Longitudinal Structure Overview

Key activities are required unless otherwise indicated.

• Fall
  • Apply to M4I program
    See Application Process for more details
    
    
• Spring
  • Match with a mentor
  • Develop and submit a research project proposal
  • Other research training as applicable (e.g. human subjects research training)
  • Complete UMB Graduate School Non-Degree Application
    fees paid for by program
    
    • This is required to take the biostats course in the summer
      
      
• Summer
  • 9 weeks of intensive research experience, including clinical integration
    stipend provided by program
  • Participate in virtual biostats course
    tuition and fees paid for by program
  • Near-peer mentorship
  • Additional skills development
  • (Optional) Participation in OSR Summer Programming
  • Presentation at the annual summer Student Research Forum

Spring-Summer 2026 Milestones*

*Dates & deadlines are subject to change

MS2-MS4 students should complete the M4I Interest Form to stay up to date on developing opportunities.

• Access to additional infectious disease research mentors and projects
• Option to participate in an online biostats course
  tuition and fees paid for by program
• Priority clinical placement in Internal Medicine or Pediatric Infectious Diseases Service
• Participation in our scientific writing accountability group (SWAG)
• Participation in cohort meetings and near-peer mentorship opportunities
• Career and residency advising

• Antibody Cross-Reactivity Among Plasmodium falciparum Strains
• The Association Between Maternal Mental Health and Child Executive Function Among Children Who Are HIV Exposed and Uninfected
• A Comparison of Various MRI Acquisition Methods for Visualization of MRI Findings Critical to the New Multiple Sclerosis Diagnostic Criteria
• Continuum of Care in Hospitalized Patients with Opioid or Stimulant Use Disorder and Infectious Complications of Drug Use - NavSTAR, TAU, Addiction/ID Integrated Clinic to Prevent Infection Related Readmission (CHOICE-STAR)
• Emerging Clinical Patterns Among Young Adults Living With HIV
• Estrogen Modulation of Inflammatory Cytokine Responses in Human and Baboon Placental Cultures
• Identification of Parasite Targets of Whole-Organism Vaccination through Whole Genome Sieve Analysis, Using Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from a Field Trial of a Sporozoite-based Vaccine in Gabon
• The Impact of Structured Provider Education on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Delivery in a Pediatric Primary Care Office
• Reprogramming Human Liver Cancer Tumor Microenvironment (TME) by uniSTING LNP to Improve Anti-PD1 Immunotherapy Response In Humanized Immune/Tumor (HIT) Mice
• Testing Camera Effectiveness to Study Red Zone Personal Protective Equipment Precautions
• Time to Patent Bloodstream Infection for Males Versus Females in Controlled Human Malaria Infection at the University of Maryland