Summary

The Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine is offering an innovative full-time primary care research fellowship to doctoral students and residency graduates , including those with clinical and non-clinical research degrees. This fellowship features a two-year core curriculum, emphasizes multidisciplinary team-based mentoring, and offers a diverse spectrum of primary care research opportunities. An optional third year will be available to fellows who desire further expertise and preparation in a certain field or area of primary care research (e.g., cost-effectiveness analysis).

Job Duties

• Completes applied research projects.
• Prepares and submits scholarly articles.
• Attends scientific networking workshops/conferences.
• Participates in writing grants for extramural funding with the assistance of a faculty mentoring team.
• Attends bi-weekly didactic and applied sessions as part of the core curriculum, as well as a monthly research seminar and Fellows' Forum.
• Interacts, serve as peer reviewers and advisors to one another, and provides feedback to the faculty regarding the quality and direction of the fellowship training program.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine (MD).
• No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of a clinical residency in a primary care program.
• Interests and goals that align well with the local and/or national primary care research agenda.
• Demonstrated commitment to or involvement in activities related to primary care.