As one of the largest NIH recipients in the south, you will have the opportunity to pursue a research project of your choosing. There are diverse pathologies for case reports, longitudinal quality improvement opportunities, and original retrospective and prospective research projects to choose within different subspecialty departments. Funding for conference registration and travel, along with inpatient coverage, can be applied for if you are selected to present your research at regional and national conferences. Annually, the work of Tulane IM residents are well represented at National SHM, National SGIM, and other national internal medicine subspecialty conferences such as CHEST, ASCO, and ACC. If you are looking for a great academic career, or a great fellowship, this is the key: you have to be well trained, you have to have teaching skills, and you have to have shown that you can occupy a place in the scientific conversation (i.e., research). All of this, we guarantee, comes with the territory if you decide to come to Tulane.
Tulane is home to many of the nation's leaders in general internal medicine, medical education, women’s health, cultural competency and all nine of the subspecialties. This means that virtually any topic of interest can be researched at Tulane. In addition to the nine fully-accredited and fully-functional subspecialty sections, Tulane offers the added benefits of The Tulane Cancer Center, The Tulane Abdominal Transplant Institute, The Tulane Primate Center, The Hayward Genetics Center, The Center for Bio-environmental Research, and over 15 other centers for research excellence.
