What the research profiles of this year's 10 identified incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance, presentations, and notable activity, not just publication count.
Averages include residents for whom no publications were found.
Source: CaRMS program descriptions
Selection weights
Selection weights not published
What the program says it looks for
- Motivated, professional, enthusiastic and dependable trainees who enjoy caring for patients
- Outstanding academic achievement and an enthusiastic willingness to learn
- Attention to equity, diversity and inclusion
- A holistic review of the application and interview performance
- A Casper test is required
Where research appears
Research and publications are reviewed at file review (an abstract or publications item is optional but will be reviewed), scholarly activities are evaluated at interview, and the curriculum has every resident take part in medical imaging research with a required presentation in PGY4 or PGY5.
51 to 200
applicants per year
26 to 50%
interview invite rate
Inference, not the program's wording
Research has no separate weight. It is reviewed at file review and evaluated at interview, but the program's FAQ says taking part in a research project does not necessarily make a candidate more competitive under its holistic approach. The program publishes no weights, so no research share can be assigned.
Gaps: Figures are the same for the CMG stream (quota 8) and the IMG stream (quota 2), and the program does not state an interview count.
Schools are shown as a set only and are not matched to the individual research profiles below, since with a cohort this small that pairing would make individuals identifiable. International schools are grouped as IMG, and one resident's school could not be identified from public sources.
0
adjacent specialty research
All four publications are radiology relevant and concentrated in neuroradiology, covering brain MRI case work, an AI bibliometric analysis, and a letter on patient-centred reporting. Two are first or second authored, and the output leans toward case series and case reports rather than larger studies.
Notable: Involved in a national radiology trainee section during medical school.
* Includes 13 dated after match day, including two dated 2026 without a month.
1
adjacent specialty research
The highest volume in the cohort by a wide margin: 23 papers, 19 of them first or second authored, concentrated in AI and large language model work applied to radiology, from prompt engineering and adversarial robustness to the environmental cost of model training. The output mixes original research, commentaries and practical guides, with several papers applying the same methods to other specialties. Thirteen are dated after match day and were most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking.
Notable: Also has several conference abstracts and preprints, which are not counted. No leadership roles or other notable activity were found in public sources.
Additional items reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and are excluded from the counts above.
No publications were found for this resident.
0 publications does not mean none exist. It only means none were found in public sources.
Additional items reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and are excluded from the counts above.
Notable: Completed summer research on AI-assisted portable ultrasound screening and presented it publicly, with no publication yet found from that work.
* Includes 2 dated after match day.
2
adjacent specialty research
Eleven publications, five first or second authored, dominated by multi-author imaging AI work: segmentation and prediction models on MRI and PET/CT, several in large multicenter studies. The one first-authored paper is a systematic review in pelvic venous disease, and most of the rest come from a research and work phase before medical school. Two are dated after match day and were most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking.
Notable: Secured a competitive student research grant in nuclear imaging, presented an accepted abstract on an on-device computer vision tool for CT workflow, and co-leads a trainee entrepreneurship committee. Also co-authored a preprint and a conference abstract, which are not counted.
Additional items reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and are excluded from the counts above.
* Includes 1 dated after match day.
0
adjacent specialty research
Three publications, all outside radiology: a head and neck case report as first author, plus middle authorship on two large systematic reviews and meta-analyses. One is dated after match day and was most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking.
Notable: Undergraduate research assistant experience before medical school. Also first-authored a conference abstract in allergy, which is not counted.
Additional items reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and are excluded from the counts above.
0
adjacent specialty research
Six publications, five of them first or second authored and all reviews: two on imaging, a pelvic pain condition and cardiac genetics, and four outside radiology in lung therapeutics, cardiology, neurology and endocrinology. Three are undergraduate student journal papers, and a plant genetics protocol from the same period is non-medical and not counted.
Notable: Held a leadership role in a national radiology trainee group.
0
adjacent specialty research
All six publications are first or second authored, and five of six sit in interventional radiology, including three case reports, a national trainee survey, and a review of three decades of adverse event reporting. A single urology paper is the only work outside that area.
Notable: No presentations, leadership roles, or other notable activity were found in public sources. Also has preprints and conference abstracts, which are not counted.
Additional items reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and are excluded from the counts above.
PGY1-H
School not identified
* Includes 1 dated after match day.
0
adjacent specialty research
One second-authored publication, a systematic review in pelvic venous disease with interventional radiology relevance. It is dated after match day and was most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking.
Notable: No presentations, leadership roles, or other notable activity were found in public sources.
* Includes 2 dated after match day.
0
adjacent specialty research
Five publications, four first authored, spanning neuroradiology reporting, a CT pictorial review, a vascular case report and a radiation therapy sustainability study. A radiology education program evaluation is the one non-lead paper. Two are dated after match day and were most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking.
Notable: Leadership in a national radiology medical student network, alongside membership in its equity and environmental sustainability working groups.
* Includes 1 dated after match day.
0
adjacent specialty research
Thirteen publications, ten of them first or second authored, almost all from a research phase before medical school in psychiatry, neuroimaging and addiction, with two later papers in burn care. None are in radiology, though several used PET neuroimaging. The most recent burn paper is first authored and dated after match day, and was most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking.
Notable: Also has two conference abstracts, which are not counted.
Reading this data
Volume is very uneven. Output runs from no publications found to 23, and a single profile accounts for 32% of the cohort's 72 confirmed publications. The average of 7.2 is pulled up by that profile and two others with 11 or more: the median is 5.5, and 3 of 10 residents have 3 or fewer. 20 of the 72 papers are dated after match day, so the pre-match records of the highest-volume profiles are shorter than the headline counts.
Where the work is relevant, it clusters in imaging AI and informatics, followed by neuroradiology and interventional radiology. 3 of 10 residents have no publications classed as radiology relevant. Averages of 3.9 radiology relevant and 3.0 other medical publications per resident show a cohort where unrelated research is common, so relevance matters as much as the raw count. Program weightings may change from year to year.
All data on this page was gathered from publicly available sources and verified to a high but not absolute degree of confidence. This profile is intended to give prospective applicants a general sense of what previously matched residents looked like, not to serve as a definitive or exhaustive record.
