Fellowship Opportunities

The Center recognizes that ongoing training is essential in conducting high-quality, relevant research investigations.  Research Fellows at the Center are actively involved with workshops, conferences and seminars throughout the year.  In addition, the Center's commitment to education and teaching is formalized through a variety of fellowship programs sponsored by the VA Office of Academic Affairs, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), and HSR&D Service.  The programs are intended to encourage and support promising investigators interested in fundamental questions about the structure, process and effects of the delivery of health care services.  Such investigators generate knowledge that can be used to improve the VA medical care system.

Fellows will work closely with a faculty mentor from the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care throughout their fellowship program. 

Post-Doctoral Fellowships -
Post-doctoral fellowships are available at the Center. Through the fellowship program, fellows have the opportunity to develop applied skills in health services research methods and will work closely with one or more VA faculty preceptors. Current research interests include, but are not limited to: epidemiological studies of disease among veterans; patient self-management; access to care and health outcomes; decision modeling of preventive health screening strategies; forecasting ambulatory care utilization; evaluating costs and patterns of inpatient, outpatient, and extended care utilization for acute and chronic conditions; and assessing patient preferences and quality of life.

For further information contact: Hayden B. Bosworth, Ph.D., at: hboswort@acpub.duke.edu

M.D. Fellowships -
Two-year fellowships are available to provide physicians with the research and teaching skills necessary to become successful investigators. Programs in Health Services Research, Ambulatory Care, and Women's Health are available. Fellows perform mentored clinical research with one of the core faculty of the Institute for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research. Fellows receive formal didactic training through Duke University's Clinical Research Training Program, which emphasizes epidemiology, biostatistics, and management in the context of performing clinical research.

For further information, contact David Edelman, M.D., Program Director, at: dedelman@acpub.duke.edu or Kathy Weatherspoon, Fellowship Program Coordinator, at: weath009@mc.duke.edu

Women's Health Fellowship -
Two-year fellowships are available to provide training for academic women?s health researchers. Emphasis is on health services and clinical research, exposure to a women?s health care practice setting, and training in administrative and research skills. Fellows will perform mentored clinical research in the Women Veterans Comprehensive Health Center, take master?s level classes in epidemiology and statistics, teach residents, and perform clinical care.

For further information contact: Lori Bastian, M.D., M.P.H., Director, at: basti001@mc.duke.edu or Kathy Weatherspoon, Fellowship Program Coordinator, at: weath009@mc.duke.edu

Collaborative Research Opportunities are available to our post-doctoral and M.D. fellows in a wide variety of settings.

Career Development Awards -
The fundamental objective of the HSR&D Career Development Program is to build capacity for the Department of Veteran Affairs to conduct research in areas high in relevance to the nationwide veterans healthcare system in fulfillment of its primary mission of patient care, supported by appropriate research and education while fostering the research careers of entry and mid-level VA physicians and Ph.D. investigators with special qualifications and interest in VA Health Services Research & Development.

For more information, contact Eugene Z. Oddone, M.D., MHSc, at oddon001@mc.duke.edu oddon001@mc.duke.edu Or you can go to the VA Research & Development Career Development Program website for a detailed description of the program.