2025-2026 Utah Adult Reconstruction Research Fellowship Jeremy Gililland, MD (Mentor), Lucas Anderson, MD, Christopher Pelt, MD Michael Archibeck MD, and Christopher Peters, MD invite 3rd and 4th year medical students interested in orthopaedic surgery to apply for a one-year adult reconstruction research fellowship. At this time, we are only considering students from United States accredited MD programs. This is a full-time, paid position with the University of Utah. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Early applications are encouraged. Goals/Opportunities of the Fellowship

• Past opportunities have included 15+ peer reviewed publications/book chapters/conference presentations with first author opportunities directly related to contribution
  
• Orthopaedic mentorship (including Letters of Recommendation) to support you in the match
  
• Attend orthopaedic grand rounds, subspecialty conferences, journal clubs and resident conferences to help improve your overall knowledge in the specialty
  
• Ample opportunities to enhance CV for medical school/residency program applications
  
• Gain important experience while observing surgical procedures and/or spend time in clinical and basic science orthopaedic research to help strengthen a potential academic career 
  
• Be able to read and critically analyze medical literature 
  
• Be comfortable with data collection, scientific writing, and submission of manuscript
  

Requirements

• MS3 or MS4 students with a strong interest in orthopaedic research and a planned career in orthopaedic surgery and academic medicine
  
• A desire to match competitively in Orthopaedic Surgery, unmatched applicants welcomed to apply
  
• Prior research experience and strong statistical experience preferred
  
• Organizational and time management skills
  
• Grit and outstanding work ethic
  
• Able to work well in a team setting
  
• Ability to work independently and complete tasks in an efficient manner 
  
• The successful applicant will also be motivated, energetic, intellectually curious, diverse in experiences of community service and leadership. 
  
• US applicants only (no Visa sponsor)
  

 Responsibilities

• Serve as a team leader to spearhead research projects and ensure throughput by all team members
  
• Designing research hypotheses and performing literature reviews
  
• Manage multiple research projects and organize and maintain all aspects of ongoing projects
  
• Organize and present project updates at weekly research meetings with a team of research faculty, fellows, residents, statisticians, and research coordinators
  
• Lead studies with fellows, residents, and medical students
  
• Collecting patient-reported outcome data, data analysis, manuscript drafting and editing, grant drafting, manuscript submission
  
• Preparation of research and conference PowerPoint Presentations, Website Educational Material
  
• Aid in management of prospective clinical trials
  
• Assist research coordinators with patient screening and enrollment for prospective studies
  
• Submit protocols to the IRB for research fellow driven projects with the help of the research coordinators
  

How to Apply: Interested applicants should complete the application at  One-Year Research Fellowships | Orthopaedics | U of U School of Medicine. Be sure to select the JOINTS specialty. 

Please reach out Brenna Blackburn, brenna.blackburn@hsc.utah.edu, with any questions.