.