Rotations
To provide the Fellow with an introduction to the various laboratories with different missions on the campus, 1 week rotations will be scheduled in each of the laboratories listed below. During these rotations, the Fellow will meet several faculty and staff members and be introduced to a variety of tests, methodologies, and research projects conducted in these various laboratories. Such an experience is intended to assist the Fellow in choosing a research interest, laboratory, and faculty member mentor for the duration of the Fellowship program.
| Medical Facility |
Goal and Type of Laboratory |
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Parkland Memorial Hospital (PMH)*
*Base laboratory for the Fellow
|
Experience a large, county hospital laboratory serving an indigent and non-indigent patient population. Chemical Pathology Fellow will have defined daily duties within the PHHS laboratory. |
| Aston Ambulatory Care Center (AACC) |
Experience an outpatient clinical laboratory environment |
| Zale Lipshy University Hospital (ZLUH) |
Experience a small hospital inpatient laboratory environment |
| Children’s Medical Center (CMC) |
Experience a pediatric hospital inpatient and outpatient laboratory environment |
| St. Paul University Hospital (SPUH) |
Experience a small, specialized hospital inpatient and outpatient laboratory environment |
| Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (MDL), UTSWMC |
Experience state-of-the-art testing using a variety of molecular biology techniques such as PCR, SSCP, Western Blot, etc. |
| Immunology and Flow Cytometry Laboratory (I/FCML), UTSWMC |
Experience state-of-the-art testing using a variety of immunological (nephelometry, ELISA, EIA, etc.) and flow cytometry techniques and procedures |
| Forensic Pathology Laboratory (FPL), UTSWMC |
Experience testing, methodologies, and instruments used in forensic testing and toxicology |
| Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) |
Experience a large hospital laboratory dedicated to serving a veteran’s population |
