About Us
Emerging infectious diseases are a growing threat and present major challenges to communities worldwide. The Emerging Infectious Disease and HIV Scholars Program (H-EIDS) program seeks to develop a physician-scientist workforce focused on clinical research to inform practical responses to HIV and associated infections over the next decades.
The H-EIDS program is designed to inspire, train, support, and retain students as a community of scholars to become leaders in research and treatment of emerging infectious diseases with a broad focus on HIV.
H-EIDS Scholars participate in faculty-mentored infectious disease research, broadly focused on HIV and related infections and the challenges posed by the HIV epidemic. Domestic and international clinical research projects include: mental health, substance use disorders, TB, Hepatitis, STI's, Bacterial infections, COVID, issues related to healthcare access of marginalized communities, etc. As scholars develop, implement, and publish their research projects, the H-EIDS program offers didactic training to provide a foundation for clinical research along with a dedicated research block. Scholars participate in didactic training, lectures, networking opportunities and on-site visits and complete in-person Responsible Conduct of Research Training. The H-EIDS program also supports conference travel for scholars with first or second-authored accepted abstracts and publication charges for related manuscripts.
The Emerging Infectious Disease and HIV Scholars at Brown University program is a collaboration between the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, the affiliated hospitals, and the Rhode Island Department of Health.
Scholar Track
H-EIDS Scholars are provided with research stipends to carry out an HIV / infectious disease-focused mentored research project, usually carried out over the summer. For most students, summer stipends are set at $5,000. Please note for all students, only one research stipend can be awarded at a time, and H-EIDS support cannot be combined with other internal Brown research funding (UTRA, SC, SRA, PC-PM).
Fellowship Track
H-EIDS also sponsors a limited number of longer-term fellowship opportunities to pursue more in-depth research projects, with up to one year of support. These longer term fellowships are generally available for AMS students on an approved ASP, or PLME undergraduate students on an approved gap semester or year.
Eligibility
The H-EIDS program is open to PLME undergraduate students (rising juniors, seniors and graduates the summer before attending AMS), undergraduate students admitted to the Early Identified Program in Medicine, Alpert Medical School / PC-PM Students (usually rising second years), and medical students participating in AMS Summer Assistantships / Scholarly Concentration Program.
Funding
The H-EIDS program is grant funded through the National Institutes of Health: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (2R25AI140490).
Contact
For more information about the Emerging Infectious Disease and HIV Scholars program, please email:
Laura Pleasants, Program Specialist ([email protected])
H-EIDS Program ([email protected])