Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Research

During the first year of training, fellows explore potential areas of scholarly interest and identify research mentors within or outside the division. By the end of the first year, each fellow is required to establish a Scholarship Oversight Committee (SOC), which provides structured guidance and ongoing oversight to ensure steady progress from project development through completion. Each fellow is supported by a dedicated research mentor and an assigned SOC Chair, creating a strong mentorship framework throughout the scholarly process. Protected scholarly time increases during the second and third years to support meaningful project advancement and academic productivity.

Fellows consistently produce high-quality scholarly work that results in poster presentations at national meetings and/or publication in peer-reviewed journals. Fellows are encouraged to pursue projects aligned with their career goals, including basic science, clinical, translational, and educational research. In addition, each fellow is expected to develop at least one case presentation into a formal manuscript submission.

The scholarly activity curriculum includes robust training within the Pulmonary Division as well as broader educational opportunities through the Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows’ College. Fellows’ College provides a structured research module for first-year fellows focused on the fundamentals of scientific inquiry, as well as an interactive quality improvement module for second-year fellows designed to support the successful completion of a QI project.

We encourage our fellows to disseminate their work at institutional, regional, national and international conferences, as well as to contribute to published medical literature. Within the past three years (academic years 2023-2026), our fellows’ scholarly accomplishments include:

• Five manuscripts in which fellows have authored or co-authored, including original research papers, clinical reviews, and American Thoracic Society Education Series papers
• Sixteen posters at the American Thoracic Society annual meetings
• Two posters at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference annual meetings
• One oral presentation at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference annual meeting
• One poster at the International Society for Heart-Lung Transplantation annual meeting
• One fellow recipient of the Underrepresented Trainee Development Scholarship