Land U.S. Research as an IMG — Without Starting from Zero
In under an hour, you'll know exactly where to look, who to contact, and what to write, so you can send your first confident cold email to a U.S. PI this week.
"You don't need more motivation — you need the specific roadmap no one bothered to hand you, and that's exactly what I built."
— Julieta Arguelles, MD, MPH
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the best databases, platforms, and institutional directories to find paid and unpaid U.S. research positions as an IMG
- Locate the right PI, lab, department, or research team for your specialty and background
- Evaluate any research opportunity against a clear checklist to decide if it is worth your time and visa situation
- Write a concise, professional cold-outreach email to a PI that gets read and earns a reply
- Approach faculty contacts with the right tone, timing, and follow-up strategy to stand out without being pushy
- Recognize and avoid the six most common mistakes IMGs make when searching for and applying to research positions
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
3 modules · 6 lessons
Finding U.S. Research Opportunities as an IMG
Shows students exactly where to look for paid and unpaid U.S. research positions using databases, platforms, and institutional directories.
- 1.1Where to Find Paid and Unpaid Research PositionsIncluded
- 1.2How to Identify the Right PI, Lab, and Department for YouIncluded
Evaluating Whether an Opportunity Is Worth Pursuing
Equips students with a clear checklist to assess any research opportunity against their specialty goals, timeline, and visa situation before investing time in outreach.
- 2.1The IMG Opportunity Checklist: Is This Position Right for You?Included
- 2.2Red Flags and Green Lights: Reading Between the LinesIncluded
Reaching Out to PIs and Landing the Position
Teaches students how to write a professional cold-outreach email, approach faculty with the right tone and follow-up strategy, and avoid the most common IMG mistakes.
- 3.1Writing a Cold-Outreach Email That Gets Read and Earns a ReplyIncluded
- 3.2Common IMG Mistakes and How to Avoid ThemIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
The Residency-Focused IMG
He's a non-US medical graduate aiming to match into a competitive U.S. residency and knows that research experience is the credential gap he needs to close — fast.
The International Med Student
She's still in medical school abroad but thinking years ahead, and wants to build a U.S. research track record before she even graduates.
The Cold-Email Avoider
She's drafted outreach emails to PIs three times and deleted them all — this course gives her the exact structure and confidence to finally hit send.
The Visa-Conscious Planner
He needs to know which research opportunities are realistically open to his visa status before investing time in applications that lead nowhere.
The Non-Native English Speaker
She's medically fluent but unsure how to strike the right professional tone in English academic outreach — and wants clear, copy-ready language she can trust.
The Self-Taught Searcher
He's been piecing together advice from Reddit threads and YouTube videos, and is ready to replace the scattered tips with one organized, reliable playbook.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Julieta Arguelles, MD, MPH
I know exactly where you are right now.
You've looked up "IMG research opportunities USA" more times than you can count. You've found a few lab websites, maybe drafted an email or two, and then stopped — because you weren't sure if you were doing it right, if the opportunity was even real, or if you'd come across as just another hopeful international applicant lost in someone's inbox. That uncertainty is exhausting. And it's the thing I most want to help you get past.
I built LATIMGS Academy because the information that unlocks U.S. research for international graduates is not secret — but it is scattered, buried in academic jargon, or hidden inside networks that most IMGs simply don't have access to yet. I wanted to put the real, specific, insider guidance in one place: the databases that actually work, the checklist that saves you from wasting time on the wrong opportunities, and the email structure that earns a real reply from a busy principal investigator.
What you'll find in this course is not a motivational pep talk and not a generic overview of "how research works." It's the practical playbook I wish someone had handed me — the kind of advice you'd get from a mentor who has already made the mistakes, figured out what works, and wants to save you months of trial and error. We'll cover where to look, how to evaluate what you find, how to write outreach that stands out, and the six most common mistakes IMGs make so you can skip all of them.
You already have the medical training. You already have the drive. What this course gives you is the roadmap — clear, direct, and built specifically for the system you're trying to enter. You can finish it in under an hour and send a better email today than anything you've sent before.
That's the goal. Let's get you there.
— Julieta Arguelles, MD, MPH
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