Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program

Research Training

Research and scholarly work is a major priority of our program. The research opportunities at the University of Maryland are numerous, and all faculty in our Division are involved in some manner with either basic science or clinical research efforts. CCM Fellows are expected to complete a scholarly activity during their fellowship. If they are interested in conducting either basic science of clinical research, they may select a research mentor from within the Division (or from outside the Division if they so choose) and use their research/elective time to work on their respective projects.

Current major areas of investigation in our Division include:

COPD: novel treatment strategies for end-stage COPD
Asthma: G-protein-coupled receptor biology
Pulmonary fibrosis: mechanisms of inflammation and fibrosis
Thermoimmunobiology: role of hyperthermia in regulating host defenses and heat shock responses
Sleep medicine: effects of chronic intermittent hypoxia on proinflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress
Mechanical ventilation: ARDS
Lung transplantation: role of inhaled cyclosporine
Sleep in the ICU: impact of light levels and impact on mortality
Lung epithelial biology: role of prostaglandins
Outcomes research in critical care: sepsis, nutrition, sleep, transfusion medicine
Computer-assisted health care/drug utilization
Medical ethics
Lung cancer: genomics, proteomics, and the role of microRNAs
Mentored career development awards accessible to the University of Maryland include the individual K08 and K23 awards, the institutional K12 award, and a VA career development award. Our Division has access to a wealth of potential mentors and resources to support a transition to a faculty position.

Additionally, the Department of Epidemiology has established a K30-funded clinical research training program that offers a Masters in Clinical Research for those fellows interested in pursuing an additional degree.

This page was last updated on: August 30, 2012.

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