Pulmonology Fellowship

Curriculum - Research Training (18 months)

The schedule and environment for research training are designed to ensure frequent formal and informal contact between trainees and mentors. Research training is devoted to designing, performing and reporting an original research project with particular emphasis on training in critical thought, study design, careful and thorough organization, and attention to detail and precise presentation. Fellows select either the basic science research track or the clinical epidemiology track.  Upon completion of each research project, the fellow will be expected to submit an abstract for presentation at a national meeting and to submit a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal for publication. 

Basic Science Research Track

During the first year and under the guidance of pediatric pulmonology faculty, fellows select a specific research project.  Fellows have the opportunity to attend the regular research conferences of that program. The general basic science research programs may include, but are not limited to:

Collaborative initiatives are underway with Adult Pulmonolgy, Lung Biology, Neonatology, Pediatric Infectious Disease, offering more research opportunities to interested fellows.
 
Fellows choose a research mentor who will offer supervision and guidance of research activities. In addition, a Scholarship Research Committee is formed to meet regularly with the fellow and review plans, obstacles and research progress. 

Clinical Epidemiology Track   

The Clinical Epidemiology Training Track within the University of Rochester Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program consists of a series of courses in biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, research methodology, analysis of clinical practices and policies, and technology assessment and cost effectiveness analysis.  In addition, under the joint mentorship of a clinical epidemiologist and a pediatric pulmonologist, the fellow will design, implement, analyze, and report an appropriate clinical study.  There is flexibility in the design of this research program with regard to some of the courses.  Fellows who are interested in and accepted in the Masters of Public Health program through the Department of Community and Family Medicine may utilize both research years toward fellowship training and the requirements for MPH.  Examples of active research are:

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