AAIM Research Pathways Initiative

Research pathways are training programs for physicians interested in becoming academic physician scientists. These programs combine internal medicine training with hands-on, mentored research, which take place during residency, fellowship, or both.

The AAIM Research Pathways Initiative supports physician scientists at the divisional, departmental, and institutional levels. The initiative strengthens the overall training pathway, highlighting the importance of biomedical research to the public and policymakers, and sustaining research funding. It also promotes strong advising and helps trainees build resilience as they develop their careers.

The initiative is led by the AAIM Research Committee, representing educators in physician-scientist training programs across residency and fellowship and research-in-residency programs.

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Emily Gallagher, MD, PhD, Chair
Associate Program Director for Research for Internal Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Kyu Rhee, MD, PhD, Vice Chair
Director Medical Research Track
Weill Cornell Medicine

Robert Baiocchi, MD, PhD
Faculty
Ohio State University College of Medicine

Evan Brittain, MSCI
Professor
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Erica Herzog, MD, PhD
John Slade Ely Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pathol
Yale School of Medicine

Patrick Hu, MD, PhD
Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Associate Dean
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Barbara Kazmierczak, MD, PhD, FIDSA
Director, MD-PhD Program
Yale School of Medicine

Monica Kraft, MD
System Chair
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Michael Lenaeus, MD
APD & Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine

Don C. Rockey, MD
Professor
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Rachel Safran, MD
Associate Program Director
MultiCare Health System

Nathan Schoettler, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, Pritzker School of Medicine

Clifford J. Steer, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School

Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, FIDSA, FACP
Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean for Academic Innovation
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Tammy Wichman, MD
Internal Medicine Program Director
University of Nebraska College of Medicine