Overview
Program Advantages by the Numbers
| 3 | Ranking in NIH Funding Received by Comprehensive Pediatric Institutions |
| 4 | US News & World Report Department of Pediatrics Ranking |
| 7 | US News & World Report Pediatric Hospital Ranking |
| 11 | Months of protected research time |
| 50 | Academic Divisions, including world-renowned groups in Neonatology, Pulmonary Biology, Developmental Biology, Experimental Hematology, Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, and more. |
| 81 | Research Post-Doctoral Fellows |
| 150 | Clinical Fellows |
| 338 | Faculty Members |
| 736 | Peer-reviewed articles published in 2003-04 |
| 2,000+ | Medical Center employees working in research |
| 520,000 | Square feet of research space available in our main research building |
| 45,000 | Square feet of research space available at our Oak Campus |
| 363,000 | Square feet of new research space planned to be constructed by 2007 |
| $81,000,000 | awards received from the NIH in 2003-04 |
| $117,000,000 | total sponsored program awards received in 2003-04 |
The Department of Pediatrics in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine encourages MD / PhD students to consider postgraduate training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Cincinnati Children's provides a unique opportunity for MD / PhD graduates to train in a medical center that is highly rated in both patient care and research while living and working in a friendly, collegial community.
The Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation (CCRF) is one of the leading pediatric research-intensive training programs in the country. In Fiscal Year 2004, external funding awarded to CCRF totaled over $115 million with a NIH funding base of greater than $81 million, placing the institution in the top 3 NIH funded pediatric training centers in the country.
The Department of Pediatrics is ranked in the top 4 graduate training programs in pediatrics in the country. Outstanding basic, translational and clinical research opportunities exists in multiple areas, including pulmonary and cardiovascular biology, developmental biology, neurobiology, immunobiology and innate immunity, stem cell biology/hematopoiesis/ leukemia biology, human genetics and gene therapy, the biology of gut development, cell signaling and bioinformatics. Strong academic advantages include a Graduate Programs in Molecular and Developmental Biology and Immunobiology and a number of outstanding seminar series which feature superb external speakers in a broad array of topics.
The institution also sponsors a number of exceptional internal grant mechanisms to support PhDs, MDs, and MD/PhDs during their fellowship and especially during the transition to junior faculty positions with a focus on research. An active grant program funds translational research projects and there is an emphasis on development of early phase human trials in pediatric diseases based on discovery science performed at CCRF. The institution has an outstanding track record in facilitating successful funding of individual training awards (K awards) for both MDs and PhDs and converting these awards to initial R01s.
Contact Us
To learn more about MD / PhD Postgraduate Training Options, contact:
Edith Markoff, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow Recruiter
edith.markoff@cchmc.org
James Lessard, PhD
Director, CCRF Postdoctoral Office
james.lessard@cchmc.org
John J. Bissler, MD
Associate Director, Residency Training Program (Research)
john.bissler@cchmc.org
