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Training Repository
The SASGOG Research Committee is creating a repository of research training programs for graduates of OB/GYN residency programs. Specifically, we are looking for research-specific training programs, as well as other academic development opportunities with a significant research component. Please use the link below to submit any relevant research programs to our repository.
UAB Fellowship Opportunity
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is establishing a Division in Global and Rural Health. The vision is a bi-directional approach to extend women’s health research and resources to other countries, take what is learned, bring the information back home, and apply it in local communities—particularly rural settings. Likewise, studies and research being done in rural Alabama and other local areas are being taken and applied internationally. Therefore, we have open faculty rank positions (Assistant to Full Professor) focusing on global and/or rural health.
We also recently started a 2-year fellowship in Global and Rural Health for Ob/Gyn physicians who are interested in academic careers.
CREST Program
CREST is funded by an NIH R25 grant and we seek to provide a mini-Masters type program that is customized for MDs who practice reproductive medicine. Eligible candidates should meet the following criteria:
- MD or equivalent degree
- Completion of training (must have passed General and/or Subspecialty boards)
- US Citizen or permanent resident
- Involved in the practice of reproductive medicine, including but not limited to:
- REIs
- Urologists
- ‘General’ OBGYNs
- Complex Family Planning physicians
- Internal Medicine Endocrinologists
Scholars will need 3 letters of support and a personal statement describing their interest in the program. The application process is described here: https://crestscholars.org/apply. The deadline for applications is 6/13/25 and Scholars are notified of their acceptance by August in order for them to arrange transportation to the annual ASRM meeting.
The program is 2 years in duration although once a CREST Scholar, always a CREST Scholar and all are invited to participate in every other month conference calls that review manuscript progress and works in progress, as well as career development topics.
In the first year, Scholars attend an orientation session at the annual ASRM meeting in October, then undergo training in clinical research and epidemiology and statistics by accessing online modules produced by Bill Wilkinson, PhD and Steven Grambow, PhD from Duke University Clinical Science Training Program.
In Year 2, Scholars are provided – if possible – with an opportunity to attend an in-person meeting of a clinical trial in progress to learn the tools and tricks of the trade in participant recruitment, data handling and publications in randomized clinical trials in reproductive medicine. Because of the uncertain status of clinical trial networks in reproductive medicine, this enrichment activity is being redefined. However, all Scholars are tasked with completing a team science project that will result in a publication, and many Scholars have completed multiple team projects through CREST.
The program has been in existence since 2006 and has now trained over 100 Scholars, including a number of Division Chiefs and some Department Chairs. It is an excellent career stepping stone for academic physicians as well as practicing physicians who wish to become involved in clinical trials. Please forward information about CREST to any faculty who you feel might be appropriate for this program.
UNC General OB/GYN Research Fellowship is Seeking Applicants
The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is seeking candidates for the General Obstetrics and Gynecology Research Fellowship. This 2-year fellowship offers 50% mentored research, including a Master’s of Clinical Research, and 50% clinical practice as a specialist in General Obstetrics and Gynecology. Additional program details at https://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/education/fellowship/general-obstetrics-and-gynecology-research-fellowship/.
Interested applicants are asked to submit a current CV, three letters of recommendation (including one from your current program director or department chair) and a 1–2-page personal statement describing your career and research objectives and interest in the fellowship to Kelly Scurlock, Fellowship Coordinator at [email protected].
Applications will be accepted on a continual basis with rolling acceptance from July 1, 2024 through January 31, 2025.
Research Fellowships
The Obstetrics Hospitalist Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is a two-year training program for obstetrics and gynecology physicians who desire to pursue a career track in academic obstetrics hospital medicine.