PRISM (Patient Research in Science and Medicine)

PRISM is a summer program in clinical/translational research for medical students between M1 and M2. PRISM is sponsored by Mount Sinai's Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, a national consortium of medical research institutions dedicated to increasing the numbers of clinical/translational (C/T) physician-scientists and investigators.

Medical students participating in PRISM carry out an 8-week clinical/translational project with a mentor of their choice. In addition, they take the Summer Introduction to Clinical Research course, sponsored by Mount Sinai's Clinical Research Education Program. The course consists of two 1-hour lectures per week and one interactive small group discussion.

All lectures and small groups in the course are led by Mount Sinai faculty who are themselves clinical/translational physician-scientists or clinical/translational scientists. Students who successfully complete the course earn a certificate. At the end of the summer, students submit an abstract on the results of their project and present a poster on their work at the annual Medical Student Research Day in November.