Fellowship in Industry Program — United States Air Force

This two-year Medical Information and Communication fellowship with USAF Travis Air Force Base, CA provides the opportunity to gain end-to-end experience in medical information, literature evaluation and publishing as well as clinical research (from idea generation to publication). The fellow will have the unique opportunity to lead a medical information service, conduct clinical research augmenting the Defense Health Agency mission of having a medically ready force for peace and war times. They will collaborate with multiple internal and external stakeholders such as the Graduate Medical Education Department, Defense Health Agency, Space Force and others to foster mission readiness. The fellow will be an integral part of the innovative clinical and outcomes research lab. Rotations in different areas (Medical Affairs, etc) in the second year can be discussed. 

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Lead medical information services
• Augment research posters and publications
• Conduct innovative clinical research trials, leverage Department of Defense databases for real world data analytics and perform salient meta-analyses
• Work with interdisciplinary teams consisting of basic science, clinical, military and active duty researchers
• Author and maintain trial documents including grants, study protocols, IRB proposals, informed consent documents and data collections forms
• Execute clinical site patient recruitment and data collection under organizational standard operating procedures and Good Clinical Practice
• Evaluate and present study data at local or national scientific meetings, military leadership meetings and/or a peer-reviewed journal

Fellowship Program Dates

The fellowship begins July 1, 2025 and ends June 30, 2027.