DOIM Education Training & Research Program
The Division of Internal Medicine Education Training and Research Program supports students and trainees from partner institutions who are seeking a research experience. View current openings.
Successful trainees appointed through the program will:
- Be directly supervised or co-mentored by a Division of Internal Medicine (DoIM) faculty member
- Develop skills related to various aspects of research conduct and project implementation
- Gain hands-on research experience that will allow them to apply learned principles from their graduate studies as it relates to a specific project
- Acquire knowledge and insight on the fundamentals of research, quality improvement and/or program implementation
- Receive guidance and mentorship from experienced MD Anderson DoIM faculty and/or research personnel, on respective projects they are involved in
Student eligibility
- Students and trainees must be enrolled in UTHealth School of Public Health
- Students can apply to as many projects that overlap with their research interests but will be "matched" in only one project
- Students may be eligible for a stipend or school credit
How to apply
- Identify a project of your interest under the program website
- Projects will be available as they are identified within the DoIM
- The application process has a rolling deadline
- Each applicant will be asked to submit the following:
- Personal statement of why project research is of interest to you
- A statement of commitment by the candidate and university mentor that indicates the applicant's intent to participate
Current Projects
About the Projects
The following projects will offer hands-on research experience and educational opportunities that are matched to a trainee's specific area of study or research interest. See below for project descriptions and links to apply.
Mentor: Efstratios Koutroumpakis, M.D.
Department: Cardiology
Project Title: Assessment of Cardiometabolic Health of Patients
with Prostate Cancer
Project Synopsis: To assess the role of lipid-lowering, antidiabetic, antihypertensive, and weight-loss therapies in preventing adverse cardiovascular and prostate cancer-specific events.
We will also examine associations of baseline cardiometabolic disorders, including obesity/adiposity, dyslipidemia, impaired glucose metabolism, and hypertension with development of adverse cardiovascular and prostate cancer-specific events.
Mentor: Sai-ching Yeung, M.D., Ph.D.
Department: Emergency Medicine
Project Title: The usefulness of different prognostic biomarkers in cancer patients presenting to the emergency department with pulmonary embolism
Project Synopsis: To assess the significance and utility of various
prognostic biomarkers in predicting outcomes in cancer patients with pulmonary embolisms.
Department: Emergency Medicine
Project Title: Examining autoimmune diseases in patients with cancer treated with immunotherapy presenting as emergent, urgent, or non-urgent conditions
Project Synopsis:
To investigate the occurrence, mechanisms, and clinical implications of autoimmune diseases in patients undergoing immunotherapy for cancer presenting as emergent, urgent, or non-urgent conditions.
We will assess the incidence of autoimmune diseases
among patients with cancer treatment with immunotherapy, compare the emergent, urgent or non-urgent presentations of these conditions and investigate the long-term consequences of autoimmune diseases in the context of cancer
immunotherapy, including their influence on the treatment response, survival rates, and quality of life.
Past Projects
| Project Title | Principle Investigator | MD Anderson Department | Number of Research Trainees Matched | Affiliate Institution |
| Onconephrology: Kidney Care | Ala Abudayyeh, M.D. | Nephrology | 1 | UTHSPH |
| Onconephrology: Efficacy of Infliximab | Ala Abudayyeh, M.D. | Nephrology | 2 | UTHSPH |
| Reduce 30-day Unplanned Readmissions at MDA | Joanna-Grace Mayo Manzano, M.D. | Hospital Medicine | 1 | UTHSPH |
Contact Information
Lauren Sutton, B.S.
Program Coordinator, Education
Division of Internal Medicine
lmsutton1@mdanderson.org