About SOAR
The SOAR program is a full-time eight-week summer program that enables Floyd School of Medicine M.D. students to work closely with faculty mentors, exploring basic science, translational, or clinical research, or projects focused on health care quality or patient safety, or educational research. Students and mentors apply for participation in the fall, followed by a selection and matching process that aims to align students' interests with mentors' expertise.
Student Spotlights
Find more student news and notes in our spotlight archives.
SOAR Student Advances to Semifinals of AMA Research Challenge
Second-year medical student, Andrew Moore, was selected as a semifinalist in the AMA Research Challenge This means his abstract, “Predicting Gradual Lesion Expansion in Post-Stroke Aphasia”, placed in the top five percent of abstracts submitted. Andrew conducted this research through the SOAR program under the mentorship of Dr. Sigfus Kristinsson. Congratulations to Andrew on this exciting achievement!
Being part of research that could potentially change how we screen and treat post-stroke patients has been an incredible experience. I'm deeply grateful for the amazing team of mentors and students who guided and supported me throughout the summer.
