Postdoctoral Fellow PhD

Summary

The Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine is offering an innovative full-time primary care research fellowship to doctorally prepared scientists, including PhD-trained researchers (e.g., public health, epidemiology, social sciences, and related fields) and doctorally trained clinicians such as nurses, social workers, and psychologists.

This fellowship features a two-year core curriculum, emphasizes multidisciplinary team-based mentoring, and offers a diverse spectrum of primary care research opportunities. An optional third year will be available to fellows who desire further expertise and preparation in a certain field or area of primary care research.

Job Duties

• Completes applied research projects.
• Prepares and submit scholarly articles.
• Attends scientific networking workshops/conferences.
• Writes grants for extramural funding with the assistance of a faculty mentoring team.
• Attends weekly didactic and applied sessions as part of their core curriculum, as well as a monthly research seminar and Fellows' Forum. These structured activities will give fellows an opportunity to interact, serves as peer reviewers and advisors to one another, and provides feedback to the faculty regarding the quality and direction of the fellowship training program.

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD in Social, Behavioral Science, Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Services Research, or related field.
• No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Applicants must have completed their doctoral degree before entering the fellowship program. However, candidates who are within three months of completing their doctoral degree are encouraged to apply.
• Candidates with interests and goals that align well with the local and/or national primary care research agenda, and those with a demonstrated commitment to or involvement in activities related to primary care.
• Evidence of scholarly productivity, that includes at least one peer-reviewed publication (preferably as first author) related to primary care, population health, health services research, or a related field.