The Emory Department of Radiology is renowned for its scientific accomplishments and strong leadership in translational and basic research including nuclear cardiology, radiopharmaceutical discovery, breast imaging, and functional MRI. Multidisciplinary research teams work in a highly collaborative environment with state-of-the-art resources. The department's research programs are integrated and leverage strategic initiatives within Emory University and the Woodruff Health Sciences Center in Neuroscience, Predictive Health, Transplantation, Heart & Vascular Medicine, and Oncology. Funding of our research programs is predominantly federal (from NIH) and continues to grow at an average of more than 25% per year. Residents who participate in the Research Track will have a wide variety of potential emphasis areas for focusing their investigative efforts under the guidance of an experienced research mentor.
Beginning in July 2010, we will provide an opportunity for up to 2 residents per year to be part of a research program that would take place over the entirety of their 4 years with us as a Resident. In principle, this program has the primary goals of providing an outstanding clinical education and opportunities in imaging research for the resident participants, as well as promoting skills needed for a career in Academic Radiology.
Our program has been modified from the American Board of Radiology (ABR) Holman pathway (http://theabr.org/Holman.htm); a resident in our Radiology Residency could alternatively consider entering the Holman pathway, which requires approvals necessary to begin research time during the transitional internship year. The Emory Research Track permits up to 12 months of research time during the four years of the diagnostic radiology residency, in concert with American Board of Radiology (ABR) guidelines. Expectations would be commensurate with the time spent in research and with the scope of the project and may include publications, presentations locally and at national specialty conferences, and, in some cases, seed grants or other funding mechanisms targeting trainees. Research track residents would receive guidance to assist them in selecting an appropriate Research Mentor, and their progress on both clinical and research performance would be monitored.
Residents on research electives are expected to participate in call duties and attend all required conferences; should specific conflicts arise with the research program, these will be addressed by the Program Director on an individual basis.
Extension of residency training for five years to accommodate a more intensive research program may be considered on an individual basis and would typically necessitate extramural funding.
Please note that the Resident's primary responsibility is to clinical training in Radiology and if this is not proceeding appropriately, the ramifications may include (but are not limited to) loss of research electives and/or removal from the research track program.
o There is not a separate match for this program (research track).
o The research track committee will select applicants who it would like to interview, conduct these interviews
and make recommendations for match list formulation to the committee overseeing diagnostic Radiology
residency applications. Please note that the recommendations of the research track committee are not
"binding" for the purposes of the final rank order match list of our residency. Thus, many scenarios are
possible with as many as 2 and as few as 0 residents being accepted into both the Residency and the
research track program per cycle. It is not possible to enter the research track program and not match into our
residency. It is possible to match to the residency and not to the research track. It may be possible to enter the
research track program as a Resident later, after starting the residency program.
o The typical process for this program would work as follows: First, an applicant to the Residency fills out a
complete ERAS application as well as a separate application for the research track and submits these. The
Residency Interview Committee and the Research Track Committee review these applications and
communicate about who they would like to invite for interviews. If both interviews are to be offered,
the applicant would be asked to visit our Department for 2 consecutive days in order to undergo interviews for
the residency on one day and for the research track on a different day. During and/or after the interview
season, the Research Track Committee will submit a prioritized list of qualified research track candidates
to the Residency Interview Committee.
o Resident applicants interested in the Research Track should complete the designated application, which
would be reviewed by the Research Track Committee, along with the rest of the candidate's application file.
o Applications to the research track for our program should be mailed or emailed to: Dr. Mark Mullins
(Mark.Mullins@emoryhealthcare.org), Director for the Emory University Diagnostic Radiology Residency.
Abstracts, papers and awards: getting credit for your work
Building a career on research in Radiology
Clinical research Curriculum vitae preparation
Ethical concerns in Radiology research
IRB
Grant preparation in Radiology
Manuscript preparation in Radiology Mentorship
Obtaining funding for research in Radiology
Protocol preparation
Promotion in academic Radiology
Research methodologies in Radiology
Teaching portfolio preparation
Statistics in Radiology research
Facilities (including but not limited to labs, classrooms and libraries)
Grand Rounds with research topics (approximately 25%)
Journal Club
Research in progress conferences (approximately at least weekly)
Visiting Professors in research, including named lectureships, in our Department
Funding for research (extramural)
Funding for research (intramural)
Invitations to review manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals
Published abstracts (especially peer-reviewed)
Published articles (especially peer-reviewed)
Research mentor evaluation
Selection for participation in research-related activities after competitive applications
Win awards for research
To apply for the Research Track complete the Application Process and include the Research Track form.
Also view Training for the clinical duties that will be included in your training.
Authors:
Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD (Chair of Radiology)
Mark E. Mullins, MD, PhD (Vice Chair for Education & Radiology Residency Program Director)
Committee:
John R. Votaw, PhD (Vice Chair of Radiology Research; Chair of this Committee)
Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD
Kimberly Applegate, MD, MS
James Costello, MD, PhD
Bobby Kalb, MD
John Oshinski, PhD
James M. Provenzale, MD