Concentration Director
Najam Zaidi, MD
Email Address: Najam_Zaidi@brown.edu
Other participating faculty (Brown University):
Susan D’Andrea, PhD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Director, The Gait and Motion Analysis Laboratory, Providence VA Medical Center
J.J. Trey Crisco, PhD, Henry F. Lippitt Professor of Orthopaedics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Professor of Engineering, Brown University
Francois I. Luks, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Susan Duffy, MD, MPH, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Harrison Bai, MD, Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Brett Owens, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Brown and Chief of Sports Medicine
Chathuraka Jayasuriya, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics (Research), Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Leo Kobayashi, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Director, Research and Innovation, Lifespan Medical Simulation Center, Rhode Island Hospital
Adjunct Faculty / National Collaborators
Lisa Merck, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Brown University
Derek Merck, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Brown University
Joseph Forrester, MD, MSc, Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, Stanford University
Overview
The primary objective of the Scholarly Concentration (SC) in Translational Research in Medicine (TRM) is to mentor medical scientists throughout their study at Alpert Medical School by providing opportunities for early engagement in applied translational research across the university and hospital populations. Translational research is the integration of basic research, patient-oriented research, and population-based research, with the ultimate objective of improving public health. Our collaborative team of researchers has successful programs in biomedical engineering, computer science, medical simulation, and the clinical subspecialties of emergency medicine, orthopedics, surgery, neurological emergencies, diagnostic imaging, radiation oncology, pediatrics, and surgery.
Students will be exposed to a broad array of translational research projects within this active group. They will have the opportunity to partner with a single faculty member, who will mentor them through their initial summer research assistantship and throughout the students’ II-IV years. Dr. Tracy Madsen will oversee conference didactics in parallel with research activities; these didactics will include epidemiology, biostatistics, clinical research design, and applications in translational research. Students will participate early in laboratory and hospital activities as applicable to their research focus. Upon completion of a specific project, scholars will receive mentoring in the preparation of manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication and delivering presentations of their work at local and national conferences.