Mentored Research Experiences

Faculty in the department are happy to provide mentored research experience to students, residents, fellows, post-doctoral associates and other faculty colleagues. There are many opportunities for mentored research experiences including independent studies, directed readings, career development proposals (NRSAs, K-awards, T-awards), and research assistantships. To find out more information, please contact the individual faculty member with whom you would like to work directly.

Information about each faculty member’s interest areas in epidemiology, biostatistics, and health policy/outcomes research can be found on their personal web page.

In addition, assistantships are available from the College of Medicine, the Institute for Child Health Policy, and the College of Public Health and Health Professions as part of the PhD Program in Epidemiology.

Epidemiology assistantship: The Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, College of Medicine. The awardee for this Department assistantship will be paired wit a faculty research mentor during their training. Faculty research interests are provided at http://ehpr.ufl.edu/. The assistantship requires research in each year and also opportunities to teach. Please contact Elizabeth Shenkman, PhD, for more information about this position (eas@ichp.ufl.edu 352-265-7220).

Epidemiology assistantship: The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions. The awardee for this Department assistantship will be paired with a faculty research mentor during their training. Faculty research interests are provided at http://ebs.phhp.ufl.edu/. The assistantship requires research or teaching service in each training year. Please contact Dr. Elena Andresen, PhD, for more information about this position (Andresen@phhp.ufl.edu 352-273-5359).

Child and adolescent health assistantship: The Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research College of Medicine and the Institute for Child Health Policy. The awardee for this assistantship will work with faculty affiliated with the Institute for Child Health Policy on research activities related to children and adolescent health. Research related to transition to adulthood is also included. Faculty research interests are provided at http://ichp.ufl.edu/. In addition, many faculty affiliated with the Institute for Child Health Policy have appointments in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, so reviewing the following website is also helpful (http://ehpr.ufl.edu/). Please contact Elizabeth Shenkman, PhD (eas@ichp.ufl.edu 352-265-7220) or Kelli Komro, PhD (kak@ichp.ufl.edu 352-365-7220) for more information.

Disability and aging assistantship: The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
College of Public Health and Health Professions. The awardee for this assistantship will work with the research activities of the Florida Office on Disability and Health (see website http://fodh.phhp.ufl.edu/) and related aging and disability projects conducted by Dr. Andresen and her research lab (see example projects at http://ebs.phhp.ufl.edu/grantscontracts.htm). The assistantship requires research service in each training year. Please contact Dr. Elena Andresen, PhD, for more information about this position (Andresen@phhp.ufl.edu 352-273-5359).