Overview
We designed the Physician-Scientist Track for Internal Medicine residents actively pursuing careers in which they will provide patient care, but focus the majority of their effort on basic/translational or clinical research. Individuals who match to the Physician-Scientist Track complete two clinically-focused years of Internal Medicine residency and then can match into a combined clinical and research fellowship in a subspecialty of Internal Medicine.
Participants will:
- Join a vibrant, globally ranked, productive research community
- Have extensive prior research experience with or without PhD degrees
- Receive early advising to tailor their training experiences to their personal goals
- Follow the ABIM Research Pathway
- Continue to subspecialty fellowship at UW, where research training occurs
Available Fellowships
For the 2025 Match the following fellowships will be particiating in the Physician-Scientist Track:
- Cardiology*
- Diabetes, Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition
- Hematology/Oncology*
- Infectious Diseases*
- Nephrology*
- Rheumatology*
*Due to NIH T-32 grant funding for this fellowship program, candidates must be either a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Individuals who require a visa to be eligible to work in the U.S. will not be considered.
Recent Program Participants
With investment from the Department of Medicine and its fellowship programs, we created our Physician-Scientist Track in 2023.
Previously, Categorical Track residents opted into the ABIM Research Pathway during intern year and applied to fellowship R2 year.
From 2001-2021, 46 residents followed the ABIM Research Pathway and the vast majority matched to their preferred fellowship program. Three out of four matched in UW fellowships, 1 out of 4 pursued fellowship elsewhere.
| Participant | Research Interest | PGY3 Fellowship | F1 Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Howe, MD, PhD | Microbiology, molecular biology, novel antimicrobial technologies | Infectious Diseases Johns Hopkins U
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2023 | ||
| Adam Cheng, MD, PhD | Virology and oncogenesis, particulary in immunocompromised | Hematology/Oncology U of Wasington |
2023 | ||
| Lauren Jatt, MD | Systems vaccinology | Infectious Diseases U of Washington |
2022 | ||
| Kevin Levine, MD, PhD | Breast cancer basic science and novel therapeutics | Hematology/Oncology U of Washington |
2022 | ||
| Andrew Wescott, MD, PhD | Molecular cardiology, mitochondrial bioenergetics | Cardiology U of Washington |
2022 | ||
| Sally Baker, MD, PhD | Intersection of immunology, bacteriology, emerging infections, and vaccination | Infectious Diseases U of Washington |
2021 | ||
| Steven Blinka, MD, PhD | Cancer genomics, cell-level oncogene expression | Hematology/Oncology U of Washington |
2021 | ||
| Thomas Fitzpatrick, MD | Implementation sciences to minimize harms of drug addiction; global strategies for viral hepatitis | Infectious Diseases U of Washington |
2021 |
Track Leadership
During residency, track members will receive advising from the residency program’s Associate Program Director for Research & Scholarship, the Department of Medicine’s Associate Chair for Research, and relevant fellowship program directors.
Michael Lenaeus, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director
for Research & Scholarship
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W. Conrad Liles, MD, PhD
Associate Chair for Research
Department of Medicine
Application requirements
To be considered for an interivew, all applicants must meet our minimum requirements. In addition, your ERAS application must include a letter of recommendation from your research mentor/principal investigator or MSTP Director. Your personal statement should address your research and career interests and specify the UW subspecialty fellowships you are simultaneously applying to. Fellowship program directors will have access to your ERAS application: a secondary application is not needed.
Application Process
Applications to the Physician-Scientist Track will be simultaneously reviewed by the residency program and the relevant UW fellowship program. Applicants invited to interview will be contacted for separate interviews with the residency program and fellowship program. The residency and fellowship programs will work together to submit a final rank list.