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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Scholarly Activity

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As a fellow, you will develop and engage in projects formulating hypotheses, explore, gather and analysis of data. Areas of the scholarly activity include, but are not limited to basic, clinical, or translational medicine, health services, quality improvement, bioethics, education and public policy. You will gather and analyze data, derive conclusions and present your work. Presentation of the work may be in oral or written form.

You will find mentorship across the division of neonatology, department of pediatrics and the UNMC and research support through the Child Health Research Institute (CHRI). CHRI provides a wide range of services across each stage of the research process, including:

  • Research funding
  • Grant writing and submission support
  • Biostatistics and data management expertise
  • Events to share and showcase your research projects before peers and faculty

You will have a scholarship oversight committee to determine if your specific activity is appropriate per the ABP guidelines for scholarly activity. This committee will be assembled during the first year of fellowship and meet bi-annually throughout the three years of fellowship. The scholarship oversight committee will review your scholarly activity plan, hypotheses, evaluate your progress of scholarly activity, require you to present/defend the project and advise the program director of the fellow’s progress and assess if you have met the scholarly activity guidelines. The committee will be comprised of at least three individuals, at least one of whom is based outside of the Neonatology division. The fellowship director may serve as a trainee’s mentor and participate in the activities of the oversight committee but will not be a voting member.