Fellowship Program in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

MAJOR FEATURES OF TRAINING PROGRAM:

To investigate infectious diseases that affect our inner-city community of 40,000 children. In our research program Fellows develop skills in epidemiology, research protocol design, laboratory methods, teaching, and diagnosis and management of pediatric infectious diseases.

We focus on diseases that are frequent in these children including:

• otitis media (epidemiology, diagnosis, genetics, immunology, management)
• occult bacteremia in febrile infants
• neonatal sepsis
• diagnosis and management of infants with HIV infection
• diagnostic virology and evaluation of antiviral and antibacterial agents

Number of Fellows accepted each year: 1-3
Training for: M.D.
Duration of fellowship: 3 years
Citizenship requirements: None

For more information:
Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases
Boston Medical Center
774 Albany Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 414-5591