Careers and education
Email us if you're interested in research education or career opportunities within the Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit. Include your curriculum vitae, a bibliography, a brief statement of your research interests, and two or three references.
Postdoctoral fellows
Our postdoctoral research fellows help design, test and evaluate interventions to promote shared decision-making and patient-centered care. They also participate in knowledge syntheses of evidence-based medicine.
Current focus areas include:
- User-centered design methods.
- Developing and testing practice-level interventions.
- Measuring and evaluating interventions.
- Clinical research informatics.
- Artificial intelligence and shared decision-making.
- Clinical practice redesign.
A research background in applied psychology, health policy or health services is highly desired. Knowledge of health services and clinical research methodology, adequate written and oral communication skills, and a commitment to teamwork are required. A history of successfully funded grants is a plus.
Research trainees
Our research trainee program provides research experience with hands-on, one-on-one mentoring. This is a full-time, one-year program. Start dates are flexible. Research trainees are responsible for their own expenses; no stipend is provided.
Each trainee participates in and conducts a clinical research project, doable in the program time frame. Trainees have designated research space and a computer at the KER Unit, working with Dr. Montori and the rest of our team.
As part of the mentored research experience, trainees develop skills to conduct knowledge synthesis research, such as systematic reviews and meta-analyses. They also help on clinical trials associated with improving the quality of clinical decision-making. Trainees receive formal instruction on literature searching and critical appraisal of the literature. They engage in teamwork with research professionals in the KER Unit.
Trainees participate in at least one manuscript and generate at least three abstracts as first authors. The KER Unit can cover travel and presentation expenses for accepted work at conferences in the United States.
We present often at the annual meetings of professional organizations. Our collaborators have presented work conducted in the KER Unit at major meetings. The program includes individualized coaching for scientific writing and poster or podium presentations. Other authorship opportunities often are available.
Other benefits for trainees include access to seminars and lectures at Mayo Clinic and classes at Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education.