Education

Our core faculty are dedicated to training the next generation of investigators and offer expertise across a broad range of research and clinical areas. The program connects fellows with relevant mentorship and collaboration opportunities available at the Department of Pediatrics and UCSF.   

Focus areas available for the 2025-27 academic cycle include:

• Equity & Justice: Develop a research program to identify social, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to disparities in child health outcomes with mentorship from Dr. Naomi Bardach, Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy Studies and Vice Chair of Health Services Research and Dr. Amy Beck, Associate Professor of Pediatrics.  
• Global Health: Conduct pilot work in collaboration with our partner organizations in low- and middle-income countries with mentorship from Dr. Valerie Flaherman, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Study activities and travel to be arranged in consultation with individual fellows.
• Digital Health: Explore topics in mobile health applications or health informatics with mentorship from Dr. Naomi Bardach, Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy Studies and Vice Chair of Health Services Research.  
• Transitions of Care: Examine adolescent transitions from pediatric to adult providers through a pilot project with mentorship from Dr. Megumi Okumura, Professor of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Health Policy.  She is also Medical Director for UCSF Health’s Pediatric to Adult Transitions.  

Applications for fellowship beginning in July 2025 will be accepted through January 31, 2025.   

Stronger applicants will have one or more of the following qualifications: authorship of a peer-reviewed manuscript, experience in data analysis, or other demonstrated research experience.   

For questions about application requirements, contact the administrative director Laiba Ghufran at [email protected].  

Requirements

• Applicants to this program must be board eligible/board certified in general pediatrics and eligible for medical licensure in California.   

The UCSF General Pediatrics Fellowship Program is a 2-year, non-ACGME training program that aims to prepare general pediatricians for careers in clinical and health services research. The curriculum and program expectations include the following:   

• Mentored, scholarly activities that develop the fellow’s skills in research methodology, grant writing and manuscript submission 

• Clinical work two half-days per week aligned with scholarly interests 

• Structured mentorship from program faculty and individual mentoring team  

• Every other week General Pediatrics Works-in-Progress sessions  

• Quarterly department-wide Fellows’ College   

• Opportunities for resident and student teaching and/or mentorship 

• UCSF Graduate Medical Education Resident and Fellow Resources Page 

• UCSF Division of General Pediatrics 

• UCSF Division of Medical Education Fellowship Training