Welcome to the Research Associates Program
- Are you a college student or graduate interested in going to medical school or other health professional school?
- Are you looking for first-hand experience working with sick people to know that this career choice is for you?
- Is a position with direct responsibilities critically evaluated by emergency physicians and nurses something you see as valuable for a health professional school application?
- Do you see the Emergency Department as a way to see acute patients whose illnesses or injuries are those you might someday take care of no matter what specialty of medicine you are potentially interested in?
- Are you willing to volunteer a minimum of one 4-hour shift per week in the Emergency Department for an academic semester to advance your career goals?
If you answer "yes," to all of the above questions,
you may be ready to accept the challenge of serving as a Research Associate (RA)
in the clinical research program
at St. Vincent's Medical Center
and College in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Positions are available for the spring and summer semesters
Click here to learn more about this exciting opportunity.
- Are you outside commuting distance to Connecticut? Click here to learn about student housing at the University of Bridgeport, 4 miles from St. Vincent's Medical Center.
- Are you a college graduate who is looking for a challenging post-bac year to enhance a medical school application and "kick-start" a career in the triad of academic medicine (patient care, teaching and clinical research)? Click here to learn more about a position as Chief Research Associate.
Watch "ER" on television and guess what it's like.
Be a Research Associate in the Emergency Department at St. Vincent's and start on the adventure yourself.