Director
Jane A. Dickerson, PhD, DABCC
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Laboratory OC.8.720
4800 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Associate Director
Joyce Liao, PhD, DABCC
University of Washington
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Box 357110
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98185
Program Administrator Address
University of Washington
Departments of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Box 357470
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98185
Program Administrators
Hazel Gawaran
Education Manager
hazelg@uw.edu
Maureen Ni
Program Coordinator
MaureenN@uw.edu
Affiliated Institutions
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
Harborview Medical Center
Faculty and Research Interests
| University of Washington Medical Center | |
| Joyce Liao, PhD, DABCC | Mass Spectrometry, Laboratory Utilization, Proteomics, Oligonucleotide, Aptamers |
| Daniel Bankson, SM, PhD, MBA, DABCC | Endocrinology, Nutrition, Metabolism, Business Administration, Management |
| David Chou, MD | Informatics |
| Andrew N. Hoofnagle, MD, PhD, DABCC | Proteomics, Mass Spectrometry |
| Petrie M. Rainey, MD, PhD | Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology |
| Jonathan F. Tait, MD, PhD | Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry |
| Mark Wener, MD | Immunology |
| Seattle Children’s Hospital | |
| Jane Dickerson, PhD, DBACC Co-Director |
Pediatric Clinical Chemistry, Utilization Management |
| Michael Astion, MD, PhD | Immunology, Multimedia Computer-Aided Tutorials |
| Rhona M. Jack, PhD, NRCC | Pediatric Biochemistry, Biochemical Genetics |
| Joe C. Rutledge, MD | Genetic Diseases |
| Karen D. Tsuchiya, MD | Molecular Pathology and Genetics, Microarrays |
| Min Xu, MD, PhD | Pediatric Clinical Chemistry, Immunoassay Development |
Program Listing:
Level(s) of training: Postdoctoral
Number of positions available per year: 1 (Dept. funded)
Duration of program: Two years
Approximate annual salary or stipend: Stipend is correlated to the University of Washington’s ACGME stipend schedule, such that a Year 1 fellow stipend is approximately equivalent to an R1PGY1 level, and a Year 2 fellow is approximately equal to an R2/PGY2 level.
Source of funding: Departmental
Current number of trainees: 2 postdoctoral
Number of past graduates (over the last 10 years): 12 postdoctoral
Application Procedures:
Prerequisites
PhD or MD with academic credentials appropriate for ABCC certification; or MD with credentials for ABP certification.
Procedures
See http://depts.washington.edu/labweb/Education/Fellowship/index.htm for further information and to download application forms.
Program Description
The Postdoctoral Training Program in Clinical Chemistry at the University of Washington is the oldest in the United States. More than eighty clinical chemists have graduated from the program to go on to successful careers in leading universities, private hospitals, commercial laboratories and industry.
The goal of this two-year postdoctoral program is to prepare doctoral scientists or physicians for academic careers in clinical chemistry. The training is tailored to the background and interests of the individual fellows. The first month of training is an intensive didactic course in all aspects of Laboratory Medicine. In the next six to nine months, fellows will rotate through all sections of the clinical chemistry laboratories at the University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, and Seattle Children’s Hospital. During these rotations, fellows become familiar with the spectrum of analytical methods and instrumentation used in a clinical chemistry laboratory, along with the interpretation of results from these analyses and with management aspects of these sections. During the remaining 12 to 15 months of training, fellows pursue research relevant to laboratory medicine under the mentorship of Laboratory Medicine faculty.
The fellows also participate in the undergraduate and graduate teaching programs of the Department. There are on-going didactic sessions throughout the training program, as well as small projects to carry out. Fellows take call for problems that may arise in the clinical chemistry laboratory and interact on a frequent basis with pathology residents training in Laboratory Medicine.