Co-Lead
Dr. Joshua Landy
Critical care physician, SHNRI scientist and co-founder of Figure 1. Brings clinical experience and a record of building tools for healthcare.
Research · Technology · Healthcare
See the patient.
Spot the gap.
Build the tool.
Students and clinicians working together on real healthcare problems. Born at SHN. Growing beyond it.
A summer with purpose
Real questions.
Extraordinary possibility.
Summer of Vibes connects students in research, software, data and design with clinicians tackling meaningful healthcare problems.
Students build tools, analyze evidence and develop studies, supported by clinical and technical mentors and a cohort of peers. The summer culminates in a Grand Demo Day showcase.
See the 2025 Demo Day ↗50Applicants in 2025
900+Applicants in 2026
~18×Growth in student interest
The next chapter:
more institutions,
more opportunities.
Grand Demo Day 2026
What students worked on.
Reviewing a clinical procedure, one step at a time
Tipoca compares procedure recordings with a standard operating procedure and produces timestamped feedback for instructors. The team demonstrated a functional prototype and described the testing still needed before production deployment.
Read about TipocaOther teams studied skill retention after AI is removed, built adaptive learning software, and designed an evaluation of Interprofessional Primary Care Teams. Their work spans software development, educational research and questions about how healthcare is delivered.
Explore the 2026 projects
Looking ahead to 2027
Good ideas belong
in more places.
We are developing a multi-institution program so researchers outside SHN can work with Summer of Vibes students. Partners bring the questions and supervision. The program brings recruitment, matching, shared learning and technical support.
Explore a partnership2027 arrangements are being developed with participating institutions.
The people behind the program
Clinical experience.
A builder’s mindset.
Co-Lead
Dr. Samir Grover
EVP Academics at SHN, medical education researcher and founder of the Grover Lab.
Research Lead
Nikko Gimpaya
Leads Grover Lab research operations, with expertise in education research, simulation and program delivery.
Research Coordinator
William Tran
Supports education research, simulation and the day-to-day delivery of Summer of Vibes.
AI Software Engineer
Kevin Shen
Provides technical expertise across projects, with computer science training at the University of Waterloo.
From the first summer
Meet the work.
Meet the people.
Watch the 2025 Grand Demo Day and see students present the projects they built with clinicians and peers.
Watch on YouTube ↗For students
Put your skills
to meaningful work.
Research, software, data, design or healthcare: bring your perspective to a real project.
Contact the program team to ask about the next intake. Dates, eligibility and placement arrangements for 2027 are still being developed.
Ask about the next intake