Yale Neurology Residency

Postgraduate Training

The Department of Neurology offers advanced training for qualified individuals after residency training.  Opportunities exist for clinical fellowships and a wide-variety of research fellowships that can be tailored to the specific interests of the trainee.  Some of these fellowships can also be combined with degree granting programs to obtain Master's or PhD degrees.

 
Clinical Fellowships

The following formal clinical fellowship programs are established in the Yale Neurology Department.

Cerebrovascular Disease

Epilepsy/Seizure Disorder

Clinical Neurophysiology

Neuroimmunology

Research Fellowships

There are many potential research fellowships available at Yale University, limited only by the ingenuity of the applicant and his mentor in developing a worthy research project, and in some cases by the ability of the applicant and mentor to obtain funding.  This is a common avenue to pursue for those who are interested in a career in academic neurology, and can greatly facilitate the success of junior neurologists who would like to further refine their academic interests before joining the faculty at a medical school.   Examples of research fellowships that have been obtained by recent graduates of our neurology residency include:

Clinical research fellowships through the
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program 

Basic Science fellowships to investigate the
Scientific Basis of Neurological Disease

Research Funding

Some research fellowships are supported by Yale University or are funded by research grants awarded to our faculty at Yale University. Others, especially those designed specifically for a fellow's individual career interests, require that the fellow apply for and obtain his/her own external funding.  Although this may seem a daunting task to the unintiated, our faculty are experienced in mentoring our residents in the skills needed to obtain this funding.  There are many advantages to the fellowship candidate in learning and successfully obtaining their own funding, such as the experience of developing a research proposal, the ability to pursue their own interests, and demonstrating to future employers that they are capable of independent funding.  All of the available research grants require that the candidate compete for funding, but there are many potential sources for this funding, and guidance from our faculty has enabled our previous residents to be highly successful in competing for these funds. A small subset of funding sources for both clinical and basic science fellowships that have been obtained by previous members of our program are listed here:

Brown-Coxe Fellowship

VA Special Fellowship Program

American Academy of Neurology Clinical Research Training Fellowship

National Institutes of Health Career Development (K) awards

National Institutes of Health  Ruth L. Kirschstein Fellowships

Epilepsy Foundation

Pickwick Fellowship in Sleep

Degree Granting Programs

Yale University offers unique programs for qualified individuals to obtain an advanced degree while also pursuing a research project.  Examples include:

PhD Program in Investigative Medicine

Masters in Public Health

Last modified: August, 2006