Overview
The Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) was recently awarded a National Research Service Award (T-32) for Postdoctoral Research Training in Anesthesiology by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), whose program objectives are summarized below. This will permit an even greater diversity of research training opportunities in ACCM which we’ve conceptualized as the multidisciplinary intersection of Cell and Molecular approaches, Systems and Integrative approaches, and approaches involving Outcomes and Epidemiology. This is reflected by the Research Interests of the Mentors listed in the table below. Please contact Allan Gottschalk, M.D., Ph.D. for additional information.Program Goals & Objectives: The overall program objectives are given by the NIH as follows:
- To develop clinician-scientists who will be leaders in the field of anesthesia research.
- The programs should provide multidisciplinary research training to help develop individuals with the skills and expertise to explore research problems relevant to anesthesiology, including the fundamental mechanisms of anesthetic action.
- To provide rigorous postdoctoral research training with an emphasis on hypothesis-driven laboratory or clinical research.
- Trainees, most of whom would hold the M.D. degree, will be expected to spend at least 2 years in the training program and devote a minimum of 80 percent effort toward their research. Most trainees will be recruited from anesthesiology residency programs, but individuals from other clinical specialties may be considered if their research interest is focused on problems in anesthesiology.
- For trainees with the Ph.D. degree, the research and training should be specifically designed to promote a research career addressing problems in anesthesiology and should provide opportunities to enhance their research training with a clinical perspective.
- Trainees should have the opportunity to acquire fundamental knowledge and research techniques in such disciplines as biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, molecular biology, neurobiology, pharmacology, or physiology.
- The training experience should be enhanced by providing programmatic activities, such as a seminar series and journal club, and may include specific courses if well justified, such as those on research techniques/approaches or biomedical statist cs.
- The training faculty should be multidisciplinary and may include both clinician-scientists and basic scientists as potential mentors.
Program Mentors and Directors: Research opportunities are not limited to the given mentors, and can take place with any qualified Johns Hopkins faculty member. For each trainee, an individualized Research Training Program will be formulated with input from the appropriate Mentors and Program Directors. Program mentors are listed in the following table.
| Mentor | Appointment(s) | Research Interests |
| Dan E. Berkowitz M.B.B.Ch. |
Anesthesiology; Biomedical Engineering | Vascular Biology; Age-Related Endothelial Dysfunction |
| Robert H. Brown M.D., M.P.H. |
Anesthesiology; Radiology; Environmental Health Sciences (Bloomberg School of Public Health) | Pulmonary Physiology; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Perioperative Outcomes Related to Pulmonary Function |
| Michael J. Caterina M.D., Ph.D. |
Biochemistry; Neuroscience | Molecular Mechanism of Peripheral Nociception |
| Sylvain Dore Ph.D. |
Anesthesiology; Neuroscience | Neural Dysfunction Associated with Stroke, Aging, Alzheimer Disease |
| Nauder Faraday M.D.* |
Anesthesiology,Surgery | Molecular and Cellular Biology of Platelet Function; Genetic Determinants of Perioperative Outcome |
| Allan Gottschalk M.D. Ph.D.** |
Anesthesiology | Anesthetic Mechanisms; Acute Pain; Sensory Neurobiology; Computational/Theoretical Neuroscience |
| Z. Leah Harris M.D. |
Anesthesiology | Molecular Aspects of Transition Metal Biology |
| Roger A. Johns M.D. |
Anesthesiology | Vascular Biology; Molecular Biology of Anesthesia and Analgesia |
| Raymond C. Koehler Ph.D. |
Anesthesiology | Environmental Health Sciences (Bloomberg School of Public Health) Vascular Biology of the Brain; Cerebral Injury Following Stroke and Cardiac Arrest |
| Richard Meyer M.S. |
Neurosurgery; Biomedical Engineering | Neurobiology of Pain; Neuropathic Pain |
| Wayne A. Mitzner Ph.D. |
Environmental Health Sciences (Bloomberg School of Public Health);Anesthesiology; Biomedical Engineering; Medicine | Vascular Mechanics; Pulmonary Physiology; Airway Smooth Muscle; Lung Imaging; Emphysema |
| Laura Morlock Ph.D. |
Health Policy and Management (Bloomberg School of Public Health) | Oranizational and Managerial Factors and the Quality and Cost of Health Care |
| Peter J. Pronovost M.D., Ph.D.* |
Anesthesiology; Surgery; Health Policy and Management (Bloomberg School of Public Health) | Safety and Long-Term Outcomes in Intensive Care Settings |
| Srinivasa N. Raja M.D. |
Anesthesiology | Neurobiology of Pain; Neuropathic Pain |
| Richard Rivers M.D., Ph.D. |
Anesthesiology | Vascular Biology of the Microcirculation |
| Lewis Romer M.D. |
Anesthesiology | Endothelial Cell Adhesion; Cytoskeletal Biology |
| Donald H. Shaffner M.D. |
Anesthesiology | Clinical Application of Neuroresuscitation Therapy |
| Artin A. Shoukas Ph.D. |
Biomedical Engineering; Physiology | Cardiovascular Regulation and Control |
| Brett Simon M.D., Ph.D.* |
Anesthesiology; Medicine | Regional Lung Mechanics; Lung Imaging; Acute Lung Injury |
| Albert W. Wu M.D., M.P.H. |
Health Policy and Management; Epidemiology; International Health (Bloomberg School of Public Health); Internal Medicine | Long-Term Outcomes of Health Care Delivery |
** Director
* Associate Directors
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