Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Research Fellowship 2019-2020
The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery offers a one year student research fellowship to promote scholarly activity for highly motivated students between their 3rd and 4th years of medical school interested in orthopaedics and plan to apply for a residency in orthopaedic surgery. The research fellows will work directly under Dr. Vinod Dasa and will enable students to work with and integrate into an academic orthopedics department with opportunities to engage the faculty, residents, and department researchers. The students will learn the basic principles of research design, methodology, data analysis and navigating the process from IRB submission to manuscript submission. Responsibilities also include managing ongoing research projects, enrolling patients in research studies, data collection, statistical analysis, and helping to maintain our one-of-a-kind LSUHSC Musculoskeletal Health Disparities Tissue Repository. Research fellows will also have the opportunity to attend weekly departmental grand rounds, monthly research meetings, and other lectures and conferences. The productivity and output from this fellowship will be based on the student’s motivation and self-initiative to make the most of this experience. The chosen applicants will typically begin the summer after third year rotations are completed.
Interested candidates should send a CV (Please include Step 1 scores) and brief letter of interest to the current research fellows, Jacob Davis and Jonathan Schuon. Their contact information is in the attached document.
Position Title: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans Orthopaedic Surgery Research Fellow
Postions: 2
Duration: Approximately June 2019-June 2020
Location: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA and surrounding metro area.
Prerequisites:
-One year commitment (Summer to Summer)
-Must remain a full time student at home institution
-Facilitate ongoing student/resident research projects where needed.
-Facilitate transportation of any research materials from OR to labs (must have own transportation)
-Participate in monthly research meetings
-Participate and work with student research committee
-Participate in health disparities tissue bank projects, proposals, and grant
submissions
-Attend department grand rounds/didactic/teaching sessions/conferences
Benefits:
-Research Fellows will have the opportunity to work directly with the orthopaedic residency program at LSU New Orleans, author publications, present at conferences, and valuable research and clinical experience that will greatly enhance a future residency application. Research Fellows will have the opportunity to work with Orthopaedic Surgeons across many different sub-specialties including: Adult Reconstruction, Trauma, Pediatric Orthopedics, Spine, and Sports Medicine.
-Paid Research Fellowship: Approximately $700 per month.
Deadline: May 15th, 2019
