Research Opportunities
We love working with students and fellows who want to get involved in research on the social environment and health. If you would like to do an internship with us, please email Dr. Kershaw a statement of interest and your CV.
Fellowships
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology & Prevention T32 Fellowship
This fellowship is funded by the National Institutes of Health Training Grant (T32). Fellows are expected to gain experience in study design and conducting statistical analyses of cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemiologic or prevention research. Researched is expected to leads to presentations and publications in peer-reviewed journals. Research topics include CVD risk estimation, health services research, global CVD, molecular epidemiology and genetic epidemiology. If you are looking for a postdoctoral fellowship, please consider applying for the Department of Preventive Medicine’s Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology & Prevention T32 Fellowship.
Behavioral and Psychosocial Research Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control
This fellowship is a NCI-funded T32 postdoctoral program. Fellows will work at the interface between behavioral and social science, technology, clinical oncology and cancer biology. Topics include fundamentals of cancer biology and clinical oncology, theory-based, technology-supported behavioral interventions, outcomes science and measurement, novel research designs using multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), and community engagement strategies. If you are looking for a postdoctoral fellowship, please consider applying for the Department of Preventive Medicine’s Behavioral and Psychosocial T32 Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control.
MD Student Research Programs
Area of Scholarly Concentration (AOSC) Program
Most MD students are required to fulfill their AOSC graduation requirement as a part of their curriculum. This program aims to involve in students in research and scholarly activity. In the Social and Health Environment lab, students will be involved in a mentored-research project that will provide experience literature search, data cleaning, conduct statistical analysis, and publish study findings. Students’ research are expected to lead to presentations and publications in peer-reviewed journals. MD students can learn more about the AOSC requirements here.
Research Intensive Scholarly Emphasis (RISE) Program
The RISE program provides an opportunity for students to spend an extra, funded year of mentored research during their training. Students’ experiences and expectations will be the same as that of an AOSC student (listed above). However, MD students must apply into the RISE Program. If you are looking for a MD research program, please consider applying for the Feinberg of Medicine’s RISE Program.
1: Mayne SL, Pellissier BF, Kershaw KN. Neighborhood physical disorder and adverse pregnancy outcomes among women
in Chicago: A cross-sectional analysis of electronic health record data. J Urban Health. 2019 Nov 14. 2: Kershaw KN, Klikuszowian E, Schrader L, Siddique J, Van Horn L, Womack VY, Zenk SN. Assessment of the Influence
of food attributes on meal choice selection by socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity among women living in
Chicago, USA: A discrete choice experiment. Appetite. 2019 Aug 1;139:19-25. 3: Kelman J, Pool LR, Gordon-Larsen P, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Rana JS, Kershaw KN. Associations of unhealthy food environment
with the development of coronary artery calcification: The CARDIA Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Feb19;8(4):e010586. 4: Mayne SL, Jacobs DR Jr, Schreiner PJ, Widome R, Gordon-Larsen P, Kershaw KN. Associations of smoke-free policies
in restaurants, bars, and workplaces with blood pressure changes in the CARDIA Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Dec 4;7(23):e009829. 5: Mayne SL, Hicken MT, Merkin SS, Seeman TE, Kershaw KN, Do DP, Hajat A, Diez Roux AV. Neighbourhood racial/ethnic
residential segregation and cardiometabolic risk: the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2019 Jan;73(1):26-33. 6: Mayne SL, Yellayi D, Pool LR, Grobman WA, Kershaw KN. Racial residential segregation and hypertensive disorder
of pregnancy among women in Chicago: Analysis of electronic health record data. Am J Hypertens. 2018 Oct 15;31(11):1221-1227. 7: Mayne SL, Jose A, Mo A, Vo L, Rachapalli S, Ali H, Davis J, Kershaw KN. Neighborhood disorder and obesity-related
outcomes among women in Chicago. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Jul 3;15(7). 8: Mayne SL, Moore KA, Powell-Wiley TM, Evenson KR, Block R, Kershaw KN. Longitudinal associations of neighborhood
crime and perceived safety with blood pressure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am J Hypertens. 2018 Aug 3;31(9):1024-1032. 9: Mayne SL, Gordon-Larsen P, Schreiner PJ, Widome R, Jacobs DR, Kershaw KN. Longitudinal associations of cigarette
prices with smoking cessation: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Nicotine Tob Res. 2019 Apr 17;21(5):678-685. 10: Mayne SL, Widome R, Carroll AJ, Schreiner PJ, Gordon-Larsen P, Jacobs DR Jr, Kershaw KN. Longitudinal associations
of smoke-free policies and incident cardiovascular disease. Circulation. 2018 Aug 7;138(6):557-566. 11: Salow AD, Pool LR, Grobman WA, Kershaw KN. Associations of neighborhood-level racial residential segregation
with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Mar;218(3):351.e1-351.e7. 12: Mayne SL, Pool LR, Grobman WA, Kershaw KN. Associations of neighbourhood crime with adverse pregnancy outcomes
among women in Chicago: Analysis of electronic health records from 2009 to 2013. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2018 Mar;72(3):230-236.
13: Vo L, Albrecht SS, Kershaw KN. Multilevel interventions to prevent and reduce obesity. Curr Opin Endocr Metab Res.
2019 Feb;4:62-69. Review.
14: Kershaw KN, Pender AE. Racial/ethnic residential segregation, obesity, and diabetes mellitus. Curr Diab Rep.
2016 Nov;16(11):108. Review.