Molecular Bio Researcher Interested in "research" at a hedge fund

I don't want to be redundant on this form, but I'm a pre-med student doing neuro research going into my senior year. I go to a T20 school and my friends in finance are urging me to try to reach out to hedge funds to do "research" since they know I'm interested in healthcare investing / I like to read writeups they send me. I guess my post is really just trying to figure out a couple things
1) How do I learn more about what they're talking about 

2) Is it even possible for me to work at these hedge funds? I have pretty much no financial experience, only research papers and a good MCAT score

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