The Research Fellow is a position that is managed in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Michigan and supported by a T32 Surgeon Scientist Training Grant through the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). This exciting program is designed to support research education for cardiac, thoracic, or general surgery residents. The program will offer laboratory and clinical/health services research training in pediatric or cardiac surgery. Our distinguished and extramurally funded preceptors' laboratories span the full translational continuum from basic mechanistic work through preclinical and clinical/health services research. Mentored research experiences will be complemented by appropriate formal education, with trainees having the opportunity to receive a Master of Science degree in Health Services. Our proposed Core Program will provide trainees with rigorous scientific and biostatical training and expanded knowledge beyond their oftentimes narrow research focus to ensure successful academic career progression. Laboratory-based research training follows a project-oriented approach with careful mentoring by trainee preceptors. Trainees will be selected competitively by the program's Research Committee. 

This training program will be embedded within the rich research environment of the University of Michigan, including a highly collegial and interdisciplinary cardiovascular research community, excellent core resources for biomedical research, and strong resources for clinical and health services research. The latter includes a very strong School of Public Health, a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, and the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, the largest academic health services research program in the USA. Individual mentors will be responsible for 1) guiding their trainees in generating research proposals, 2) supervising trainee work, and 3) evaluating trainee performance. Additional mentoring will be provided to each trainee by a discipline-specific committees and general oversight by the Steering Committee. Prior trainees by mentors involved in this program have been extremely successful in proceeding to productive academic careers in both basic or clinical/health services research.

The University of Michigan provides research and educational opportunities to over 45,000 students. The University of Michigan is ranked 1st overall in research volume among U.S. public universities and 1st overall in research dollars in 2020 for both the Departments of Anesthesiology and Surgery. Its Health System was ranked 11th in the most recent United States News and World Report Honor Roll. The University of Michigan's state-of-the-art facilities consist of over 1.6 million square feet of laboratory space, housing thousands of University of Michigan Medical School faculty, fellows, students, and staff.

Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan is consistently ranked as among the nation's top medical centers for patient care, safety, and research. The 884-bed medical center currently employs 2,700 faculty, cares for ~48,000 inpatients per year and provides approximately 2.3 million clinic visits and 54,000 surgeries per year. Data for research is extracted from our electronic health record (EHR) data and numerous other data sources into our Research Data Warehouse (RDW), a secure and compliant research database. Within the RDW, data for over four million unique patients are stored, including >374 million lab results, >155 million diagnoses, >62 million procedures, >17 million medication orders and a repository for waveform data recorded by continuous physiologic monitors with operating rooms and intensive care units.

The Frankel Cardiovascular Center (FCVC) opened in 2007 and was ranked as #14 in Adult Cardiology & Heart Surgery Hospitals by US News & World Report in its most recent rankings. The FCVC helps lead the nation in all forms of research on the heart and blood vessels and the diseases that affect them. Millions of dollars in research funding support a wide variety of projects and programs that break new ground in basic understanding of the cardiovascular system and in the delivery of care to patients nationwide. The FCVC research teams are world leaders in their fields and work in four main areas:  basic and translational research, clinical research, health services and outcomes research, and multidisciplinary programs.

The surgeon-scientist residency research fellow position means a post-graduate research residency position which:

• Shall be a graduate of an accredited medical school and currently enrolled in a surgical residency program.
• Shall remain in excellent academic standing with permission from Program Director and Chairman to apply for a dedicated research fellowship.
• Shall be the equivalent to a full-time position comprising of no less than forty hours per week.
• Shall be completed in 24-month time frame as structured by usual fellowship standards, starting July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027, and so forth.
• Shall exceed the minimum standards required by a residency review committee in the specialty the research fellow has trained or is currently training.
• Shall be filled by a surgical research fellow who will receive formalized instruction in basic or outcomes research, including biostatistics, research ethics, grant writing and regulatory guidelines. 
• Shall be supervised by a sponsor-mentor who is a member of the research team with experience as Principal Investigator and who remains current with Michigan Medicine research policy and procedures.
• Shall be filled by a research fellow who is a United States citizen, national or permanent resident of the United States a graduate of medical school and currently enrolled in a surgical residency program.

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.