Research Courses: Getting Started | Bachelor of Health Sciences

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If you have an interest in any of the Health Sciences Research Courses (HSCI 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 598, 599), be sure to familiarize yourself with the following steps.

1. Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) degree program students in their 3rd (eligible for HSCI 591, 592, 593, 594, 595) or 4th year (eligible for HSCI 591, 592, 593, 594, 595 598, 599) interested in pursuing a research project (max. 12 units) should contact the Research Course Coordinator (hsciresearch@queensu.ca) a full 3 academic terms prior to their preferred start date. For example, if you are wanting to take HSCI 598 and 599 in Fall/Winter of your 4th year, contact the Research Course Coordinator in Fall of your 3rd year.

2. Prior to contacting the Research Course Coordinator, identify up to 5 faculty members with whom you may be interested in doing research (i.e. be your research supervisor for the research course).

Please prioritize the following Queen's Health Sciences academic unit websites to find a research project supervisor:

Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Pathology
Public Health Sciences
Centre for Neuroscience
Clinician Scientists and other researchers in clinical departments within the Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Nursing
School of Rehabilitation Therapy

Note: Although students are permitted to explore opportunities with supervisors outside of the above indicated academic units, researchers from other Faculties at Queen's (e.g. Faculty of Arts and Science, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, and Smith School of Business) will likely have obligations to prioritize research opportunities for students within their own Faculty programs. Thus, we encourage you to reach out first to Health Sciences faculty members as potential supervisors. If you are hoping to conduct a research project at a facility other than Queen’s or remotely with a supervisor not associated with Queen’s, it is required that you still have a co-supervisor at Queen’s.

3. Upon receipt of this email, the BHSc Research Course Coordinator will contact your declared supervisors to determine if they are accepting undergraduate research students. After confirmation from the Coordinator that this initial conversation has occurred, students are expected to contact potential supervisors themselves, cc’ing the Research Course Coordinator (hsciresearch@queensu.ca), providing a cover letter (in the form of an email), unofficial transcript, and CV to their potential supervisor.

4. Once an agreement has been made between you and a supervisor, please email the BHSc Research Course Coordinator from your Queen's email (and include your student number) letting us know who your supervisor is (and copying them on the email), the course numbers that you will be completing with them, and the academic term(s) that those courses will be taken in. Students must complete this form and submit it to hsciresearch@queensu.ca

Fall 2024 Research Course Info Session

Dr. Cotechini and Dr. Hindmarch cover information about the HSCI 59X and DISC 598/599 research courses.

WATCH the Fall 2024 Research Course Info Session here
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HSCI 59X Slides

DISC 59X Slides

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