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Applications will be accepted exclusively through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).  The application process begins at ERAS in Mid-November for positions opening 19 months later in July (e.g. Nov 2006 for July 2008).   

Application materials and information can be found at: http://www.aamc.org/students/erasfellow/start.htm. ERAS is located at: http://www.aamc.org/students/eras/start.htm. Start dates are listed under "Participating Specialties and Programs".

We request applicants to submit 3 to 4 letters of recommendation, in addition to their Medical Student Performance Evaluation (i.e., Dean’s Letter) from Medical School.  If the applicant has had research experience, we ask the applicant to send at least one letter of reference from a research mentor.

ERAS allows the applicant to personalize their Personal Statement for each program.  In the Personal Statement for the University of Washington program, we prefer applicants to examine our website and state potential fellowship research opportunities that would interest them and tell us the rationale for their research preferences.  We consider the Personal Statement an integral part of the application package.  If the Personal Statement is missing, the applicant file will not be considered.  In addition to our training faculty listed on our website, please note that research opportunities outside of the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are available to our ID Fellowship applicants.

The ID Fellowships through the ERAS program are participating on the “December Start” timeline on the ERAS website.  The completed application package through ERAS should be received no later than March 1 of the year prior to the starting date of the fellowship (e.g. March 1, 2007, for July 2008 fellowship); receipt of applications in December is preferred.

All correspondence to the fellowship training program should be addressed to:

Dr. Wesley C. Van Voorhis
Fellowship Training Program Director
University of Washington
Department of Medicine
Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Box 355330
Seattle, WA 98195-5330
Phone: (206) 616-7217
Fax: (206) 616-3892

Email: eya@u.washington.edu

Interviews are arranged with selected applicants through mid-April.  Interviews are arranged with 6-8 faculty, usually over 1-2 days. When arranging interviews, applicants should indicate potential areas of research interest and/or specific faculty with whom they wish to meet.

Interviews are offered on specific dates.  For the 2007 application period (for those wishing to start their fellowship in 2008), the dates are:

Friday, January 26, 2007
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Friday, March 9, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

More specific information will be given upon your invitation to interview with the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program.

The University of Washington is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer. We are strongly committed to increasing the number of minorities entering careers in academic Infectious Diseases and we encourage application by minority candidates to our program. 

Details about the contract for our fellowship can be found at:

http://depts.washington.edu/daid/fellowships/FPA0708.pdf