This 2 year fellowship is an immersive program to foster development of health equity research skills through service to underserved populations. Our overarching goal is to foster development of clinical translational scientific skills that increase the fellow’s competitiveness for a position in academia, community health, or a health policy environment. These skills include and are not limited to:

• Patient engagement and communication
• Design and billing of clinical service models
• Grantsmanship
• Clinical trial design
• Protocol development
• Budget development
• Regulatory submissions (IRB)
• Study management
• Deliver high quality patient care services in ambulatory care settings
• Participant recruitment and retention
• Project reporting and documentation
• Present work at a professional meeting
• Author scientific publications
• Clinical and didactic teaching
• Intervention development, implementation, and dissemination

The Primary Care fellowship is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and The Community Health and Social Services (CHASS) Center, Inc., a community-based, not for profit organization in Detroit, MI, that was formed to develop, promote, and provide comprehensive, accessible and affordable quality primary health care and support services to all residents of the community, with special emphasis on the underserved African-American and Latino population. This fellowship will require the successful candidate to be fluent in Spanish, including Medical Spanish.

About Detroit, MI

The City of Detroit is the largest and most-populous city in the state of Michigan. It anchors the second largest regional economy in the Midwest (behind Chicago). The city has a very diverse culture and a rich history. The CHASS Center is located in the Mexicantown neighborhood of Southwest Detroit. Detroit's Mexican population began settling in the area in the 1920s, and waves of immigration came in the 1970s and 1980s, adding to the community. In the late 1980s, the neighborhood was christened "Mexicantown" as part of a public relations campaign. Mexicantown is a thriving community, whose population demographics are 50% Hispanic, 25% are African American, 20% non-Hispanic white and 5% Arab American, according to the Southwest Detroit Business Association. Despite its name, the neighborhood's Hispanic community is not exclusively Mexican, and has a significant number of Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics as well, although over half of the Hispanics in the area are of Mexican origin.

Application Requirements:

• Bilingual (Spanish-speaking)
• PharmD from an accredited university or equivalent
• Completion of a PGY1 residency from an accredited program or comparable ambulatory care experience
• Good oral and written communication skills, ethics, professionalism and ability to work in a team-based environment

This 2 year fellowship is an immersive program to foster development of health equity research skills through service to underserved populations. Our overarching goal is to foster development of clinical translational scientific skills that increase the fellow’s competitiveness for a position in academia, community health, or a health policy environment. These skills include and are not limited to:

• Patient engagement and communication
• Design and billing of clinical service models
• Grantsmanship
• Clinical trial design
• Protocol development
• Budget development
• Regulatory submissions (IRB)
• Study management
• Deliver high quality patient care services in ambulatory care settings
• Participant recruitment and retention
• Project reporting and documentation
• Present work at a professional meeting
• Author scientific publications
• Clinical and didactic teaching
• Intervention development, implementation, and dissemination

Health disparities disproportionately shorten the lives of Black people, requiring us to work on dismantling the barriers facing this community. Fellows will have immediate opportunities to support ongoing research such as a new University of Michigan research initiative aims to investigate how mobile health (mHealth) technology, such as smartwatches and smartphones, can be used to study and improve health behaviors among hypertensive populations. The fellow will also work under a collaborative practice agreement in a community health care center, conduct clinical trial research, and engage in teaching and mentoring of PharmD students. As a part of the research skills development, the fellow will learn how to conduct quantitative and qualitative research including mixed methods studies to assess interventions to address health disparities in underserved populations with chronic disease. Fellows will also gain expertise in the development, analysis, implementation, and dissemination of interventions to address medication related health disparities among underserved populations.

About Muskegon, MI

The City of Muskegon is on the western shore of the state of Michigan, and is one of its most attractive “beach cities”. It was originally founded as a result of the fur and lumber trade because of its strategic location on Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the racial demographics of Muskegon was 57.0% White, 34.5% African American, 8.2% Hispanic/Latino, 0.9% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 2.6% from other races, and 4.5% from two or more races. Muskegon has been home to several companies related to the automobile industry, which, in the World War II-era, attracted many African Americans who migrated from the Southern United States for work, and then established community there.

About Flint, MI

Many have heard of Flint, Michigan because of the water crisis there. But the City of Flint, located in Southwest Michigan, has much more to offer. Flint is the birthplace of General Motors, and many moved to the area to work in the automotive industry. As of the 2010 census, The racial demographics of the city was 56.6% African American, 37.4% White, 3.9% Hispanic/Latinx, 0.5% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 1.1% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. While Flint has been described as “one of the poorest and most dangerous cities in the United States (Detroit Free Press),” in 2019 U.S. News and World Report listed it #115 out of 125 of the top places to live in the United States. And while there is still much to do in rebuilding the city of Flint, the city has secured a new clean water source, and has installed new pipes in almost every home.

Application Requirements:

• PharmD from an accredited university or equivalent
• Completion of a PGY1 residency from an accredited program or comparable ambulatory care experience
• Good oral and written communication skills, ethics, professionalism and ability to work in a team-based environment