Fellowship
Fellowship Offerings
We offer a range of fellowships for individuals and communities
- Health Systems
- Residents in Training
- Communities
Why a Fellowship?
There is a significant gap between theoretical training in medical schools in India and the ability to apply this training in clinical settings due to paucity of resources. This gap compels clinicians to begin to improvise alternatives, early in their careers, most often in unsupervised settings. Evidence-based medicine frameworks are not adequately applied leading to divergence from recommended pathways.
Over two decades of literature have documented how this lack of adherence to recommended guidelines from a combination of lack of resources, patient expectations, monetary (mal)incentives, and knowledge gaps have contributed to poor clinical and public health outcomes. The Community Science Alliance fellowship seeks to address this knowledge gap head on by providing closely mentored training to new graduates as well as physicians who have already been practicing for some years.
The CSA Fellowship Experience
The fellowship will be a combination of self-learning, group learning, and e-learning, with mentorship and supervision by experts in India and USA. We expect fellows to dedicate at least 10 hours per week of additional learning time throughout the duration of the fellowship.
Fellows will apply the contextualized clinical pathways in their own practice settings, and will work with a network of faculty mentors and peers to advance their clinical skills in resource-constrained settings.
The fellowship will include modules in evidence based medicine, leadership development, data and digital literacy, and critical thinking and problem solving. Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly programs will ensure a high-touch, high-frequency, learning environment for self-motivated and committed clinicians.
CSA Fellowship Experience
The fellowship will be a combination of self-learning, group learning, and e-learning, with mentorship and supervision by experts in India and USA. We expect fellows to dedicate at least 10 hours per week of additional learning time throughout the duration of the fellowship. Fellows will apply the contextualized clinical pathways in their own practice settings, and will work with a network of faculty mentors and peers to advance their clinical skills in resource-constrained settings.
The fellowship will include modules in evidence based medicine, leadership development, data and digital literacy, and critical thinking and problem solving. Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly programs will ensure a high-touch, high-frequency, learning environment for self-motivated and committed clinicians.
The CSA Fellowship Experience
The fellowship will be a combination of self-learning, group learning, and e-learning, with mentorship and supervision by experts in India and USA. We expect fellows to dedicate at least 10 hours per week of additional learning time throughout the duration of the fellowship.
Fellows will apply the contextualized clinical pathways in their own practice settings, and will work with a network of faculty mentors and peers to advance their clinical skills in resource-constrained settings.
The fellowship will include modules in evidence based medicine, leadership development, data and digital literacy, and critical thinking and problem solving. Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly programs will ensure a high-touch, high-frequency, learning environment for self-motivated and committed clinicians.
Your Impact
At the conclusion of the fellowship, each fellow will demonstrate evidence-based expertise in the most important clinical care pathways encountered in their practice, be able to critically appraise emerging scientific literature and advocate for change, equity and high quality care in their practice environments.
Applications for 2026
For Fellows
Any board-certified, licensed allopathic physician in India can apply. Specific application guidelines will be released in late 2025.
For Host Institutions
Any health system, hospital and community-based organization can apply to be a host organization for CSA fellows, committing to maintaining a set of diagnostics and therapeutics, in accordance with local regulations, that allow safe and responsible clinical practice. Please contact us as soon as you are ready to explore this opportunity.
For Sponsoring Institutions
Any health system, hospital or community-based organization can sponsor their trainees or employees for CSA training, within their own institution or at a host institution. Please contact us as soon as you are ready to explore this opportunity.