OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES
The Outcomes Research Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC) is a two or three-year fellowship designed for trainees in general internal medicine or medical subspecialties who plan to pursue a career in academics as a clinician-researcher.

CLINICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Trainees begin their fellowship with rigorous training in clinical epidemiology/clinical effectiveness research methods at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. The first year of each scholar's program is dedicated primarily to a multidisciplinary core curriculum that leads to a master's of science degree in clinical research in the College of Medicine's Department of Environmental Health upon completion of the required courses and a master's thesis. The vast majority of fellows' time is protected for research, but fellows also participate to a small degree in clinical education activities, such as precepting residents and/or medical students. Fellows attend regularly scheduled work-in-progress seminars and divisional and departmental conferences.

RESEARCH
In their research, fellows are mentored and supported by faculty and staff of the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Institute for the Study of Health, a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center. On average, fellows work on two to three projects during their training. Fellows are expected to present their research at national meetings and publish their research in top-quality peer-reviewed journals. Recent fellows' projects have included: cost-effectiveness of diagnostic and treatment strategies for women and infants with, or at risk for, HIV/AIDS; health status and utility assessment in patients with cystic fibrosis; evaluation of heart murmurs in children; cost-effectiveness of anticoagulation in pregnancy in women at risk of thromboembolic disease; severity of illness in patients in the ICU; disparities in care of children with asthma; decision support regarding anticoagulation for patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation; and decision support regarding therapy for sepsis.

CURRENT TRAINEES

Sean Collins, MD
Medical School: University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1993-97
Emergency Medicine Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1997-2001

Amit Gupta, MD
Medical School: Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India, 1982-90
Internal Medicine Residency: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 1993-95
Research Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, 2000-01
Hematology-Oncology Fellowship, 2004-07

BENEFITS
Fellows in Outcomes Research are faculty members in the Department of Internal Medicine. Benefits are through the University of Cincinnati and University Internal Medicine Associates.

CAREER PATHS OF RECENT GRADUATES

Trainee	Degrees and Institution	Training Period	Project	Current Position
Joseph Mrus, MD	MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; MSc, Harvard School of Public Health	1990-1994 1998-2000	Cost-effectiveness of interventions for pregnant women with HIV/AIDS and their children	Medical Director, Tibotec Therapeutics
Michael Yi, MD	MD, Medical College of Virginia; MSc, Harvard School of Public Health	1991-1995 1999-2001	Health values of adolescents with cystic fibrosis	Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Medical Center (K23 awardee)
Joseph Johnston, MD	MD, University of Missouri; MSc, Harvard School of Public Health	1992-1996 2000-2002	Predicters of Warfarin use among Ohio Medicaid patients with atrial fibrillation	Outcomes Research, Eli Lilly
Daniel Schauer, MD	MD, University of Cincinnati;MSc-Harvard School of Public Health	1995-1999 2002-2004	Patient-specific decision modeling	Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Stephen Wilson, MD	MD, Ohio State University; MSc, Harvard School of Public Health	1994-1998 2002-2004	Racial difference in asthma medication use; Racial difference in tobacco smoke exposure in children	Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Michael Benedict, MD	MD, University of Cincinnati; MSc, Harvard School of Public Health	1990-1994 2003-2006	Relationship between alcohol intake and serum inflammatory biomarkers	Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Medical Center

CONTACT INFORMATION AND HOW TO APPLY

Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH or Mark Eckman, MD
Section of Outcomes Research
Division of General Internal Medicine
Box 670535
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0535
Phone: (513) 558-7581
Fax: (513) 558-2744
joel.tsevat@uc.edu or mark.eckman@uc.edu

Send CV and cover letter to address above.