We are pleased to announce a physician training opportunity in Pediatric and Reproductive Environmental Health. This combined Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School Fellowship is currently recruiting for one position with a start date of July 6, 2026. Off-cycle candidates will also be considered. The two-year postgraduate program is for physicians who are in or have completed a residency or fellowship program with an emphasis on a pediatrics-related specialty. American Board of Pediatrics eligibility or certification in pediatrics is required.

Application requires submission of an application form, updated CV, one-page narrative, and three letters of recommendation, one of which should be from training program director. The link for the application packet is below. Virtual site visits only for interviews. Completed applications and all letters are due by Jan. 5, 2026.

The program’s goal is train physician-scholars who are prepared to lead efforts to address the needs of children and pregnant individuals affected by environmental hazards and climate change. The program focuses on clinical instruction in children’s environmental health, women’s reproductive environmental health, and fundamentals of environmental toxicology. It intends to build core competencies in environmental health. The program emphasizes clinical service delivery, teaching, scholarship, mastering of scientific curricular content and grant-writing skills, development of advocacy skills, critical review of the environmental health literature, risk assessment, and risk communication.

The program emphasizes teaching and research, the mastering of scientific and grant writing skills, and the development of effective advocacy skills and expertise in the critical review of the pediatric environmental health literature and risk assessment. The training sites for each fellow are tailored to their interests. The curriculum covers: didactic curriculum, clinical practice, community or public health engagement, and research or scholarly activities. By the conclusion of the training period, all fellows will meet competencies in environmental pediatrics, including those milestones around medical knowledge, patient care, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems-based practice.

Prior fellows have pursued academic, governmental, and clinical career trajectories. Fellows have access to advanced computer facilities and technologies available at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and other affiliated institutions. Fellows will clinically rotate through the Children’s Hospital Primary Care Center, the largest pediatric primary care site in Boston, and the Pediatric Environmental Health Center, which sees more than 400 patients annually plus 10 to 20 inpatient consultations/admissions annually.

Contact us

For more information, please send email inquiries to Program Leadership:

You may also call 617-355-8177 for more questions.

More information can be found on the website of the Pediatric Environmental Health Center.

For a fellowship application packet, please download the PEHC Fellowship Common Application, or contact Ms. Anna Schlemmer, Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, at anna.schlemmer@childrens.harvard.edu.

Download the Pediatric Environmental Health and Climate Fellowship brochure.

Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School are equal opportunity employers.