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Research Training and Career Development

The training and career development programs of the Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE) are customized to meet the needs of every stage of the "career pipeline." Listed below are the programs offered for students and faculty.

Opportunities for K24 Recipients
  • There are numerous ways for K24 grant recipients to become involved in the activities of the ICRE. In addition to enrolling in one of our degree programs, there are ample opportunities for mentoring and teaching. These activities will help K24 recipients fulfill the pedagogical components of their grant.
  • For faculty in the process of applying for a K24 grant, the ICRE can offer sample text with regard to these activities and can help personalize the menu of activities to individual skill sets and interests. For more information, please contact us.
Research Acceleration and Moving Productivity Forward to a K Award (RAMP to K) Program
  • The RAMP to K Program is designed to facilitate the timely research career development of junior faculty in the health sciences. Over the course of 11 months, RAMP scholars receive formal and informal instruction, support, and mentorship to navigate academia, develop a strategic research career plan, and write a competitive external career development award application.
Clinical Research Scholars Program (CRSP)
  • The CRSP is a highly competitive program for junior faculty at the University of Pittsburgh.
  • The program offers 75% salary support for 5 years to provide protected time to conduct preliminary research for a career development award. Scholars are expected to apply for a K award or another career development award in the first year of the program.
Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Scholars Program
Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity (CEED) Program
  • The CEED Program is for postdoctoral fellows and faculty from underrepresented minority groups at the University of Pittsburgh.
  • The program provides mentoring and intensive training in grant writing, preparation of publications, and development of leadership and management skills, with the goal of helping trainees successfully compete for early career development awards (e.g., K08, K12, K23, K25, and VA awards).
RAND–University of Pittsburgh Scholars Program
  • This 2-year program is for postdoctoral fellows seeking to pursue careers in health services research or health policy.
  • The program is sponsored by the RAND–University of Pittsburgh Health Institute (RUPHI), supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and housed jointly within the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Health Care and RAND Health in Pittsburgh.
Research Education in Advancing Investigative Careers for Housestaff and Fellows (REACH) Program
  • This intensive 8-week program is designed to teach fundamental skills of clinical research to physicians in UPMC-affiliated residency and fellowship programs.
Clinical Scientist Track for Residents
  • Residents in this program pursue mentored research and a clinical research seminar throughout their clinical training. In addition, they devote 2 months to completing the core curriculum in clinical research following their intern year.
International Scholars Program for Residents
  • In this program for international residents at the University of Pittsburgh, the residents pursue mentored research and a clinical research seminar throughout their clinical training. In addition, they devote 2 months to completing the core curriculum in clinical research following their intern year.
Clinical Scientist Training Program (CSTP)
  • From 2003 to 2011, this highly competitive program offered full and partial tuition scholarships for a 5-year program that led to a joint MD/MS in clinical research or a joint MD/certificate in clinical research. Beginning in 2012, the CSTP will be subsumed by the Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship Program (see below).
Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship Program and Clinical Scientist Training Program for Medical Students
  • This nationally recognized program, funded jointly by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Office of the Dean of the School of Medicine, is for medical students enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine or other medical schools in the United States.
  • The program offers medical students a $27,000 stipend and tuition to pursue a certificate in clinical research and conduct mentored clinical research at the University of Pittsburgh for 1 year between their third and fourth year of medical school.
Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Clinical and Translational Research
  • This program is for four groups of individuals at the University of Pittsburgh: doctoral students who have passed the qualifying exams in their field; postdoctoral fellows; MD/PhD students who have completed at least 2 years of medical school; and medical students who have completed at least 3 years of medical school and want to spend 1 year (between the third and fourth year of medical school) conducting mentored clinical or translational research. (CSTP students and Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow applicants are eligible to apply.)
  • The fellowships provide a stipend and partial tuition support for 1 year of multidisciplinary clinical and translational research.
Training Early Academic Mentors
  • Training Early Academic Mentors (TEAM) is a 1-year program designed to increase the knowledge, skills, and practice of mentoring among new mentors.
Leaders IN Clinical and Translational Science (LINCS)
  • The Leaders IN Clinical and Translational Science (LINCS) Program for Residents is an innovative program that combines a doctoral degree in clinical and translational science with a medicine residency and subspecialty fellowship training. The program is designed to prepare outstanding medical residents for a career in academic medicine and clinical and translational research.