Cardiovascular Fellowship Research

Research track of the cardiovascular disease fellowship

Cardiovascular Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Suhar and faculty provide opportunities for fellows to conduct hands-on, leading-edge research with scientists and physicians who are recognized throughout the world.

Scripps provides opportunities to conduct hands-on, leading-edge research with scientists and physicians who are recognized throughout the world.

Research track of the cardiovascular disease fellowship

The Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program at Scripps Clinic offers a research track for physician-scientists who envision careers involving basic, translational or clinical research, as well as a broad range of opportunities to fulfill the research components of our other cardiovascular fellowship tracks.

Program highlights of the research track

  • The track is funded by the NIH as part of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). This is a coveted NIH grant, which is sought after by every major academic program. There are only 43 CTSA hubs and Scripps hosts the only non-university-based program.
  • The third year of fellowship is dedicated to 10 months of research.
  • The fourth year is spent as faculty while pursuing NIH-funded research.
  • Our research activities are performed in conjunction with Scripps Research and the KL2 Clinical Scholars Program at Scripps Research.
  • All award recipients will pursue a Master’s Degree in Clinical and Translational Investigation from Scripps Research Graduate Doctoral Program. The program has been ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report.

Highlights of research at Scripps

  • For those fellows not in the research track, they may have 7-10 months of research including dedicated time in their first two years
  • The opportunity to work with national leaders in their field of clinical research
  • Institutional research support including statisticians, poster creation and funding for publication

Active research at Scripps

The Scripps Division of Cardiology is involved in a broad range of research activities, as well as many multicenter randomized, controlled trials. 


Fellows may be involved in research in the following areas: