Our fellowship provides five and a half months of protected time and additional resources to conduct clinical research. You will identify your research mentor(s) within the first three months of your fellowship and present a research proposal to the members of the Division of Infectious Diseases. The goal is to present your research findings in at least one national or international meeting and submit at least two manuscripts before fellowship completion.

You will also participate in a quality improvement project during your fellowship and secure bronze certification in safety and quality improvement offered by the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy. Certain projects will qualify for silver certification.

Mayo Clinic offers several unique services and opportunities to assist trainees in research, including:

• Ease of collaboration with other departments and divisions and across the three Mayo Clinic campuses
• Access to patient medical records throughout Mayo Clinic
• A single Institutional Review Board approval for all of Mayo Clinic
• Outstanding library and statistical assistance
• Services through the Academic Support Office, such as editing, modifying, and submitting manuscripts and preparing posters and presentations

Faculty research

Some current areas of research being pursued by our faculty members with national and international recognition include:

• Coccidioidomycosis
• COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 infection
• Fecal microbiota transplantation
• Endocarditis
• Cardiovascular device infections
• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Viral respiratory infections
• Immunocompromised host infections
• Transplant-associated infections
• Basidiobolomycosis