Nashville, Tennessee
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Moorestown, New Jersey
Posted: 24-Apr-26
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Internal Number: 276679
The Thoracic Surgery Research Fellow, supported by the University of Michigan Section of Thoracic, is a new position managed in the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan. This position is designed to support research education for thoracic surgery residents interested in a career in thoracic surgery and/or lung transplantation. The program will offer comprehensive health services research training tailored to the specific subject matter and methodologic interests of the Fellow. The program will provide access to a formal research education curriculum run through the established fellowship program at the Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy (CHOP).
The program is designed to provide broad exposure to an array of databases including clinical registries from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and United Network for Organ Sharing UNOS) in addition to Medicare and Medicaid claims. Our team also has extensive methodologic experience, including natural experiments/econometrics and various machine learning techniques. The Fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate with the broader CHOP community of funded surgeon-scientists, economists, sociologists, and qualitative researchers. A specific longitudinal goal of the program is to create faculty-level research startup plan.
Trainees will be selected competitively by the program leadership and existing transplant research team members. Special emphasis will be devoted to recruitment of under-represented in medicine candidates. This training program will be embedded within the rich research environment of the University of Michigan, including a highly collegial and interdisciplinary surgical health services research community, excellent core resources for biomedical research, and strong resources for clinical and health services research.
Must possess either a terminal doctoral degree (i.e. Ph.D) or a professional doctorate (e.g. M.D., DD.S., D.V.M)
Shall be completed in 12-month time frame as structured by usual fellowship standards, starting July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027.
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 health services/clinical research, including biostatistics, manuscript preparation, research ethics, grant writing and regulatory guidelines.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Shall report directly to the Thoracic Surgery Section Head.
- Shall be a graduate of an accredited medical school and shall remain in excellent academic standing with permission from Program Director and Chairman to apply for dedicated research fellowship.
- Shall be the equivalent to a full-time position comprising of no less than forty hours per week.
- Shall be supervised by a sponsor-mentor team comprised of extramurally funded investigators at all stages of their careers.
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.
