Jefferson is among the most productive radiology departments in the country when it comes to research funding and publication. Here, there is a strong culture of inquiry and collaboration among faculty members that extends to trainees, who are viewed as potential partners as much as students.

As such, residents are expected to fulfill a research requirement as a part of their training at Jefferson. With faculty direction, trainees must complete a project of their own and submit it for publication at a peer-reviewed journal or national meeting. Research credit is not based upon manuscript acceptance, as the emphasis is on understanding the process of generating a question and devising a way to answer it.

Upon arriving in the Department, trainees are assigned a faculty mentor who helps to orient and guide them toward research topics of interest. As trainees discern their own areas of interest, they may seek out a faculty member whose own research aligns more closely with their project.