Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Goals and Strengths

Our training program draws on the strengths of its association with Texas Children’s Hospital, the largest children’s hospital in the country, and Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, which ranks first in the United States in NIH funding among departments of Pediatrics. Situated within Houston’s Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world, the program offers numerous opportunities for laboratory and clinical research.

Some of the program’s major strengths include:

• Experienced faculty with clinical and research expertise who are committed to fellow education 
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• A robust and varied clinical experience in both hematology and oncology in a quaternary care center with expert multidisciplinary consultative services and state-of-the-art medical facilities
• A comprehensive, didactic curriculum of general teaching conferences (e.g., Foundations of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Problem Case Conference, Research Seminar, Reflective Practices and Leadership, Fundamentals of Clinical Investigation, Fellows College), as well as disease specific conferences (e.g., bone marrow failure, coagulation, hemoglobinopathies, cancer genomics, neuro-oncology, solid tumor) 
• Highly-structured research mentorship in numerous, well-funded laboratory and clinical research programs
• Formalized and comprehensive training in basic, translational, and clinical research with opportunities to receive advanced training in research areas including public health, epidemiology, translational research
• Education and experience in writing grants for peer review