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.
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