Improving support for young biomedical scientists
| Autor: | Christopher L. Pickett, Harold E. Varmus, Bruce Alberts, Tony Hyman, Shirley M. Tilghman |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Biomedical Research Emerging technologies MEDLINE Constructive Career Pathways Existentialism 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Political science Research community media_common.cataloged_instance Humans European Union European union ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS media_common Multidisciplinary Financing Organized Research Personnel United States Career Mobility 030104 developmental biology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Workforce Engineering ethics |
| DOI: | 10.7287/peerj.preprints.26465 |
| Popis: | Over the past several years, we and others in the biomedical research community have become increasingly concerned that younger scientists are not being adequately supported as independent academic investigators and that, of equal importance, these newly launched investigators are being strongly discouraged from tackling novel scientific problems ( 1 – 6 ). Both issues can prevent talented trainees from aspiring to careers in biomedical research, despite the extraordinary opportunities offered by new technologies and recent discoveries. We view this situation as an existential threat to our profession, demanding that we urgently confront the underlying problems. It is widely recognized that career pathways for young scientists have changed dramatically and that over 80% of those who receive biomedical Ph.D.'s today will be employed in positions other than academic faculty ( 1 , 5 ). The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a report that addresses many important aspects of these cultural changes ( 7 ). Here we focus on the problems faced by those who will renew the ranks of academic research faculty, with proposals that complement the recommendations in that report. Drawing on lessons from Europe and the United States, we propose three steps that could be taken by funding agencies, specifically the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) but also others across the world, to support young investigators in more constructive and effective ways. |
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