SHBT 333r, Research Rotation in Speech and Hearing
Each student is required to complete at least two laboratory rotations of three to four months length. These rotations are usually not full-time except during the summer, and generally take place while the student attends classes during the first year. They are designed to provide hands-on experience in different techniques and laboratories, and they serve as a basis for the selection of a dissertation advisor. Incoming students who have done research with a SHBT faculty prior to joining the program cannot do their first rotation in the same lab. To help students choose labs for rotations, we have designed SHBT 301qc: Speech and Hearing Laboratory Visits which is led by the SHBT administrator.
Timeline
Students are strongly encouraged to start their first rotation in the Fall of their G1 year. Students are expected to do a minimum of two rotations by the end of their first year. Students who have not yet identified a dissertation advisor should plan on continuing or completing another rotation during their summer term. Students must have been accepted into a lab by March 1st of G2.
Host Labs
Students may rotate in any of the laboratories of affiliated faculty. In some circumstances, it may be appropriate for students to rotate in a non-affiliated laboratory, with explicit permission from the Program Director and the Chair of the Curriculum Committee.
Rotation registration
Rotation registration forms are due at the beginning of each semester in which a student enrolls in SHBT 333r and also in the Summer term of G1. They need to be submitted to the SHBT Program: SHBT_Program@hms.harvard.edu by the deadline corresponding to the term of enrollment:
- Fall term: September 20
- Spring term: February 20
- Summer term: June 20
Rotation report
To receive credit for your rotation, at the end of the term, write a brief narrative rotation report of your work during the rotation. The rotation report should be written much like an abstract for a scientific conference, and address Background/Significance of the project, Methods, Results (including setbacks) and Conclusion/Interpretation. Add a sentence about future plans if appropriate. The report must be signed or endorsed by your Rotation Supervisor (cc’d on email when submitting is acceptable).
Send to: SHBT_Program@hms.harvard.edu by the deadline corresponding to the term of enrollment:
- Fall term: December 10
- Spring term: May 10
- Summer term: August 31