The Department typically hosts around 10 Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) posts at any time with a small number of new posts each year.
These posts offer the opportunity for clinicians in training to spend 25% protected time on academic research. The remaining 75% is spent in clinical training. ACF posts are up to 3 years for most specialities and 4 years for General Practice.
For the academic component of the training, ACFs are hosted within one of the research groups within the Department where they benefit from individually tailored academic mentoring and supervision from a senior academic to develop knowledge, understanding and skills in research methods. This includes practical experience of research and opportunities to conduct and publish well defined personal research projects.
Our ACFs in General Practice are also encouraged to complete the University of Cambridge Masters Programme in Population Health Sciences, either full time over one year or part time over two years.
The Primary Care Research theme within that programme has been developed specifically to provide ACFs in General Practice with high level training in research methodology, including epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, and the use of routinely collected primary care record data.
All ACFs are also encouraged and supported in applications for further research funding and/or an application for a doctoral training fellowship.
Current ACFs
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Dr Rosalie Brooman-White Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice |
Dr Kathryn Dixon Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice |
Dr Rozelle Kane Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice |
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Dr Eva Khair Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice |
Dr Christiane Riedinger Academic Clinical Fellow in Genera Practice |
Dr Claudia Snudden Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice |
Contact Us
Specific enquiries about the academic component of ACF programmes within the Department scheme should be addressed to the relevant Programme Director:
- ACFs in General Practice Programme Director – Dr Juliet Usher-Smith (jau20@medschl.cam.ac.uk)
- ACFs in Palliative Medicine Programme Directors – Prof Stephen Barclay (sjgb2@medschl.cam.ac.uk) and Dr Anna Spathis (aos10@medschl.cam.ac.uk)
- Prof Nora Pashayan, np275@medschl.cam.ac.uk is the academic lead for academic registrars in Public Health for placement in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care.
Enquiries regarding the application process, Oriel, interview arrangements and similar should be directed to the Recruitment Helpdesk at NHS England East of England.
General enquiries about clinical academic training in Cambridge should be directed to the Clinical Academic Training Office (cato@medschl.cam.ac.uk).
Further Information
Further information on ACF posts is available from the following websites:
- The National Institute for Health Research Integrated Academic training
- The Society of Academic Primary Care
- The University of Cambridge Postgraduate Education and Clinical Academic Training Office
- The University of Cambridge Clinical Academic Training Office information for prospective applicants
- The Academy of Medical Science Guidelines for monitoring academic training and progress.
- Programme Handbook for specialised Foundation Programme Trainees and Academic Clinical Fellows starting in August 2023 (available to members and visitors of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care only).