The Bench to Bedside Translational Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
The Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine offers a NEW four-year fellowship program specifically structured for training tomorrow's physician leaders in the skills of translational research. Our division is committed to this endeavor because we believe that such bench-to-bedside research is essential if the many advances in molecular and cell biology are to be successfully applied to the treatment of human diseases.
The Translational PCCM Fellowship provides strong clinical training that is aligned with the fellow's area of basic or clinical research. The program is structured to maximize both the acquisition of clinical skills and research productivity. It also has a number of unique features that provide program participants with the foundation for a successful career as a translational physician-investigator. These features include:
- A program commitment to four years of funding, including 30 months of protected time for training in translational research
- A unique pairing of established basic and clinical investigator mentors, who together guide the fellow throughout research training
- Nationally recognized clinical and basic research programs in the areas of vascular biology, transplantation immunology, acute lung injury, interstitial lung disease, sleep medicine, cystic fibrosis, host defense, emphysema, asthma, functional genomics and proteomics, and critical care medicine
- Collaboration available with cardiology, surgical critical care, nephrology, rheumatology, infectious disease, hematology, and the Intramural NIH Critical Care Medicine Department
- The Translational PCCM Fellowship provides an integrated, didactic and hands-on curriculum that emphasizes the skills needed to bridge basic laboratory and human investigation. Topics include laboratory methods, biostatistics, epidemiology, study design, and grant writing.
- Optional MPH, MS, and PhD degree programs
- Exposure to translational research in other venues, such as the NIH Clinical Center, the FDA, other academic institutions, and pharmaceutical companies
- Special financial support for national and international meetings, computers, and educational courses.
Click on the links below to view examples of ongoing translational research projects.
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