Bangladeshi medical graduate (MBBS) seeking to live and work in the USA pursuing a career in public health research is a three-part issue really.First, how to pursue a non-USMLE research path in the US, second, how to leverage such research training into an eventual career, third, finding a job and acquiring appropriate visa/residency permits.Non-USMLE paths for a foreign medical school graduate to pursue clinical research that entail direct care of patients in the US are unlikely. However, other biomedical research opportunities are plentiful, especially training opportunities available through the US National Institutes of Health.Information about the various research training opportunities the NIH offers is available at their Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) web-site: Training Programs in the Biomedical Sciences. The most relevant for a foreign medical school graduate is the Postdoctoral Training in the NIH Intramural Research Program
Tirumalai Kamala, Immunologist, Ph.D., Mycobacteriology
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Bangladeshi medical graduate (MBBS) seeking to live and work in the USA pursuing a career in public health research is a three-part issue really. First, how to pursue a non-USMLE research path in the US, second, how to leverage such research training into an eventual career, third, finding a job and acquiring appropriate visa/residency permits. Non-USMLE paths for a foreign medical school graduate to pursue clinical research that entail direct care of patients in the US are unlikely. However, other biomedical research opportunities are plentiful, especially training opportunities available through the US National Institutes of Health. Information about the various research training opportunities the NIH offers is available at their Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) web-site: Training Programs in the Biomedical Sciences. The most relevant for a foreign medical school graduate is the Postdoctoral Training in the NIH Intramural Research Program