Yale Nephrology Research Fellowship

The Yale Nephrology Research Fellowship is designed to offer fellows a comprehensive, individualized experience that integrates clinical practice with groundbreaking research.

As with the clinical fellowship track, the first year is focused on intensive clinical training, ensuring that fellows develop a strong foundation in patient care and kidney disease management.

As a fellow in your second and third year in the program, you will transition to dedicated research time and choose from clinical, basic, or translational research pathways. We believe in a flexible, mentor-driven approach, allowing fellows to seek research mentors both within and outside the Section of Nephrology. The program will facilitate introductions with a variety of potential mentors, beginning in the first year, to ensure a good academic and personal fit and to begin to build a mentorship team. This ensures that as a fellow, you are supported in pursuing your specific interests while benefiting from Yale’s vast academic and clinical networks.

For those focused on clinical and/or translational research, our fellows have access to the Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator (CTRA), a hub that fosters innovation in these areas. CTRA provides invaluable resources and guidance for fellows pursuing impactful research in nephrology and beyond and is directed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE.

If you have an interest in formal academic credentials in basic or clinical research, you can also apply for Yale’s PhD in Investigative Medicine, a rigorous program that spans three to four years. This path is ideal for those seeking to pursue independent research careers with a focus on laboratory research or patient-centered outcomes.

Fellows also have access to state-of-the-art cores and specialized programs across Yale, including:

• High Throughput DNA and RNA Sequencing Cores
• High Throughput Chemical Screening Core
• Keck Center for Proteomic and Genomic Services
• Animal Genomics Services
• Human Genetics Program
• Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
• Human and Translational Immunology Program
• Biomedical Engineering and Nanotechnology

These resources offer you unparalleled opportunities to engage in cutting-edge research and leverage advanced technologies to address key questions in nephrology.

Additionally, there are options to pursue a master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, or Bioinformatics. These advanced degrees offer tailored training in key areas of public health, health data science, and population health, equipping our fellows with cutting-edge skills to address modern challenges in nephrology.

Application to Yale’s Nephrology Research Fellowship is done exclusively through ERAS.

Interested applicants should submit their application through ERAS when the application cycle opens in the spring of the year. We recommend you complete the ERAS application early, and secure all letters of recommendation because interview slots are given out based on the timing of the receipt of the application.

To be considered for the program, you must have completed a three-year ACGME-accredited internal medicine residency by the start of fellowship.

Along with the application, we require:

• Three letters of recommendation
• One letter must be from your residency program director
• A personal statement
• ERAS application
• USMLE or COMPLEX transcript

We sponsor J-1 and H1B visas for applicants.

Interviews are by invitation only and usually occur in September through early October.

All applicants interested in training the Yale Nephrology fellowship training program will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Begin your ERAS fellowship application.