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The AMA Research Challenge draws hundreds of research abstracts submissions each year from medical students and residents across the country. Learn more about who the 2024 entrants are, where they’re from and what they’re researching.
Total submissions
Total submissions
- 1,330 research abstracts submitted (21% increase over 2023)
- 188 institutions represented (out of 214 total medical schools)
Submissions by AMA member type
Submissions by AMA member type
- Medical student: 909
- Resident or fellow: 259
- International medical student: 162
Top 10 number of submissions by medical school
Top 10 number of submissions by medical school
- Wayne State University School of Medicine—Detroit
- University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine—Champaign
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine—Richmond, Virginia
- California Northstate University College of Medicine—Elk Grove
- FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine—Miami
- University of Toledo College of Medicine—Toledo
- University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine—Chicago
- McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University—Augusta
Top 10 number of submissions by state
Top 10 number of submissions by state
- Texas
- California
- New York
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Florida
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia
- New Jersey
Submissions by type of research
Submissions by type of research
- Clinical and Translational Research (419)
- Clinical Vignettes (375)
- Public Health and Health Policy (170)
- Medical Education (148)
- Basic Science (146)
- Health Systems Science (73)
