To be eligible for this fellowship program, physicians will have finished residency, be board eligible or board certified and plan a career as an academic faculty member in health services research. Nurses and pharmacists should have a doctoral degree.
Additionally, each trainee must be a US citizen or have a visa permitting permanent residence in the US. Members from minority groups that are underrepresented are particularly encouraged to apply. An underlying assumption of the fellowship program is that the entering fellows are clinically competent in their specialty. Clinical time will be limited to no more than 30% of the total with most of that involving teaching or precepting medical students, residents or other professions in clinical settings.
This program is funded in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations and by Department of Health and Human Service, Health Resources and Services Administration and The Bureau of Health Professions