Post Doctoral NIH Rsch Fellow

About the Program

The Postdoctoral Research Training in Child Health Equity Program is designed to prepare MD and PhD postdoctoral fellows with the knowledge, skills, and experiences necessary to conduct child health equity research with pediatric populations. The focus areas include respiratory, cardiovascular/metabolic and sleep health, and related lifestyle behaviors. The program aims to prepare trainees who will obtain a strong background in child health equity research methods and develop impactful, rigorous community-engaged research to reduce health disparities.

The program integrates:

• Team-based research mentorship from investigators with expertise in the targeted focus areas.
• Rigorous didactic training that incorporates child health equity in all aspects of the research process.
• Training in state-of-the-art clinical research and community-focused methodologies.
• Professional development opportunities to promote academic careers in child health equity.

Fellows will emerge as innovative and productive independent investigators through:

• Intensive mentorship in an apprentice model by expert faculty mentors.
• Cutting-edge and foundational didactics.
• Formulation of an independent research project and grant proposal.

Mentors include PhDs and MDs with a breadth of research interests and transdisciplinary expertise from pediatrics, behavioral science, and public health. Postdoctoral fellowships typically involve two full-time research training years. MD applicants may integrate the fellowship as a research component within an established clinical fellowship program at Brown.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to the principles of the Brown University Health Corporate Compliance Program and Code of Conduct.
• Work within a mentorship team model, collaborating closely with two mentors to develop content expertise in one of the health conditions of focus and methodological skills in qualitative methods, implementation science, or health advocacy.
• Receive training from faculty with expertise in methodologies (e.g., implementation science, qualitative research, specific biostatistics analyses) and designs (e.g., observational, experimental, intervention-based).
• Obtain rigorous foundational training in research design and statistics, grant-writing, responsible conduct of research, professional development, and cutting-edge methodological approaches.
• Engage with content areas from pediatrics, public health, and behavioral science, leveraging a large base of trainee colleagues, faculty experts, didactics, and support.
• Potential supervision of trainees, dependent upon the research and clinical foci of training.

Requirements

• Physicians with relevant residency training or doctoral-level behavioral, social, or public health scientists pursuing research areas focused on child health equity related to pediatrics, respiratory conditions, cardiovascular/metabolic, and sleep health.
• For those from schools of psychology or public health: completion of all requirements for a doctoral degree.
• For clinical psychologists: evidence of relevant clinical training at the graduate and internship level, with attestation of completion provided by the program director or diploma.
• For those with medical degrees: graduation from an approved medical program and relevant residency training (e.g., pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology).
• Completion of all requirements for PhD, Psy.D., DrPH, or MD from a relevant doctoral program, and completion of a psychology internship or medical residency for those with clinical degrees.

Pay

Pay Range: $48,068.80 - $79,372.80

Schedule

Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (8 hours daily).