The Summer Student Research Program was established in 1986 and provides a limited number of undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in a clinical research study and a medical curriculum organized by Hawai‘i Pacific Health.
The program is designed to expose students to the “real world” of medicine. It provides hands-on experience to discover how clinical research can be integrated into a medical career. Each student is matched with a Principal Investigator (PI) and his or her clinical research project; usually a pilot study.
One other component of the SSRP is "Healthy Living," a community service event organized and presented by the Research Scholars for the members of the Lanakila Multipurpose Senior Center.