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NIH Selects TTUHSC Pharmacy Resident for Scholar Program
Amy Bain, Pharm.D., a second-year pharmacotherapy specialty resident at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy in Dallas, is one of 12 researchers selected to participate in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
The NIH clinical scholars program is administered by the Department of Clinical Sciences at UTSW Medical Center and requires a 75 percent time commitment by the clinician. It is designed to help the NIH cultivate independent clinical researchers who are capable of becoming the next generation of leaders in patient-oriented research. The three-year program involves rigorous coursework and requires the scholar to serve as an apprentice to ongoing research projects while simultaneously conducting his/her own independent research project. Those who successfully complete the program will earn a Master's degree in clinical sciences.
Bain is the second TTUHSC-SOP researcher to be chosen for the program. Ron Hall, Pharm.D., an assistant professor at the SOP campus in Dallas/Ft. Worth, was one of the first researchers selected for the program when it started in 2006.