Participants in this fellowship will develop skills necessary to:

• develop expertise in clinical toxicology

• design, plan, implement, analyze and publish original research

• obtain extramural funding

• consult on poisoned patients in a variety of clinical settings

• search and critically evaluate the medical literature

• teach students, residents, faculty, staff and health care practitioners

• present original research at scientific meetings

Primary fellowship activities will take place within the New Mexico Poison & Drug Information Center, a part of the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy. Fellows will also have an opportunity to round on patients within the University of New Mexico Hospital and to collaborate with faculty and staff of the University of New Mexico Department of Emergency Medicine, the New Mexico Department of Health, the New Mexico Office of Medical Investigation and the University of New Mexico Center For Disaster Medicine.