Applications for the training program are accepted in February. Applications are reviewed by the Executive Committee, and appointed fellows begin their training period on July 1.
The program supports two highly qualified MD or MD/PhD fellows per year for a two-year intensive research experience. NuIDeas trainees will be selected from the Adult ID Fellowship Program at Northwestern University and the Pediatric ID Fellowship Program at Lurie Children’s, which successfully recruit highly trained medicine residents from across the country. Fellows will have completed an MD or MD/PhD degree program and internal medicine or pediatric residencies. It is expected that all ID Fellows will have passed the United States Medical Licensing Exam steps 1, 2 and 3.
The application will consist of a two-to-three-page research proposal stressing the translational aspects of the project, a brief description of the applicants career aspirations, a listing of the trainee’s Research Committee, the trainee’s CV (including past academic performance) and a letter of support from the research mentor. The Executive Committee will also have access to performance evaluations from the clinical year of training. The application deadline is Feb. 15 (unless specifically extended by the Executive Committee). Applications should be submitted to the director of the training program.
Each NuIDeas trainee will be expected to meet the following milestones:
- Submit an abstract to a national meeting each year
- Submit at least one first-author research manuscript
- Be listed as co-author on at least one additional submitted manuscript (e.g., research, review article, book chapter)
- Participate in all NuIDeas training activities
- Maintain clinical skills and pass the appropriate board examinations
Trainees are also urged to submit a grant application during their time in the program.
Hannah Nam
Undergrad: University of Utah, Salt Lake City
MD: Penn State College of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois, Chicago
Research Project: Virulence Determinants of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Immunocompromised Hospitalized Adults
Scott Roberts
Undergrad: University of Maryland, College Park
MD: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Residency: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Research Project: The Lung Microbiome During Primary Graft Dysfunction Following Lung Transplantation
Rebecca Kumar
Undergrad: Cornell University, Ithaca
MD: Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
Residency: Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C.
Research Project: Epidemiologic evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibility profiles for Enterobacteriaceae causing urinary tract infections in the renal transplant population in a large urban Midwestern hospital
Alexander Newman
Undergrad: University of Wisconsin, Madison
MD: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Research Project: The Impact of Inulin Administration on the Microbiome for Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation