University of Iowa Health Care offers a one year ACGME accredited fellowship in clinical microbiology. The fellowship program combines training in the analytical, clinical, and administrative aspects of clinical microbiology with clinical research experience.

The training is designed to prepare the fellow for a career in academic medicine. Exposure to infection control, molecular diagnostics, and molecular epidemiology is included. The clinical microbiology training faculty is comprised of three individuals of varied backgrounds and interests. The clinical research experience is generally in the laboratories of these faculty but can be arranged in the laboratories of other members of the University of Iowa faculty if desired.

Fellowship Experience Frequently asked questions

Fellowship experience

Schedule/Rotations

Forty-six weeks of the fellowship training occurs at University of Iowa Health Care within the Department of Pathology’s Division of Medical Microbiology. Fellows also complete six weeks of rotations at the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa that includes a two-week parasitology rotation and four one-week rotations in bacteriology/bioterrorism, virology/serology, mycology/mycobacteriology, and molecular diagnostics.

Education/Conferences

Numerous conferences are available. The required conferences are listed below.

  • Microbiology Clinical Pathology lecture series - Oct.-Dec. - 7:30 am
  • Pathology Grand Rounds – Noon, Weekly
  • Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds - 2 pm, Weekly
  • Friday Morning Case Conference - 7:30 am, Weekly
  • Microbiology Case Conference – Noon, Monthly
  • Institutional Infection Control Committee meeting – Noon, 3rd Tue. each month

Research/Investigators

Pathology has historically been defined by the intersection of laboratory science and clinical medicine. Each new advancement in science that has had an impact on diagnostic medicine has spawned a new area of "laboratory medicine", from the application of light microscopy to immunohistochemistry, from serology to flow cytometry, and molecular genetics. In order for a pathology department to lead, and not just follow, it must create and maintain "germinal centers" of those sciences related to human biology and pathobiology. This difficult and fragile process is called "research". It is the strength of our Pathology Department that this process has happened in the past. We are fully committed to its continuation.

Pathology Research Investigators

Program accreditation

The Medical Microbiology Fellowship at UI Health Care is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Information specific to program requirements for a pathology training program may be found at the ACGME’s Pathology Residency Review Committee.