Fellowship Program

OVERVIEW

Welcome to the Infectious Disease Fellowship Program at the University of Minnesota.
The faculty of the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine is committed to helping our trainees acquire the following via our 2 fellowship tracks :

1. Expert-level competence in the clinical management of common and uncommon infectious diseases, including emerging and international infections

2. Investigative and/or scholarly skills required for a successful research or non-researeched based career in academic infectious diseases

Both of our 2 fellowship tracks are oriented toward academically inclined applicants:

• The Traditional Track (1 yr. clinical, 2-3 years research) is for fellows who have demonstrated an interest in and aptitude for research, and who desire a research-focused career. The research years are supported by our T32 Training Grant (see under "What's Inside") and can include an MPH or MS in Clinical Research. Global health research projects are available via multiple affiliated sites in India and Africa.
• The Clinician-Scholar Track (1 yr. clinical, 1 yr. clinical research) is for fellows who seek to become educators, scholars, and/or academically based clinicians.

Excellent options for laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological research training are available (see Research Training and Training Grant, under "What's Inside").

Research is emphasized throughout the 2 or 3-year fellowship program via:

• Weekly ID Research Conferences (Adult and Pediatric ID, Microbiology)
• The fellow's own research projects (guided by an expert faculty mentor)
• Posters and oral presentations at multiple local and national meetings
• All-day "ID Research Retreat" each May
• Semi-annual progress reviews by the Scholarship Oversight Committee
• NIH Loan Repayment Program (80% success in the past 5 years)
• Career Development grant applications (for the post-fellowship transition to independent investigator status)
• The Spink and Wannamaker lecture series (research-based presentations from "ID giants")
• School of Public Health courses in research methods & grant writing (optional)
• Journal manuscript reviews (with faculty mentors)
• Multiple research prizes (University of Minnesota, VA, local IDSA chapter)
• Fellows' semi-monthly journal club (critical review of the ID literature)

	James R. Johnson, M.D. Fellowship Director Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine Professor of Medicine University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Contact: Jo Belvedere I.D. Fellowship Coordinator Phone: 612-626-9943 e-mail: belve003@umn.edu