Fellowship

NeuroNext Fellowship Award

The NeuroNext Fellow Award provides 1 years of support for early-career research faculty from the Department of Neurology and the National Institutes of Health to build clinical and translational research skills and competencies under the guidance of the NeuroNext Executive Leadership team, for Phase 2 or Phase 3 trials

The NeuroNEXT Fellow Award provides 1 year of support to an early-career research faculty. This Fellowship is offered through the Department of Neurology, and is supported the NIH-funded NeuroNEXT Network award.

In addition to offering this Fellowship to train promising early investigators, the NeuroNEXT Network seeks to:

Increase efficiency of clinical trials
Expand the capability of NINDS to test promising new therapies
Respond quickly as opportunities arise to test promising new treatments for people with neurological disorders

Fellows will receive 50% of protected time (salary support) for the year. The time is spent furthering their research career goals. This protected time will be used to participate and network with other national fellows in monthly NeuroNEXT trainings and webinars, and offer an opportunity for the Fellow to complete coursework tailored to their research career goals which can include conduct a pilot study to collect initial data for a future larger grant submission, etc.

Curriculum Overview

Fellows will develop competencies in general research skills, academic career development, and scientific leadership. There is a focus on neurological disease, non-stroke. Education opportunities of special importance to the learning healthcare system will be provided in areas such as team science, innovation/ entrepreneurship, biomedical informatics, and implementation science/dissemination research. Continued progress in meeting pre-defined research and educational goals must be demonstrated.

Clinical Training Goals: After completing this fellowship, the fellow will be expected to be prepared to compete for additional research training, such as the institutional CTSI funded KL2 award, K23 from NINDS and/ or foundation career awards. After training fellows will be offered additional opportunities to participate in clinical trial research, including industry trials.

Expectations

Develop a plan for your fellowship which should include:

Research Question(s)
Proposed Team

Primary Mentor – with established weekly/biweekly meetings
Subject Matter Experts

Resource Needs

Additional training needed to complete the project
Funding needed to complete the project

Proposed Timeline

IRB approval date
Enrollment start date
Enrollment end date
Data analysis

Summary, describing what a successful fellowship looks like

Present your fellowship plans (in July) and updates to the Education Committee Meeting to gain feedback (quarterly: July, October, January and April)
Share updates at Steering Committee meetings (monthly)
Participate in Fellow education seminars (monthly)
Participate in the Neurology WIND sessions (monthly)

Leadership and Faculty

Pamela W. Duncan, PhD

Professor, Neurology

Mustapha A. Ezzeddine, MD

Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Neurology
Professor, Neurology

Heidi Marie Munger Clary, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Neurology

Roy E. Strowd III, MD, MEd, MS

Associate Professor, Neurology

How to Apply

Applications must include:

Candidate’s background and career goals (1 page)

Educational plan (1 page)
The candidate should provide a gap analysis focused on their future career plans in clinical neurologic research. The plan should describe proposed educational activities and discuss how these will facilitate the conduct of their future research and the development of desired research, leadership, and career development competencies. Options can include, but are not limited to selected graduate courses, experiential internships, short courses, conferences, online courses, and self-study.

The educational plan should be formulated to enhance the Fellow’s competencies in the following domains:

Critical thinking and research question formulation
Biostatistics and study design
Responsible conduct of research and regulatory environment
Research implementation
Scientific communication
Proposal preparation
Community engagement and cultural diversity
Biomedical informatics
Team science and team leadership
Research in the Learning Health System context

One letter of recommendation from faculty which speaks to the candidate’s potential to become a leader in clinical/translational research

The candidate’s CV

NIH Biosketch

(Note, upon selection in May 2023) Clinician applicants, will be asked to provide a plan for how the 50% protected time will be implemented. This will be requested along with approval from your supervisor.

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Research Focus Areas

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NeuroNext Fellowship Award

Curriculum Overview

Leadership and Faculty

Pamela W. Duncan, PhD

Mustapha A. Ezzeddine, MD

Heidi Marie Munger Clary, MD, MPH

Roy E. Strowd III, MD, MEd, MS

How to Apply