Positions become available at irregular intervals. Please contact the Program Director, Aaron R. Folsom , by phone or via e-mail to find out current availability before applying. Dr. Mark Pereira won the International Society of Preventive Cardiology's Young Investigators Research Award in 1997. The program is intended to prepare fellows for research careers in cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention. Fellows will be involved in ongoing studies having existing databases and will also initiate research, including data collection and analysis, on their own.
Trainees complete one or more projects for which they bear primary responsibility.
The training philosophy at Minnesota is that research is best learned by hands-on experience with appropriate faculty guidance. For post-doctoral fellows, the course work component of the program is based on areas outside their prior experience. An MPH degree is available. For pre-doctoral fellows, specific course work is usually required depending on the individual background. The areas of importance are epidemiology and biostatistics, behavioral science and nutritional epidemiology.