About Us

	Curriculum Fellows are both educators and trained research scientists. As a result, CFs take a scientific approach to curricular redesign and course improvement, observing and identifying challenges and then designing and implementing modifications. These modifications are then evaluated and refined as necessary. CFs work in a variety of scientific fields including cell and molecular biology, immunology, infectious diseases, cancer biology, computational biology and online learning. To engage in graduate-level curriculum design, each fellow calls upon their own Ph.D.-level content and research expertise as well as their pedagogical training. The CFs work together as a community, sharing their strategies to promote integration across graduate courses and bringing their insights from current educational scholarship into HMS classrooms. CFs also teach graduate, medical, and continuing education students and develop and support diverse paracurricular programming for the HMS community.

Curriculum Fellows are both educators and trained research scientists. As a result, CFs take a scientific approach to curricular redesign and course improvement, observing and identifying challenges and then designing and implementing modifications. These modifications are then evaluated and refined as necessary. CFs work in a variety of scientific fields including cell and molecular biology, immunology, infectious diseases, cancer biology, computational biology and online learning. To engage in graduate-level curriculum design, each fellow calls upon their own Ph.D.-level content and research expertise as well as their pedagogical training. The CFs work together as a community, sharing their strategies to promote integration across graduate courses and bringing their insights from current educational scholarship into HMS classrooms. CFs also teach graduate, medical, and continuing education students and develop and support diverse paracurricular programming for the HMS community.

General Fellowship Information:

The Harvard Medical School Curriculum Fellows Program (HMS CFP) is a three-year fellowship comprised of motivated early-career scientists interested in education-focused careers. Curriculum Fellows (CFs) have diverse academic roles and professional identities, but our work is united by the core beliefs that effective teaching is evidence-based and all students deserve equal opportunities to learn. CFs work closely with members of the HMS faculty and administration to develop, deploy, support, and evaluate evidence-based graduate biomedical education and training. Fellows have gone on to careers as teaching faculty, directors of education, leaders within centers for teaching and learning, discipline-based educational researchers, and higher education administrators.

As a fellow, the majority of your time is spent serving the curricular and programmatic goals of the specific academic department or graduate training program that hires you (see above for links to current openings). This includes opportunities to create curriculum and para-curricular programming for biomedical graduate students across the HMS Program in Graduate Education and to apply and evaluate evidence-based teaching practices. A variety of highly individualized professional development opportunities will help you identify your desired career path and develop the skills and experiences you will need to achieve it. All fellows contribute to the HMS community by attending and presenting in workshops, an education journal club, and pedagogy-focused seminars.

The CFP values a diversity of academic experiences and welcomes applicants from all graduate and postdoctoral institutions. The fellowship is intended for early-career scientist-educators. Applicants should be recent graduates or postdocs with a PhD in a scientific field that prepares you to develop graduate-level curricula specific to the hiring program or department. If you are a current graduate student and expect to receive your degree prior to the start of the fellowship term, you are welcome to apply. A strong interest in scientific teaching and training will be essential for your success, but significant independent teaching experience is not required. We provide a competitive salary, benefits, and relocation funds.

We are committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace culture (https://hr.fas.harvard.edu/inclusive-culture) of faculty, staff, and students with diverse backgrounds, styles, abilities, and motivations. We appreciate and leverage the capabilities, insights, and ideas of all individuals.

Harvard Medical School Mission and Community Values: https://hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/campus-culture/mission-community-values-diversity-statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.