Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program
Application Instructions for the
Summer Research Experience
Please click on the Dean of Student Affairs Summer Research Opportunity link: http://oac.med.jhmi.edu/SummerResearch/Index.cfm then click on the JHH link on the map. Faculty Mentors participating in this program will post research positions under the heading Pre-doctoral Clinical Research Training Program (PCRTP).
It is important that you check back to this website periodically to find new position postings. If you are interested in any of these positions, please complete the
Dean's application and other required application material. You may apply for a faculty position that is not listed on this website as long as you and
the faculty member complete all of the appropriate application materials. In addition to the Dean’s application, please complete our program face sheet below and write a (12 pt. font) personal statement, in the space provided, describing your career objectives, interest and/or experience in at least one of the clinical research areas described below. Please submit completed copies of your application to both Michelle Moody (2024 E. Monument St. Room 1-500E) and to the Student Affairs Office (BRB 137). If you are not accepted into our program, you will be considered for the Office of Students Affairs' Summer Research Opportunity. Please note that the Dean's application deadline may differ from our program's application deadline.
Application Deadline: TBD
Research Areas:
(a) Patient-oriented research. Research that is conducted with human subjects and involves material of human origin (such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator (or colleague) directly interacts with human subjects in an outpatient or inpatient setting to clarify a problem in human physiology, pathophysiology or disease.
(b) Epidemiologic and behavioral studies. Studies that deal with the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations; and research in which the actions and reactions of humans (e.g. patients or health care providers) in response to external and internal stimuli are studied through observational and experimental methods.
(c) Outcomes research and health services research. A multidisciplinary field of scientific investigation that examines how people get access to health care, how much care costs, and what happens to patients as a result of this care. For clinicians and patients, outcomes research provides evidence about benefits, risks, and results of treatments so they can make more informed decisions. For health care managers and purchasers, outcomes research can identify potentially effective strategies they can implement to improve the quality and value of care. Outcomes research seeks to understand the end results of particular health care practices and interventions. These end results may include mortality, physiologic measures, clinical events, equity of services, as well as effects that people experience and care about, such as symptoms, functional measures (quality of life), and patient experiences with care.
Application Forms: (Choose one)
