The Research Fellow is a position that is managed in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Michigan and supported by a T32 Surgeon Scientist Training Grant through the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). This exciting program is designed to support research education for cardiac, thoracic, or general surgery residents. The program will offer laboratory and clinical/health services research training in pediatric or cardiac surgery. Our distinguished and extramurally funded preceptors' laboratories span the full translational continuum from basic mechanistic work through preclinical and clinical/health services research. Mentored research experiences will be complemented by appropriate formal education, with trainees having the opportunity to receive a Maste