As the major academic medical center in Arizona, the University of Arizona incorporates research as an integral component of modern cardiovascular training. Depending on the fellow’s interest, multiple avenues of investigation can be pursued, ranging from clinical and population-based studies to bench research in NIH-funded laboratories. In addition to a minimum protected research time of three months provided to all fellows, we have developed individualized, funded research options for highly motivated fellows interested in academic careers.
Full year of dedicated research training:
Fellows may pursue an additional year of dedicated research, under the mentorship of one of our many basic research or physician-scientist faculty. The timing of the research year is flexible and can occur at any point during the training program, for a total of four years.
Jeffrey Tran, MD, began his Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship training in July 2020 and utilized a NIH-T32 funded research year to develop a data management system that could improve patient data extraction for clinical research.
Watch Drs. Tran and Indik Discuss the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship and research pathway.
Keng Pineda, MD, PhD, a graduate of both the Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology Fellowships, and current faculty at the University of Arizona Tucson, has continued to work with Jil Tardiff, MD, PhD to develop novel analytical approaches to computational modeling of structure and dynamics of the cardiac thin filament, a basis for designing new small molecule-based therapeutics for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Watch Drs. Pineda and Indik discuss the research fellowship.
American Board of Internal Medicine Research Pathway:
Please contact us if you wish to discuss research options in more detail.