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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 2025 entrants were, where they’re from and what they were researching.
2025 submissions by AMA member type
- Medical student: 1056
- Resident or fellow: 205
- International medical student: 139
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2025 top 10 number of submissions by medical school
- Wayne State University School of Medicine—Detroit
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine—Richmond
- California Northstate University College of Medicine—Elk Grove
- University of Virginia School of Medicine—Charlottesville
- Indiana University School of Medicine—Indianapolis
- FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine—Miami
- Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine—Henderson
- Howard University College of Medicine—Washington
- University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia—Columbia
- California University of Science and Medicine School of Medicine—San Bernardino
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2025 submissions by type of research
- Clinical and Translational Research (480)
- Clinical Vignettes (343)
- Public Health and Health Policy (178)
- Medical Education (135)
- Basic Science (163)
- Health Systems Science (101)
