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NIH-Funded Research Positions
in Pediatric Neurointensive Care and Resuscitation Research
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Two-year research fellowship positions focused on career development in the area of pediatric neurointensive care are anticipated for physicians who have completed at least two years of clinical fellowship training in pediatric critical care medicine. Applicants who have completed clinical residency training in child neurology, neurological surgery or physical medicine and rehabilitation are also eligible. Research projects are focused in the areas of traumatic brain injury, cardiac arrest, shock and cerebral resuscitation and include investigation into cell and molecular biology, developmental neurology, physiology, novel therapies, rehabilitation and outcomes. Projects are available in both laboratory and clinical settings. Some clinical responsibility within the trainers’ respective area is incorporated into the program. The goal of the program is to prepare fellows for careers as leading clinical-scientists in pediatric neurointensive care and resuscitation medicine. Two-year research fellowship positions are anticipated for July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2011.
This program is run in conjunction with ACGME accredited training programs in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Neurological Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Applicants must be citizens or permanent resident aliens of the United States.
If interested, please send a letter of intent with Curriculum Vitae to:
Patrick Kochanek, MD. Director, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research,
3434 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. KochanekPM@ccm.upmc.edu
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