MEDscienceTECH Moonshot Visionaries
MEDscienceTECH Visionaries is a unique two-week intensive program for high school students who have a solid background in robotics or computer science and who are looking to solve an advanced cutting-edge challenge. This deep tech immersive experience will expose students to working in small teams with role specialization and cross-collaboration as they design and build a working AI surgical robot. Students will spend part of their time at Harvard Medical School, Harvard’s School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, and medical technology companies, where they will work with various industry professionals. Students should be in grades 9-12 at the time of application, have the maturity to work effectively both solo and in small teams, and have proficiency with robotics or coding.
Program Highlights
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Fill the role that excites you and develop the related technical skills. Whether you are interested in computer science, engineering, surgery, or business, there is a vital role for you on the team to showcase your talents and help build the best product possible.
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Experience the real-life excitement of diagnosing a complex medical condition in our high-tech simulation lab, treating STAN, our life-like interactive patient. Control a real surgical robot used for surgical training in a state-of-the-art surgical simulation center at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, STRATUS. Learn sophisticated medical concepts around oncology, pathology, and surgery, to understand some of the biggest healthcare problems that challenge doctors today. Learn the biodesign thinking process as you prototype hardware & AI solutions to complex healthcare problems.
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Self-motivated student teams are tasked with building the best AI computer vision surgical robot, performing frequent product pitches to industry professionals, & incorporating their expert feedback to ultimately create a robot that performs the best in the operating room, and impresses the healthcare experts on the final day.
At a glance
Program Duration
Two-week MEDscienceTECH Moonshot Visionaries
Monday-Friday: 9am - 3pm
Location
The MEDscienceTECH Moonshot Visionaries program meets at Harvard Medical School, 210 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.
Program Fees
Two-week MEDscienceTECH Moonshot Visionaries program fee is $5800
Fee includes scrubs and all program materials
Fee includes snacks and lunch
Housing
HMS MEDscience Summer Programs are non-residential programs. Housing and travel are not included and are the responsibilities of families/guardians. Students must be accompanied at their local accommodations by parents/guardians or responsible adults for the duration of the program.
Eligibility
Students must be in grades 9, 10, 11, or 12 at time of application, and have some experience with robotics or coding.
Alumni of HMS MEDscience programs, semester or summer, may only apply to programs that they have not completed.
MEDscienceTECH Moonshot Visionaries Program Dates
APPLICATIONS OPEN JANUARY 1
Thank you for your interest in our programs. Please join our mailing list for updates about Summer 2025.
2025 Session
MEDscienceTECH Moonshot Visionaries
Session 5/6 (2 week): July 14-18 and July 21-25
Dates subject to change
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