Eligibility criteria for clinical fellowship

The Division of Nutrition and Metabolic diseases offers a 2-year fellowship program for physicians (M.D. or equivalent qualification) interested in pursuing an academic career in Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases. This is an unaccredited program affiliated to the Endocrinology Fellowship program. To be eligible for the fellowship, candidates must have:

• Completed residency/post graduate training in Internal Medicine.
• A valid ECFMG certificate and sponsored by ECFMG if they are graduates of a foreign medical school.Interested candidates are required to submit their CV and 3 letters of recommendations

Eligibility criteria for research fellowship

• 2-3 year postdoctoral fellowship is offered to scientists with Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degrees interested in pursuing an academic career.
• Research interests - We are investigating the molecular mechanisms of lipodystrophies for both the genetic and acquired varieties.
• Opportunities are available to create knock-out mice for the genes responsible for lipodystrophies and to identify additional genes for inherited lipodystrophies using positional cloning approaches.
• Prior experiences in molecular biology, cell culture and genetic analysis is desirable though not required.

Send to:

Dr. Abhimanyu Garg, Chief, Division of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine
U.T. Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, Texas, 75390-9052
Email:abhimanyu.garg@utsouthwestern.edu

See also: Scholars Program