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Research Opportunities

The Pediatric Pulmonology program will support and foster the research experience for the trainee. In addition to the research laboratories of members of the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, the trainee will have access to mentors from a variety of other departments at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Early in their training, fellows are given the opportunity to explore different laboratories in order to identify appropriate mentors and, through them, worthwhile projects for research. Once a primary mentor has been identified, the fellow organizes his own specific research mentoring committee, including at least one faculty member not directly involved with ongoing research. Meeting with this committee at least twice a year, the fellow provides regular progress reports, which lead to immediate feedback on the direction of research. In addition, these mentoring committees aid the fellow by offering suggestions for other related experimental research techniques that may prove useful in the fellow’s project.

In addition to mentored research projects, fellows have the opportunity to take classes in epidemiology, statistics and related subjects through the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh.

Last Update
December 20, 2011

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