Gastroenterology Fellowship Training Program

Research Training

The EMERGE (Enhancing MEntoring to improve Research in GastroEnterology) program was started in the fall of 2018 to foster the academic, career and professional development of fellows and junior faculty in the division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. The program, overseen by division faculty, provides mentoring, resources for conducting scholarly activities (with support from the Center for Research on Health Care Data Center [CHRC]) and opportunities for career and professional development within and outside the University of Pittsburgh. These goals are met via a combination of one-on-one meetings with the fellows, as well as a unique didactic series by thought leaders in field. EMERGE and CHRC faculty assist the fellow and their faculty mentor in designing the scholarly projects, and a master’s level Statistician under the supervision of the CHRC faculty helps in statistical analyses and preparation of manuscripts and abstract presentations that originate from the scholarly activity of the fellows and junior faculty members.

All current fellows are involved in clinical or basic research projects with the faculty. Before fellowship completion, all fellows must publish in a peer-reviewed journal and/or have a poster or oral abstract accepted at a national annual GI or hepatology meeting. Options for Certificate and master’s level course in clinical research are available for interested fellows through the Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE).