R. Andrew Taylor
Robert E. O’Connor Distinguished Professor & Vice Chair for Research and Innovation
Join Us
Come do research in emergency medicine
For physician-scientists, researchers, fellows, and students and residents who want to ask hard questions of emergency care: the ways in, and who to ask.
Who we’re looking for
Where you might fit
Emergency physicians
A one- or two-year research fellowship in digital health and AI, for physicians who have completed an emergency medicine residency.
The fellowshipFaculty and researchers
Physician-scientists and PhD researchers whose work fits one of our research areas. We don’t list openings here: tell us about your work.
Get in touchPhD students and postdocs
Our faculty work with colleagues in UVA’s schools of data science and engineering. Find someone whose work meets yours, and ask.
Find a faculty memberResidents and students
Research training is part of the residency, and medical students and undergraduates can do research with faculty mentors.
Research in training
Research fellowship
A research fellowship in digital health and AI
For emergency physicians who want to put digital health and artificial intelligence into practice in patient care.
The School of Medicine, School of Engineering, School of Data Science, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Darden School of Business are all within walking distance. With mature data and engineering pipelines for rapid development and deployment, fellows turn ideas into products that improve patient care in the emergency department.
- A one- or two-year track
- 1–2years
- Clinical time as an attending physician
- ~16hours a week
- Public Health Sciences, Data Science, Statistics, or Darden Business
- 4degree options
Who should apply
- Completion of an emergency medicine residency
- Board-eligible or board-certified by ABEM by start date
- Curiosity about digital health and AI
- Programming skills helpful but not required
What you’ll work on
- AI embedded in every research phase
- Real clinical testbeds in the emergency department
- Clinician- and patient-facing tools
- Diagnostic and management support
- Operations and digital twins
- Data engineering with healthcare standards
- Leadership and funding readiness
Residents & students
Research at every stage of training
Residents, medical students and undergraduates can all do research with our faculty.
Residents
Research training is part of the UVA Emergency Medicine residency.
The residency programMedical students
Research opportunities for medical students interested in emergency medicine and digital health innovation, with faculty mentors.
Ask for a mentorUndergraduates
Hands-on research experience for undergraduate students in data science, computer science and health sciences.
Ask for a mentor
What it’s like
Who you’d work with
Physician-scientists, data scientists and a research office that runs studies in the emergency department every day.
10 research faculty, 3 data scientists and a research office
George F. Glass III
Associate Professor & Assistant Research Director, EMRO
Thomas R. Hartka
Associate Professor & EMRO Director
Mark R. Sochor
Associate Professor & Medical Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics
Matthew J. Trowbridge
Associate Professor & Director of Student and Resident Research
Andrew E. Muck
Professor & Chair, Marcus L. Martin Distinguished Professor
Rita Farah
Assistant Professor & Lead Epidemiologist
Moira E. Smith
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Pavel Chernyavskiy
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Houston Claure
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Get in touch
Apply, or ask a question
One form for the fellowship, for students and residents looking for a mentor, and for anyone asking about working with us.
- Applying for the fellowship
- The fellowship team will reply by email with how to send your curriculum vitae, cover letter and two to three references. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled; early applications are encouraged.
- Looking for a mentor
- Tell us what you’d like to work on, and we’ll point you to the right person.
- Faculty, PhD and postdoctoral enquiries
- Choose “PhD or postdoc research” or “Faculty position”, and tell us about your work and what you’d like to do here.
- Who runs the fellowship
R. Andrew Taylor, MD, MHSFellowship director
Hope DuncanProgram coordinator