Clinician Scholar Track
Resources and information for understanding and navigating the Clinician Scholar track for Clinical Department Faculty appointments in the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University.
Clinician Scholar Track
Resources and information for understanding and navigating the Clinician Scholar track for Clinical Department Faculty appointments in the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University.
Introducing the Clinician Scholar Track
The Division of Biology and Medicine of Brown University is thrilled to introduce Clinician Scholar as a new academic track for our Clinical Department faculty. Please use this webpage* as a landing space as you familiarize yourself with the new track, navigate questions you might have, and process faculty actions. If you have any questions not answered here, please let us know by emailing our team at BMFA@brown.edu. We are happy to help!
*Please note that this webpage is intended to introduce the new track to existing processes and will be removed from the BMFA website on October 1, 2025. We recommend bookmarking the web pages linked from this page rather than relying on this page for long-term information.
Frequently Asked Questions
General Resources
Clinician Scholar Eligibility and Requirements
Learn more about standards and criteria for faculty appointment and promotion.
Changing to the Clinician Scholar Track
We built an accordion specifically for requesting a track change to Clinician Scholar. This outlines pathways to change track from clinical and academic tracks.
Appointing a Clinician Scholar
Similar to Research Scholar, Teaching Scholar, Pre-track, and (Research), the Clinician Scholar track must be recruited through a Search or Pre-select.
Reappointing or Promoting Clinician Scholars
Clinician Scholars are on the academic track and so can be reappointed and promoted through the same processes as other academic tracks such as Teaching Scholars, Research Scholars, or (Research) faculty.