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Current physician-scientists (and aspiring physician-scientists) in the lab:
Alice (PI), George (Asst Prof), Kathi (postdoc), Marc (PhD student), Cooper (PhD student), Eliza (post-bac technician)
How shocking is this figure from the 2014 NIH Physician -Scientist Workforce Report?!
How shocking is this figure from the 2014 NIH Physician -Scientist Workforce Report?!
Based on that yellow line, physician-scientists are an endangered species.
What can we do about this?
What can we do about this?
Sometimes, Alice blogs about what it's like to have this career. She has found this career to be above-and-beyond expectation in terms of long-term interest and fulfillment.
Sometimes, Alice offers career advice (see slides below from a 2016 AAN Career Session) because we really need people to enter this career and be successful if we are to develop new therapies.
Most recently, Alice took over a long-running T32 training grant aimed at providing scientific training in the neurodegenerative diseases. She is especially focused on finding and nurturing physician-scientists in this space.
It's not enough, but it's a start.
CareerTalk2016.pdfGoogle Sites
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