Research

3rd year BHSc degree program students are eligible for: HSCI 591 and 593 (along with 592, 594, 595)

The Programs Office has been working to streamline the 12.0-unit undergraduate research courses across the Biochemistry, Health Sciences, and Life Sciences programs. As part of this effort, research projects will now be grouped by topic area or discipline, rather than by program.

4th year BHSc degree program students are eligible for:

BCHM 598/ BCHM 599
BMED 598/BMED 599
CANC 598/ CANC 599
EPID 598/ EPID 599
GLPH 598/ GLPH 599
IDIS 598/ IDIS 599
MICR 598/ MICR 599
NSCI 598/NSCI 599
PATH 598/ PATH 599
PHAR 598/PHAR 599
PHGY 598/PHGY 599
REPD 598/ REPD 599
as well as HSCI 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 598, and 599

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If you have an interest in any of the Health Sciences Research Courses, be sure to familiarize yourself with the following steps.

1.  Find a Supervisor.

It is the responsibility of the student to identify and reach out to potential supervisors. Please prioritize the following Queen's Health Sciences academic unit websites to find a research project supervisor. Different faculty members have different levels of familiarity with the research project courses. If you require a syllabus or course information to send to the faculty member you are interacting with, please reach out to the Research Course Coordinator (hsciresearch@queensu.ca).

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

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, reach out to Research Course Coordinator to discuss.

2. Contact potential supervisors

Students should send this email to potential research supervisors a full 2 academic terms prior to their preferred start date. For example, if you are wanting to take a 598 and 599 in Fall/Winter of your 4th year, send your initial emails in Winter of your 3rd year. Students can copy (cc) the Research Course Coordinator (hsciresearch@queensu.ca) on this email, while also providing a cover letter (in the form of an email), unofficial transcript, and CV to their potential supervisor.

3. Confirm your supervisor with the Research Course Coordinator

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.

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1. Find a Supervisor.

2. Contact potential supervisors

3. Confirm your supervisor with the Research Course Coordinator

1.  Find a Supervisor.