How do medical schools view Public Health vs. Wet Lab research?

[deleted1136042]

Would research in fields such as social epidemiology or population health be viewed as favorably as one from a basic wet research lab? Or should I search for labs in the latter? Would questions come up such as "why not MPH or MD-MPH" as I want to go for purely MD?

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[beepbeep197]

Do research in what you care about. If that's public health, great! Ask a question, use the scientific method to try to find an answer, learn those research skills! Doesn't have to be with a pipette I didn't do a lick of wet lab research and focused on social sciences research; I got interviews from and accepted into research-focused med schools. best of luck!

 

[Goro]

Would research in fields such as social epidemiology or population health be viewed as favorably as one from a basic wet research lab? Or should I search for labs in the latter? Would questions come up such as "why not MPH or MD-MPH" as I want to go for purely MD?

Anything that teaches you about the scientific method is fine, even if it's studying clams in Tahiti.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

They're both important. There are faculty on adcoms that represent both of those categories usually.