(Non-Clinical) POSTDOCTORAL
FELLOWSHIP TRAINING IN ALLERGY & CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AT JOHNS HOPKINS 
Bruce S. Bochner, M.D.
This program provides
laboratory research training experience for scientists with Ph.D.s, M.D.s or
comparable advanced degrees. Such postdoctoral trainees will often apply to,
and be accepted by the individual member of the Faculty with whom he or she
desires to work. Applications for undesignated postdoctoral positions are also
accepted. Such trainees will not ordinarily have clinical, teaching, or administrative
responsibilities, except as may be mutually agreed upon prior to the
Fellowship.
Divisional Conferences & Teaching Programs
Conferences are presently
concentrated on Wednesdays and Friday afternoons. Fellows are given assignments
for presentation at research and clinical teaching conferences at periodic
intervals. Numerous optional conferences, which may be of interest to some
Fellows, are available throughout the University (see below).
A partial list of the
extensive conference and teaching schedule within the Asthma & Allergy
Center and the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions:
Asthma & Allergy Center
- Clinical Teaching Conference Wednesdays, 12noon - 1:00
p.m. (directed by Drs. S. Saini, Bruce Bochner, and Faculty)
- Divisional Research Conferences Wednesdays, 1:00 -2:30
p.m.
- Allergy & Clinical Immunology Conference Fridays,
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
- Summer Teaching Course for new fellows - Wednesday and
Friday afternoons, July - August (Drs. Peter Creticos, Brendan Canning and
Faculty)
- Asthma Center Symposium - One full day, annually in the
Fall
- Journal Club, 12-1 p.m. (once per month)
- Allergy Grand Rounds - Friday, 1:00- 2:00 pm ,
Quarterly
- Evening Journal Clubs – Quarterly, off-site local
Baltimore area restaurants
Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions
- JHU Immunology Council Seminar Series - Tuesday
afternoons at 4:00
- Pulmonary Grand Rounds - Thursday morning at 8:00
- Pulmonary Combined Research Seminar - Thursday mornings
at 9:15
- Immunology Council Minisymposium - One full day,
annually
- Clinical Research Methods Course - Two weeks annually,
in July for second year clinical fellows
- Pediatric Allergy Conference - Monday mornings
- Immunodeficiency Conference - Friday mornings
- Medical Grand Rounds -
Friday morning Hopkins; Tuesday noon Bayview
Stipends and Fees
(JHU
SOM Fellow Compensation Policy)
Stipends
are paid to postdoctoral fellows at the current rate established by the
National Institutes of Health for training programs and special
fellowships. Based on years of completed postdoctoral experience, the
approved stipends offered for FY2010 are found at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-047.html. Stipends for postdoctoral training
are obtained from a variety of sources. The stipend source and any
associated obligations will be discussed with successful applicants prior
to finalization of a fellowship offer.
Applications of candidates
who are not United States citizens or permanent residents are special cases.
Although their applications are certainly welcomed, the Division does not
ordinarily have salary or stipend funds available for foreign applicants and
must ask them to seek salary and travel support from sources within their own
countries.
The Division may accept foreign applicants contingent upon their ability to
obtain such support. Additionally, physicians who are not graduates from
United States medical schools require a special credentialing procedure before
they may receive a clinical or clinical research fellowship appointment.
All postdoctoral fellows,
spouses, and dependent children must be covered by health insurance. It is
required that they subscribe to the School of Medicine trainee insurance plan
unless equivalent insurance is already carried by the individual or by a
sponsoring agency outside the University. Specifications of equivalent coverage
are available from the School of Medicine Registrar's Office. Equivalent
insurance must be underwritten by a United States based insurance company;
foreign insurance is not accepted. The cost of health insurance premiums for
individual fellows is provided by the Division; family coverage is the
responsibility of the individual fellow.
Program
Location and Scope
Johns
Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center
The Allergy and Clinical
Immunology Division is located in the Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy
Center, adjacent to the Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The Bayview Medical
Center, formerly Baltimore City Hospital and then the Francis Scott Key
Hospital, has been a major teaching center for medical school undergraduates
and house staff for many years and became wholly owned by Johns Hopkins in 1985.
The 130,000 square foot Asthma & Allergy Center facility also includes the
Pulmonary Division's research facilities, and the Rheumatology division's
Vasculitis Center. The three divisions operate outpatient clinics and clinical
research bringing these activities into the same building with laboratory
research. The modern, well-equipped Hopkins Bayview Medical Center provides
inpatient beds, including intensive care and a regional Burn Center.
Some clinical and research
activities of the training program take place in other divisions of the
University and at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Department of Pediatrics runs
three half-day clinic sessions devoted to pediatric allergy and one session for
evaluation of immunodeficiency states. These clinics provide an excellent
training milieu for Fellows in Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Consultative services in allergy and clinical immunology are provided for
inpatients in both the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Hopkins Bayview Medical
Center.
Elective time in allied
clinical specialties can also be arranged if desired. Pulmonary medicine,
rheumatology, and immunology-oriented dermatology are well represented.
Training in otolaryngology, general dermatology, and immunodeficiency can be
provided as elective opportunities at the Johns Hopkins Hospital or Bayview
Medical Center.
Interested applicants for
other fellowship tracks (Research Intensive or Postdoctoral Fellowship) should
complete an application for postdoctoral training (PDF of the Postdoctoral
fellowship application;
Microsoft Excel Version) and submit it with the
necessary documents as far as possible in advance of the desired starting date.
The School of Medicine Application for Research Fellowship can he found here (PDF).Selected applicants will be
invited to Baltimore for an interview and further discussion of professional
goals. Fellowship periods generally begin in July of each year, although other
starting dates are possible, especially for fellowships without clinical
responsibilities. Johns Hopkins and the Division of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology have a special interest in encouraging the advancement of qualified
women and minority applicants for training in allergy and clinical immunology.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action institution, actively seeking individuals from
under-represented minority groups for training programs. Grants for travel to
Johns Hopkins for a full day visit to the program and its faculty are available
to minority applicants. Applicants requiring travel grants should so indicate
by letter with their application.
Additional inquiries
concerning Divisional postdoctoral training programs should be directed to Dr.
Bruce S. Bochner, Division Director for non-clinical fellowships or to any
member of the Division Faculty (http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/allergy/faculty/).
CONTACT US
Bruce
S. Bochner, M.D.,Director
Division
of Allergy & Clinical Immunology
5501
Hopkins Bayview Circle, Rm. 2B.71
Baltimore,
MD 21224-6801
Chenelle
Johnson-Louden
Training
Program Administrator
410-550-2191