Research

Dual Mentorship: residents work closely with both Clinical Faculty Mentors and Research Faculty Mentors. Dual Mentorship ensures that resident research is patient-centered, methodologically sound and ready to bridge the gap from bench to bedside.

Institutional Resources: here at U of M, residents have access to powerful institutional resources, including data analytics, as well as personnel and funding to help them access data, implement research and facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration. 

Presentations: residents have the opportunity to present their projects at our annual Theodore Cole Resident Research Day-- and are encouraged to submit abstracts to national conferences, including AAPM&R.

Protected Time: six weeks of research are provided so that residents may focus on completing their projects away from clinical duties.  These six weeks can be carved from select rotations to enable research time at the point in a project's trajectory where it would be most useful. 

Departmental Research Context & History: residents work with and have access to faculty who pursue research and academic work across the range of PM&R.  Our annual departmental James Rae Scientific Day features departmental research and visiting guest speaker each fall. 

Leadership Opportunity: The position of Resident Research Lead is awarded annually to a senior resident who has demonstrated a special commitment to advancing the culture of resident research at U of M PM&R. The Resident Research Lead works closely with co-residents and faculty to ensure program quality, provides peer-mentoring to underclassmen and presents at least one research-based lecture during senior year.

• Current Resident Research Lead (2024-25): Drs. Jonathan Heyl, Mike Haupt, & Buddy Naber
• Past Resident Research Leads: Trent Hall, DO (2018-2019), Brendan McNeish, MD & Stephan Pirnie, MD, PhD (2019-2020). Stephan Pirnie, MD, PhD (2020-2021), Krishna Sarma, MD, PhD (2021-23), Nicholas Stoyles, MD (2022-2024)