Membership

Privileges of Faculty Membership.
Lillehei Heart Institute Members, in addition to the ability to use shared resources, may be eligible to:

• Obtain Lillehei Heart Institute research funds.
• Obtain Lillehei Heart Institute scholarships and fellowships for students and trainees.
• Priority access to Lillehei Heart Institute core facilities and equipment.

• Work with other members of the Lillehei Heart Institute to develop and participate in research and education programs.
• Acknowledge Lillehei Heart Institute membership in Cardiovascular-Pulmonary (CVP) related intramural proposals and/or extramural grant applications in which the member is or plans to be involved.
• Obtain approval of Lillehei Heart Institute administrative office prior to use of Lillehei Heart Institute resources.
• Participate in private fundraising activities.

• A member has faculty rank at the University of Minnesota (Assistant Professor or above on the tenure or non-tenure track) and has published peer-reviewed CVP-related research. Basic investigators should have been awarded peer-reviewed grant or contract support.
• An adjunct member is an investigator from outside the University of Minnesota who has an ongoing affiliation with a program of the Lillehei Heart Institute and who collaborates in University of Minnesota CVP research.
• A trainee/student member is any student or trainee (resident, fellow, graduate student, medical student, or undergraduate student) at the University of Minnesota who is actively involved in CVP research.

• The applicant will include a statement to the Lillehei Heart Institute regarding his/her primary/other area of interest in cardiovascular and respiratory science.
• If all criteria are met, the LHI directors will appoint the candidate to the appropriate membership category and programmatic area.

membership application:
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• MS Word format
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