Summer Undergraduate Research Program
The Program
The Einstein Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) provides an 8-week research-intensive summer experience for
30-40 undergraduate students each year. SURP students live and work on the Einstein campus. SURP students spend most of
their time carrying out supervised laboratory research projects in laboratories they identified as being of particular
interest to them in their personal statements. During the students' tenure at Einstein, SURP students interact with
graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at the lab meetings and journal clubs. The undergraduate students also
participate in specially designed weekly seminars, given by Einstein faculty, on a wide variety of biomedically
relevant, basic research topics. Additionally summer students also attend career development workshops to learn about professional interviewing and networking skills. At the end of the SURP, students prepare a written abstract and present their research findings at the Einstein Summer Research Symposium (poster session).
Director
Julie Secombe, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
Graduate Division of Biomedical Sciences
Professor, Departments of Genetics & Neuroscience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Admissions
Salvatore Calabro, M.A., Ed.S.
Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Affairs
Graduate Programs in the Biomedical Sciences
Email: surp@einsteinmed.edu