Didactic training

Didactic conferences offer a variety of learning opportunities. Participate in various individual conferences each year, including:

• Journal Club every month alternately focusing on HIV and general infectious diseases topics with an emphasis on critical evaluation of recent literature
• Clinical case conferences bimonthly involving current inpatient and outpatient cases
• Mayo Clinic multi-site fellows case teleconference each month and lectures each week
• Infectious diseases research conference
• Global health lectures
• Fundamentals of Clinical and Translational Science (FunCaTS) Program with those completing the FunCaTS Program during their microbiology month
• Participation in quarterly city-wide conference series alongside colleagues in the community
• Microbiology Grand Rounds meets monthly

Research training

Participate in research projects under the mentorship of Mayo Clinic consulting staff. Research is diverse and outstanding and includes opportunities for clinical and laboratory-based projects.

You may participate in clinical research by using the extensive electronic medical record and clinical databases that are available. The microbiology laboratory offers research opportunities using in vitro techniques with the most novel technologies in microbiology testing and development. Our parasitology and drug discovery research laboratory offers an expansive opportunity to engage in new and exciting grant-funded research in neglected infectious diseases and global health.

Find out more about research in the Division of Infectious Diseases.

Fellowship protocols are reviewed and approved by the Division of Infectious Diseases Research Committee and the Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board. You're encouraged to present research results at national infectious diseases meetings and publish them in peer-reviewed journals.

Learn more about research resources at Mayo Clinic.