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Post-Graduate
Research Fellowship in Immunohematology
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format or Word format )
 The
Department of Laboratory Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine
offers structured post-doctoral basic research training in the broad
field of Immunohematology. This NIH-funded NRSA program is designed
to provide the basic science and translational research skills needed
for individuals to become successful academic clinician-scientists
in this area. The heart of the 2-3 year program revolves around
investigative work in a Yale faculty mentor's laboratory. Faculty
are drawn from a variety of basic science and clinical departments
at Yale including Laboratory
Medicine, Pathology,
Immunobiology, Genetics,
Cell Biology, Internal
Medicine, Bioengineering
and Pharmacology.
In addition to direct investigative work, trainees receive formal
didactic instruction in relevant basic sciences and methodologies
and participate in a special seminar series providing interaction
with investigators in this field from across the country. For individuals with an MD degree, the program also has a track which includes obtaining a PhD degree during the training, either in Investigative Medicine through the Yale Investigative Medicine Program or in Biomedical Engineering.
 The
program follows the admission requirements of an NIH "T32" training
grant. These requirements can be reviewed at the NIH web site by
clicking
here. Candidates are generally drawn from individuals with an
MD or MD/PhD degree who are trained in clinical pathology, anatomic
pathology, AP/CP, hematopathology, microbiology or transfusion medicine.
Individuals trained in Internal Medicine Hematology, Oncology, Infectious
Diseases or Allergy/Immunology or in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
are also appropriate candidates for the program as are individuals
from other disciplines who wish to pursue a physician-scientist
career in Immunohematology. Persons holding a PhD degree who have
an interest in possibly pursuing future clinical work in addition
to basic science research (PhD clinician-scientists in the field
of Laboratory Medicine) are also encouraged to apply and to discuss
career options with our faculty. In addition, although this research
training fellowship may be taken as part of a combined clinical
and research Yale training program (e.g., Hematopathology or Transfusion
Medicine Fellowship), individuals who received their clinical training
at other institutions are especially encouraged to apply. Stipends
are commensurate with the number of years since graduation. This
pay scale may be further supplemented to retain comparability to
Yale New Haven Hospital/Yale School of Medicine residency/fellowship
PGY pay scales Although NIH training grants include time 'payback'
provisions, these provisions are minor, easily met and only apply
to those who take less than a total of two years of post-doctoral
research training - the official word from the NIH can be reviewed
by clicking here. In addition to the
NIH- funded portion of the salary received during this research
training, it should be noted that the NIH has an additional program
for which many T32 recipients qualify which will allow repayment
of up to $35,000 of past educational loans per year in the first
and third years of research training. This federal program is designed
to provide additional support and encouragement to individuals interested
in a career studying human disease processes, some more details
may be found by clicking here
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The broad areas of investigation covered include: hematopoieisis,
immunopathogenesis of disease, the inflammation-coagulation interface,
and host-pathogen interactions. The core faculty of mentors in the
program, and the web page link for their research interests are
as listed below - it is also possible to work with other faculty
mentors within the various Schools of Yale University. Several of
the mentors have listed specific projects in their laboratories
that may be of interest - these may be reviewed by clicking "Representative
Projects" below.
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Jeffrey
Bender, MD
Alfred
Bothwell, PhD
Joseph Craft, MD
Erol Fikrig, MD, PhD
Richard
Flavell, PhD
Bernard
Forget, MD
Michael
Hodsdon, MD, PhD
Paula
Kavathas, PhD
Diane
S. Krause, MD, PhD
Mark Mamula, PhD
Jordan
Pober, MD, PhD
W.
Mark Saltzman, PhD
Mark
Shlomchik, MD, PhD
Warren
Shlomchik, MD
Jeffrey
Sklar, MD, PhD
Brian
Smith, MD
Edward
Snyder, MD
Peter
Tattersall, PhD
Sherman
Weissman, MD
Some
faculty have listed representative projects in their laboratories
- click here to review.
Our Graduates.
We are very proud of the graduates of our physician-scientist and scientist training programs in the Department. Below we list just a few of these individuals:
Terrence Geiger, MD, PhD (St. Jude's)
David Persing, MD, PhD (Cepheid Corporation)
David Leitenberg, MD, PhD (George Washington)
Mark Velleca, MD, PhD (CGI Pharmaceuticals)
Michael Hodsdon, MD, PhD (Yale)
Li Chai, MD (Harvard) |
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Applications.
We welcome inquiries concerning the program at any time during the
year and from individuals at any stage of training. Candidates are
currently being interviewed for 2005-06. An application form can
be downloaded here as either a PDF
file or MS Word document.
Along with the one page application form, applicants are asked to
provide a brief statement of their career goals, a detailed CV and
to request three letters of recommendation. Inquiries and applications
to the PostDoctoral Immunohematology Training Program should be
addressed to:
Brian R. Smith, MD
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street
PO Box 208035
New Haven, CT 06520-8035
email: brian.smith@yale.edu
Phone (203) 688-2286
FAX (203) 688-4111
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