Different from many residency programs, ours will immerse you in research that's informed by your own curiosity and passion.
You’ll not only have the support of a faculty mentor, but the laboratory and computing resources of a major academic medical center.
Our residents have used their research experiences as a foundation for a career of pursuing the great questions of modern medicine. They regularly present their findings at conferences and publish in scholarly journals.
Our physician researchers ask the kinds of questions that help move laboratory discoveries to innovative new treatments in the clinical setting.
Your research initiative
Residents are encouraged and supported in scholarly work, which may range from chart reviews to original laboratory or clinical research.
To help ensure a meaningful and successful research experience, residents follow a research curriculum with set project deliverables over the course of their 4 years here.
During the first year
Residents choose a project and mentor and draft the background section of their paper.
They present a brief overview of the project’s background, hypothesis, and aims to the department.
The residents receive feedback from the faculty as well as a scholarly project committee.
In the second year
Residents draft their methods section and complete any necessary applications or training required for their work.
During a brief department-wide presentation, the resident reviews the approach and methods that they are using.
The residents again receive feedback from their scholarly project committee.
In the third year
Residents have protected time to perform their research. It is expected that residents will have their project completed by the end of their 3rd year and will have a draft of their completed paper.
At a meeting with their scholarly project committee, the resident will present their project in its entirety and also receive feedback on their paper before the fall of their 4th year.
In the fourth year
Fourth year residents present their completed scholarly projects at the department’s annual postgraduate course. Residents are strongly encouraged to present their research at regional and national meetings as well as to submit their manuscript for publication.
Additionally, didactic teaching is provided throughout residency in principles of research including project design, statistical analysis, manuscript preparation, presentation skills, translational research, and ethics.
Research at our department
Many of our faculty are active in research and have NIH grants and publish their findings in the obstetrical and gynecology literature.
Learn more about our department's research.
We have a Division of Reproductive Science Research doing research in a wide variety of areas.