The key missions of the University Of Miami Miller School of Medicine are to provide clinical services andquality patient care, conduct clinical research, train medical professionals and scholars, and disseminatepublic health information. The Scholar Career Development Plan proposes to recruit and provide youngpeople and young professionals clinical research training in sickle disease, as it relates its treatment and itscure. Additionally, this research will ensure that experienced professionals working in the area of sickle celldisease are aware of this disease's impact on the community and promote patient advocacy. Experiencedfaculty at the University of Miami will provide mentorship to young sickle cell scholars in order to promotecareer development. Each scholar and mentor will develop appropriate educational and research plans andconduct ongoing training activities as well as periodic reviews of progress. The scholar will be expected toprepare abstracts and posters relevant to their research with assistance from their mentor, with the intent toprepare a manuscript for submission at completion of their research.
| Armstrong, F Daniel; Elkin, T David; Brown, R Clark et al. (2013) Developmental function in toddlers with sickle cell anemia. Pediatrics 131:e406-14 |
| Lo, Joan C; Sinaiko, Alan; Chandra, Malini et al. (2013) Prehypertension and hypertension in community-based pediatric practice. Pediatrics 131:e415-24 |
| Armstrong, F Daniel (2010) Neurocognitive function in sickle cell disease: have we been missing something? Expert Rev Hematol 3:519-21 |
