The SOAR program is a competitive program for rising M2 students, offering an opportunity to engage in inquiry and scholarly activity with a faculty mentor.
The SOAR program is a full-time eight-week summer program that enables USC SOM medical students to work closely with faculty mentors, exploring basic science, translational, or clinical research, or projects focused on health care quality or patient safety, or educational research. Students and mentors apply for participation in the fall, followed by a selection and matching process that aims to align students' interests with mentors' expertise. This model fosters a supportive environment where students and faculty can apply their knowledge and skills.
To learn more about SOAR program and how students and mentors can get involved, click here. Need an immediate question answered or want to get in touch with someone in our office? Feel free to contact us at SOAR@uscmed.sc.edu.
2024 SOAR participants Emma Grice and Cecily Kaufmann won outstanding medical student poster at the Prisma Research Showcase in Greenville, S.C., in October 2024, for their project titled New Diagnosis HIV linkage to care evaluation in Southeastern United States: A retrospective cohort study. The team worked with mentor Dr. Sarah Battle.
2023 SOAR student Anna Baucom presented her study titled Immediate Postpartum LARC Devices and the Choose Well Grant: Characteristics Associated with LARC Continuation > 12 Months at the SAAOG Conference in Sea Island, Georgia in January while working with mentor, Dr. Patricia Seal.
Second Year M.D. student, Lance Schacht was recently published in the Current Infectious Disease Reports as the second author on a study looking at Intrapartum Infections in expecting mothers, while being mentored by SOMC faculty member Dr. Patricia Seal.
