Schedule
June – August 2026
Anesthesiology: (Clinical)
Program Description
Summer Preceptorship
Clinical preceptorship experience. Learn More
- Description: Clinical preceptorship experience
- Timing: two sessions (Monday June 1, 2026-Friday, June 26 and Monday July 6, 2025 – Friday, July 31)
- Paid: $1,280 stipend/student
- Number of students: 4 students/session
- Application Deadline: Feb 8, 2026 at 11:59 pm
Contact
- Dr. Blake Plyer
- Dr. Daniel Bingham
- Coordinator: Savannah Donnellan
Cancer Research
Program Description
Partnership in Cancer Research
Provide M1 students and innovative hands-on cancer research experience in a laboratory, clinical, or community setting. The program features research, entrepreneurship, clinical simulations, team learning, and innovative mentors. Learn More
- Dates: June 1 – July 24, 2026, must commit to eight weeks (full-time, 40 hours/week)
- Compensation: $6000
- Application Deadline: April 6, 2026; Mentor Selection due by May 11, 2026
Contact
Diane McKinstry,
dmckinstry@uams.edu
501-526-6515
ENT Clinical
Program Description
A Summer Clerkship in ENT” (ASCENT) Program
It is a four-week program for students who have completed their first year of medical school and is modeled after the M4 ENT elective with clinical rotations and shadowing at UAMS and ACH. In addition to clinical ENT experience, students are paired with an Otolaryngology faculty mentor with whom they will start a research project and learn more about the academic aspect of ENT. Students are required to give a short presentation on the ENT topic of their choice at the end of the four-week program.
Interested students should send a CV and short statement (250 words or less) of why they are interested and what they hope to accomplish.
- Timing: June 5-30, 2026
- Paid: N/A
- Number students: 3 total/year
- Application Deadline: February 25, 2026, selections & notifications will go out in early March.
Contact
Please send application or direct any inquires to Dr. Tyler Merrill at Tmerrill@uams.edu.
ENT (Research)
Program Description
Informal Research and Mentorship
Description: ENT faculty consistently will take students outside the Honors Program for clinical research opportunities. Students may also attend their summer research meetings
- Timing: Variable
- Paid: None
- Application Deadline: none
Contact
Family Medicine – Camp Counselor
Program Description
MASH Assistantship
1 or 2-week day-camp counselor, assisting in hands-on activities with high school students interested in health professions; over 30 camp locations around the state. Learn More
- Timing: 1 or 2-week experience in June or July (majority of camps take place in June)
- Paid: Yes, $250/week
- Application deadline: Opens January 26, 2026; Closes: March 6, 2026
- Number of students: 10
Contact
Family Medicine – Clinical
Summer Clinical Preceptorship
Clinical education experience with a community-based Family Physician at multiple locations in Arkansas. Learn More
- Timing: June/July
- Paid: $250/week (2-4 week experiences)
- Application Deadline: Opens January 26, 2026; Closes March 6, 2026
Contact
Dr. Leslie Stone and Ms. LaDonna Walton
Family Medicine – Service
Program Description
Summer Service-Learning Project
Partner with a UAMS Main Campus or Regional Campus to complete a service learning project. Learn More
- Timing: June 1, 2025-July 24, 2026
- Paid: Yes, $1,000 total for a four-week project
- Application Deadline: January 26, 2026; Closes: March 6, 2026
- Number of students: 10
Contact
Dr. Leslie Stone and Ms. Heidi Damron
Geriatrics (Research)
Program Description
Geriatrics Summer Research Program
The Geriatrics Summer program offers a variety of opportunities to students that range from basic science research to translational and clinical research. The program evaluates and matches the students with their research interests to specific on-going projects under the mentorship of senior investigators at the Reynolds Institute on Aging. Major areas of research emphasis at the Reynolds Institute on Aging include: molecular biology of mechanisms of aging, clinical research in cardiovascular health and aging, sarcopenia, Alzheimer’s disease, delirium and the study of nonagenarians and centenarians. There are also community-based research opportunities on opioid use in older adults, caregiver stress and dementias. Basic projects involve cellular stress and mitochondrial function in cell cultures and transgenic or knock-out mouse models of aging. Students will receive mentorship in hypothesis generation, research design and methodology, laboratory techniques and manuscript writing skills. Creativity will be encouraged, and students will be supported to test an innovative hypothesis related to aging under supervision of their research mentor. During summer, students will be required to work 5 days a week at the Reynolds Institute on Aging and will be required to attend laboratory meetings. Will work in collaboration with a group of investigators and post-docs, fellows and with the clinical research associate. Students should be able to write an abstract based on their work for presentation at conferences. Students engaged in projects will receive co-authorship on the resultant paper(s).
- Timing: approx. June – September, tentative and flexible depending on students’ schedules.
- Paid: $3,000 – Students could potentially be paid beyond summer depending on their performance
- Application Deadline: March 30, 2026
- Number of students: maximum 5
Contact
Dr. Gohar Azhar (azhargohar@uams.edu)
OB/GYN (Clinical)
Program Description
Summer bootcamp for rising M2s
A two-week glimpse into the field of Ob/Gyn. Two students will be selected to be a part of this experience. One week will focus on obstetrics with time spent on Labor & Delivery and in our OB outpatient clinic. The other week will be devoted to both in and outpatient gynecology. If you are interested, please send a 500-word maximum essay on why you are interested in the field of OB/GYN.
- Timing: June 1 – June 12, 2026
- Paid: N/A
- Application Deadline: February 27, 2026. Selection notifications will go out mid-March
- Number of students: 4 depending on interest
Contact
Dr. Lettie Odum, LAOdum@uams.edu
Pathology (Clinical)
Program Description
Medical Student Clinical Preceptorship
Five-week rotating experience through five major subspecialty areas in pathology.
- Timing: June/July
- Paid: $1,000 stipend
- Application Deadline: 2/14/2026
- Interested students should send an email with a paragraph about themselves and why they are interested in this program
- Number of students: 4
Contact
Dr. Vijay Patel, vmpatel@uams.edu
Pediatrics (Honors Track)
Program Description
Honors in Pediatrics
For students who are interested in pediatrics, this program works with you to complete a scholarly research project in pediatrics. A stipend is provided to those accepted to the program with the expectation of focusing on research during the summer between your M1 and M2 years. Prior to graduation you are asked to present this work at a regional/national conference. Registration and travel expenses are paid for by the program. Throughout the remainder of medical school, you will also be asked to participate in pediatric clinical education opportunities and shadowing. Students who complete the program will have the distinction of “Honors in Pediatrics” listed on their diploma at graduation.
- Timing: Five week program, scheduled around students’ availability
- Paid: $3,000
- Application Deadline: February 10, 2026
- Number of Students: varies
Contact
Dr. Jacob Filipek – jfilipek@uams.edu
Dr. Carla Brown – CBROWN@uams.edu
Radiology (Clinical)
Program Description
Summer in Radiology Program
This is a six-week summer program that allows you to shadow radiologists at UAMS and at Arkansas Children’s, to learn more about this intriguing specialty and explore whether this may be a future option for you.
- Timing: June 1-July 15, 2026
- Paid: N/A
- Application deadline: March 1, 2026
- Number of students: 4 students
Contact
Dr. Roopa Ram – RRam@uams.edu
Radiology (Research)
Program Description
Radiology Research Opportunities
Summer and continuing research opportunities in Radiology. You would need to email a short resume and your interest in Radiology
- Timing: Anytime while enrolled as student
- Paid: N/A
- Application Deadline: Students are enrolled on a continuous basis
- Number of students: varies
Contact
Dr. Hanna Jensen (hkjensen@uams.edu)
Research Program (Honors Track)
Program Description
Honors in Research
A formal research program that includes research in the summer between the M1 and M2 year, with some continuing activities later in medical school. The Honors in Research Program consists of a research project requiring an equivalent of six months research, preparation of a report in manuscript form in a style suitable for submission to a peer review journal, and presentation/participation at the COM 3MT and/or Student Research Day. Students who complete the program have “Honors in Research” on their diploma at graduation.
- Timing: summer-long
- Paid: stipend variable
- Application Deadline: March 7, 2025/Must submit mentor name by May 1, 2026
- Number of students: varies
Contact
- Dr. Robert McGehee REM@uams.edu
- Dr. Alan Diekman DiekmanAlan@uams.edu
Summer in Surgery
Program Description
Summer in Surgery
The program allows medical students the opportunity to:
- gain clinical experience by shadowing surgeons, participating in clinic visits and ward rounds, and scrubbing in on cases and procedures in the operating room and other setting
- participate in educational and simulation sessions
- produce scholarship and gain research experience by participating in a research project with a faculty or resident mentor. Students rotate on two surgical services in Trauma, Breast, Burn, Colorectal, Emergency General, Endocrine, General, Oncologic, Pediatric, Pediatric Cardiothoracic, Plastic, Thoracic, Transplant, and/or Vascular Surgery during the program. Video
- Timing: four weeks after the freshmen year
- Paid: No
- Application Deadline: Friday February 20, 2026. Students selected to participate will be notified in early March 2026.
- Summer in Surgery application (PDF download)
- Number of students: varies
Contact
- Dr. Katie Kimbrough (MKKimbrough@uams.edu)
- Ryan Tyler (STyler@uams.edu)
TRI Translational Research Innovations and Partners (TRIP) Program – added 2/20/25
Program Description
TRI, in partnership with the Honors in Research (HIR) Programs, is now accepting applications for the Translational Research Innovations and Partners (TRIP) Program! This summer program offers first- and second-year medical and pharmacy students the chance to earn HIR designation at graduation. Participants will engage in a full-time (40 hours/week) community-based or rural research project over eight weeks during a 10-week summer period.
- Timing: May 29 – Aug. 8, 2026
- Paid: $6,000
- Application Deadline: March 3, 2026
- Application will be sent via email
- Number of Students: varies
Contact
- Paul Deguid, MPH (PDuguid@uams.edu)
T32 Translational Training in Addiction (Research) – Updated 2/20/25
Program Description
Psychiatric Summer Internship in Addiction Research
Intern positions for rising M1 students are available on the T32 training grant. The link below describes the slots from last summer and will be different next summer. You can find a list of potential summer mentors and research projects.
- Timing: June 1 – August 7, 2026
- Paid: a stipend of approximately $5,500 for the 10 week program
- Application Deadline: March 1, 2026
- NIDA-T32_Medical Student Application (Word document download)
- Number of students: 4
Contact
- Bill Fantegrossi, Ph.D., (WEFantegrossi@uams.edu)
- Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D., (MJZielinski@uams.edu)