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Resident Opportunities: Research

Resident Research Opportunities

Clinical Neuroscientist Training Program (CNSTP)

All residents in the Neurology Residency Program at Yale are encouraged to engage in research and other academic pursuits. For those who are interested in making research a major component of their academic career, we have a NIH-funded R25 program, the Yale Clinical Neuroscientist Training Program (CNSTP). The CNSTP allows up to 24 months of protected research time, with up to 9 months completed during residency (including up to 6 months of consecutive, uninterrupted research time during the PGY4 year) and the remainder completed during post-residency research fellowship. 6-12 weeks of research time can also be offered during the PGY1 year, provided residents have identified a research mentor and have outlined specific research objectives.

Note: As of the 2020-21 Residency Match season, we will be merging our two resident research tracks, and we will not offer separate research positions through the Yale Investigative Neurology Program in the match. This allows us to offer the full range of research opportunities and support to all interested residents through the the Clinical Neuroscientist Training Program (CNSTP).


Candidates for the CNSTP are selected at the beginning of the PGY3 year. Proposals from these candidates are submitted to NIH in October of the PGY3 year for final determination of funding.


Research During Elective Time

The department is fully supportive of research endeavors during the 6 months of elective time in PGY3/4. Most residents pursue scholarly work, and our residents have been highly productive in research, including basic, translational, clinical, educational, and quality improvement projects.

Alumni

2024

Dinesh Sivakolundu, MBBS, PhD – Neuroimmunology Fellow, Cornell University.

2023

Sloane Heller, MD – Academic Neurohospitalist, Columbia University

2022

Shobhit Singla, MD, PhD – Epilepsy Fellow, University of Pittsburgh

2021

Tova Gardin, MD, MPA - Psychiatry and Research Fellow, Yale University

Teng Peng, MD - Neurovascular Fellow, Yale University

2018

Stacy Chu, MD - Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Hawaii

Margy McCullough-Hicks, MD - Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School

2017

Krithi Irmady, MD, PhD - Physician-Scientist in Movement Disorders, Rockefeller University

Diane Chan, MD, PhD - Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2016

Emmanuelle Schindler, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine

2015

Matthew Schrag, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University

2013

Imran Quraishi, MD, PhD - Associate Professor, Yale University

2012

Nandakumar Narayanan, MD, PhD - Professor and Vice Chair for Basic and Translational Research, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (NINDS K08 awarded)

2011

Gordon F. Buchanan, MD, PhD - Associate Professor, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (NINDS K08 awarded)

2010

Dongming Cai, MD, PhD - Associate Professor, Mount Sinai Medical Center (NIA K08 and VA CDA2 awarded)

2008

Christopher B. Ransom, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Washington/Puget Sound VA (VA CDA2 awarded)

2006

Tanya Z. Fischer, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine (VA CDA2 awarded)