Research Opportunities

Research opportunities are vast, with many fellows taking advantage of basic research opportunities available at UCSD, or the nearby Burnham, Scripps or Salk Research Institutes. For those pursuing clinical research projects, progress is facilitated by unfettered access to the clinical resources at Rady Children's Hospital, and availability of the longstanding General Clinical Research Center at UCSD.

Fellows Research Conference

A department-wide Pediatric Fellow Research Conference is attended by all medical fellows supported by the Department. This bi-weekly 1-hour conference provides opportunity for fellows to network, troubleshoot and hone their presentation skills. Lectures are provided by experts on practical and necessary topics such as mentoring, picking a research topic, human subjects protection and writing an IRB, writing successful grants and manuscripts and negotiating positions in academia. Fellows receive the benefit of experience from their colleagues and realize the trials and tribulations of career and research progress. Fellows also benefit from the highest quality weekly Grand Rounds at Rady Children's Hospital, and from their subspecialty specific conferences such as journal club, case conference, morbidity and mortality, and research conferences.

Conference details

CREST

Fellows are afforded the opportunity to acquire and hone clinical research skills by enrollment in the (Clinical Research Effectiveness through Supplemental Training course at UCSD). This modular curriculum delivers critical training in patient-oriented research, biostatistics, and epidemiology.

For more details about CREST, including application process and admission requirements please visit the CREST website or contact Seble Chernet, schernet@ucsd.edu