PAIR: Researching
Introduction
Completion of a research project is almost always beneficial to early-career individuals, whether or not research plays a major role in their subsequent careers. To be successful in research, you must establish clear goals and expectations for yourself, determine what actually interests you, be open to learning, correction, and even failures, and carefully choose both research projects and mentors. (Michael Bettmann)
Further reading on conducting research
- Bettmann M. Choosing a research project and a research mentor. Circulation.2009 Apr 7;119(13):1832-5.
- Grady EC, Roise A, Barr D, et al. Defining Scholarly Activity in Graduate Medical Education. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2012 Dec;4(4):558–561.
- Hamann KL, Fancher TL, Saint S, Henderson MC. Clinical research during internal medicine residency: a practical guide. Am J Med. 2006 Mar;119(3):277-83.
- Macfarlane MD, Kisely S, Loi S, Macfarlane S, Merry S, Parker S, Power B, Siskind D, Smith G, Looi JC. Getting started in research: designing and preparing to conduct a research study. Australas Psychiatry. 2015 Feb;23(1):12-5.
- Potti A, Mariani P, Saeed M, Smego RA Jr. Residents as researchers: expectations, requirements, and productivity. Am J Med. 2003 Oct 15;115(6):510-14.
- Sansone RA, Wiederman MW, Sawyer RJ. Effective Research Strategies for Trainees in Internal Medicine Residency Programs. The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders. 2015;17(1):10.4088/PCC.14r01712.
Recent Internal Medicine Resident Publications
- Amoateng, R., Seshadri, S. R., Balaji, A., Orji, R., Zayyad, Z., Petit-Frere, W., Sargsyan, M., Barboza, J. S., & Vidovich, M. I. (2025). Massive Cervical-Mediastinal Hematoma After Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. JACC. Case reports, 30(20), 104137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.104137
- Seshadri, S. R., Salem, E., Carlson, A., Patel, K., & Shaker, M. (2025). Acute Fulminant Myocarditis Secondary to Coxsackie B Virus. Cureus, 17(2), e79635. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.79635
- Ben-Tov, A., Achler, T., Fayngor, R., Shamir, R., Supino, L., Weintraub, Y., Yerushalmy-Feler, A., & Cohen, S. (2025). Endomysial antibodies or anti-tissue transglutaminase type 2 IgA antibodies as a confirmatory test in children with celiac disease. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 80(1), 147–150. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpn3.12383
- Dhingra, S., Raman, P., Ramsaroop, T., Harrison, I., Bergsten, T., Nusbaum, E., & Feldman, L. E. (2025). Elevated serum CA 19-9 level mimicking pancreaticobiliary carcinoma from a hepatic abscess: case report and literature review. Frontiers in medicine, 11, 1470046. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1470046
- Carlson, A., Zayyad, Z., Abdul-Kafi, O., Mishra, S., Amoateng, R., Vamenta, S., Briller, J., & Ibrahim, K. (2024). Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Vegetation Migration to the Common Femoral Artery Bifurcation. JACC. Case reports, 29(21), 102698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102698
- Kazi, B., Talukdar, Z., & Schriefer, J. (2024). Quality Improvement Interventions to Enhance Vaccine Uptake in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review. Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality, 46(2), 81–94. https://doi.org/10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000422
- Ali, S., Hassan, A. M., Nwachukwu, D., Niemeyer, M. M., Tanious, M., & Boulay, B. R. (2024). Disrupted pancreatic duct with pancreaticocutaneous fistula after percutaneous pseudocyst drain: conversion to internal drainage with transgastric stents. VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 9(9), 401–404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vgie.2024.05.011
- Knodle, R., Pomerantz, B., & Borgetti, S. (2024). Disseminated Kaposi sarcoma without primary cutaneous involvement in a kidney transplant recipient. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, 26(4), e14323. https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.14323
- Shah, A. S., Ongtengco, A., Qiao, V., Chen, Y., Diaz, A., Hill, M., Bhan, A., Tofovic, D. S., & Darbar, D. (2024). Association Between Family History and Early-Onset Atrial Flutter Across Racial and Ethnic Groups. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(10), e032320. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.032320
- Safadi, M., Whittington, K., Zahner, S., Rubinstein, I., Tsoukas, M., & Sweiss, N. (2024). Recalcitrant cutaneous sarcoidosis treated with upadacitinib: Case report. JAAD case reports, 51, 7–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdcr.2024.06.019
- Pungwe, P., Ukwade, D., Patel, A., Ajayi, T. A., & Ketwaroo, G. (2024). Endoscopic Reduction of an Acute Gastric Volvulus. Cureus, 16(4), e58198. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.58198
- Raza, H. S., Love, J. S., & Mikolajczyk, A. E. (2024). Parvimonas micra Bacteremia: A Rare Complication After Esophagogastroduodenoscopy for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. ACG case reports journal, 11(6), e01378. https://doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000001378
- Raza, H., Naffouj, S., Guzman, G., & Shuja, A. (2024). Autologous Gastrointestinal Graft-vs-Host Disease in a Patient With Multiple Myeloma and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. ACG case reports journal, 11(3), e01281. https://doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000001281
- Sweis, J. J. G., Alnaimat, F., Esparza, V., Prasad, S., Azam, A., Modi, Z., Al-Awqati, M., Jetanalin, P., Sweis, N. J., Ascoli, C., Novak, R. M., Rubinstein, I., Papanikolaou, I. C., & Sweiss, N. (2024). From Acute Infection to Prolonged Health Consequences: Understanding Health Disparities and Economic Implications in Long COVID Worldwide. International journal of environmental research and public health, 21(3), 325. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030325
- Sarraf, P., Agrawal, R., Alrashdan, H., Agarwal, M., Boulay, B., Mutlu, E. R., Tussing-Humphreys, L., Conwell, D., Kim, S., Layden, B. T., & Yazici, C. (2024). Racial and Ethnic Minorities With Acute Pancreatitis Live in Neighborhoods With Higher Social Vulnerability Scores. Pancreas, 53(4), e317–e322. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPA.0000000000002308
- Sun, R., Srivastava, A., Derebail, V. K., Han, J., Molokie, R. E., Gordeuk, V., & Saraf, S. L. (2024). GLP-1 agonists and SGLT-2 inhibitors in adults with sickle cell disease. American journal of hematology, 99(8), 1610–1612. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.27348
- Sharbatji, M., Anand Sachin, P., Abhishek, R., Ali, S., & Ur Rahman, A. (2024). Outcomes of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at United States Teaching and Non-teaching Hospitals: A National Inpatient Sample Analysis. Cureus, 16(6), e61793. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.61793
- Yazici, C., Thaker, S., Castellanos, K. K., Al Rashdan, H., Huang, Y., Sarraf, P., Boulay, B., Grippo, P., Gaskins, H. R., Danielson, K. K., Papachristou, G. I., Tussing-Humphreys, L., Dai, Y., Mutlu, E. R., & Layden, B. T. (2023). Diet, Gut Microbiome, and Their End Metabolites Associate With Acute Pancreatitis Risk. Clinical and translational gastroenterology, 14(7), e00597. https://doi.org/10.14309/ctg.0000000000000597
- Keefe, J. A., Garber, R., McCauley, M. D., & Wehrens, X. H. T. (2024). Tachycardia and Atrial Fibrillation-Related Cardiomyopathies: Potential Mechanisms and Current Therapies. JACC. Heart failure, 12(4), 605–615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2023.11.016
- Garber, R., Mishra, S., Mikolajczyk, A., Goyal, A., Ambinder, D., & Vanchiere, C. (2025). Medical Education and Critical Care Cardiology in the Modern Era. JACC. Advances, 101804. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101804
- Freedman, M. B., Kim, Y. J., Kaur, R., Jain, B. V., Adegunsoye, A. O., Chung, Y. C., DeLisa, J. A., Gardner, J. M., Gordon, H. S., Greenberg, J. A., Kaul, M., Khouzam, N., Labedz, S. L., Mokhlesi, B., Rintz, J., Rubinstein, I., Taylor, A., Vines, D. L., Ziauddin, L., Gerald, L. B., … Krishnan, J. A. (2024). Home Oxygen After Hospitalization for COVID-19: Results From the Multi-Center OXFORD Study. Respiratory care, 69(3), 281–289. https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.11436
- Patel, K., Irizarry-Caro, J. A., Khan, A., Holder, T., Salako, D., Goyal, P., & Kwak, M. J. (2024). Definition of Polypharmacy in Heart Failure: A Scoping Review of the Literature. Cardiology research, 15(2), 75–85. https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1636
- Nickles, M., Hunt, S., Turcios-Escobar, S., Babwah, A., Mobayed, N., Murga-Zamalloa, C., Bain, M., Quigley, J., Rubinstein, P., & Galvez, C. (2024). Richter Syndrome Presenting as Subcutaneous Nodules and a Dermal Plaque. The American Journal of dermatopathology, 46(7), 443–446. https://doi.org/10.1097/DAD.0000000000002720
- Beam, D. R., Szabo, A., Olson, J., Hoffman, L., & Beyer, K. M. M. (2021). Vacant lot to community garden conversion and crime in Milwaukee: a difference-in-differences analysis. Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 27(5), 403–408. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043767
- Desai, K., Slostad, B., Twing, A., Krishna, H., Frazin, L., & Kansal, M. (2023). Application of a Novel Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Calcium Quantification Method to Assess All Severities of Aortic Stenosis. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography, 36(1), 69–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2022.10.023