Our program fosters a spirit of inquiry and a robust research environment.

• Research Fundamentals: You’ll gain a strong foundation in research methodology, ethics, and critical evaluation of scientific literature through various trainings including the CITI program, weekly discussions during clinical and basic science journal club, and the Class-Rheum modules designed to deepen your understanding of research design.  
• Hands-on Research Experience: You’ll actively participate in a clinical or education research projects. Faculty will mentor you to identify a topic of interest early in your training, to design and implement your project, and to present your results by the time you complete fellowship.  
• Expanding Your Expertise: For fellows pursuing an academic career in clinical research, OHSU offers participation in the Human Investigator Program (HIP). This one-to-two-year program delves deeper into clinical research methodology, biostatistics, and outcomes research methods. You have the flexibility to complete the full program or audit specific courses to enhance your research skillset. Fellows who’ve pursued aspects of the program in the past have done so in second year or have independently secured funding to extend their research training as we do not offer a third year of fellowship.