Clinical Scholars Program Core Grant (07-08)

a MiCDA Research Project Description

Investigators: Rodney A. Hayward, Matthew M. Davis, Gary L. Freed, Michele Heisler, Timothy P. Hofer, Peter D. Jacobson, Eve Askanas Kerr, Richard L. Lichtenstein, Catherine G. McLaughlin, Laurence F. McMahon Jr, Sanjay K. Saint, Jayne Ann Thorson, Peter A. Ubel

Funding: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Over the past 30 years, The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars® Program has trained almost 1,000 physicians from varied disciplines, many of whom have become national leaders in health and health care.The program is designed to augment clinical training by providing new skills and perspectives necessary to achieving leadership positions both within and outside the walls of academia in the 21st century. It stresses training in the quantitative and qualitative sciences underlying health services research essential to improving health and medical care systems.The program’s newest iteration will also emphasize community-based research and leadership training.The goal of the program is the integration of Scholars’ previous clinical training with skills in program development and research methodology to help them find solutions for issues in public policy, community health and health services research.To enhance their research productivity, selected Scholars in the cohort entering in 2005 will be eligible for a third year.

Project Web Site: http://www.med.umich.edu/csp/