University of Minnesota

TRAINING PROGRAM DIRECTOR:  Shannon Andrews, MD

ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Laura Norton, MD, MS

COORDINATOR:  Sid Clark

CHIEF, INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Laura Norton, MD, MS

MAJOR FEATURES OF TRAINING PROGRAM: The University of Minnesota Peds ID Fellowship prepares pediatricians for board certification and academic careers through comprehensive clinical training across diverse settings and research focused on advancing pediatric infectious disease care.

TITLE(S) OF RECENT FELLOWS’ PUBLISHED RESEARCH PAPERS:

1. Clinical Performance of Plasma Metagenomic Sequencing in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients, PMID 38483068
2. Advanced HIV disease: A review of diagnostic and prophylactic strategies, PMID 37041113
3. A Lytic Bone Lesion in a 23-month-old Boy from Kenya, PMID 38556514
4. Summer Outbreak of Severe RSV-B Disease, Minnesota, 2017 Associated with Emergence of a Genetically Distinct Viral Lineage, PMID 32083677

GRANT FUNDING RECEIVED FOR FELLOW RESEARCH PROJECTS:

1. LEAP Grant, 1 fellow
2. CATCH grant, 1 fellow
3. NIH T-32 Training Grant, 3 fellows

AFFILIATED HOSPITAL:

University of Minnesota, Masonic Children’s Hospital

NUMBER OF INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT CONSULTS PER YEAR:  1,267

FELLOWS ACCEPTED PER YEAR:  1

VISAS ACCEPTED:  J1

FUNDING ENSURED FOR ALL 3 YEARS:  Yes

IS COMPLETION OF PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING IN THE U.S. OR CANADA A REQUIREMENT:  Yes

Program provides training (didactic lectures, hands on experience, or antimicrobial stewardship meetings/membership) in:

1. Microbiology lab on site
2. Infection control and hospital epidemiology
3. Antimicrobial stewardship
4. Immunocompromised hosts

Opportunities to fulfill the ABP requirements for scholarly activity is available in the following general areas:

1. Antimicrobial agents
2. Antimicrobial stewardship
3. Bacteriology/bacterial infections
4. Bioethics
5. Clinical trials
6. Epidemiology and statistics
7. Global health
8. HIV
9. Immunizations
10. Infection control/hospital epidemiology
11. Medical education
12. Mycology/fungal infections
13. Parasitology/parasitic diseases
14. Public health
15. Quality improvement
16. Transplant medicine
17. Virology/viral diseases

Opportunities exist for research outside of the ID Division:  Yes

Program offers the opportunity to obtain a Master’s degree in a field such as Public Health, Education, Clinical Sciences, or Epidemiology (assuming appropriate arrangements are made):  No