TY - JOUR
T1 - NHLBI workshop
T2 - Respiratory medicine-related research training for adult and pediatric fellows
AU - Choi, Augustine M.K.
AU - Reynolds, Herbert Y.
AU - Colombini-Hatch, Sandra
AU - Rothgeb, Ann
AU - Blaisdell, Carol J.
AU - Gail, Dorothy B.
N1 - Funding Information:
To this end, a NHLBI-sponsored workshop was held in Bethesda, Maryland, March 3–4, 2009. The objective of the workshop was to promote discussion between representatives of respiratory related professional societies, several pulmonary directors of Institutional National Research Service Awards (T32s), which are a major mechanism for supporting research training in academic Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at medical health centers, representative pulmonary fellows currently in training, and the NHLBI about opportunities for more collaboration in supporting the training of future pulmonary investigators. A major topic for discussion was the current adequacy of the “pipeline” of advanced fellows to supply appropriately trained and interested researchers to enter academic careers. These trainees later would be seeking NIH Career Development (K series) awards and other comparable support from the professional societies and their industry partners. Emphasis was on the physician-scientist completing fellowship training who might most effectively translate basic research into patient care strategies.
Funding Information:
To record the current opportunities and amount of research support for pulmonary and related trainees, the Division of Lung Diseases (DLD), NHLBI, and Professional Societies reviewed their funding programs. An overview of available NHLBI funding for pulmonary and critical care fellows, emphasizing T32 and Individual National Research Service (F32) awards and related programs of the DLD, was provided by Dr. Carl A. Roth and Dr. James P. Kiley. Similar reports about current training/research portfolios were given for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) by Dr. Bruce S. Bochner, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) by Dr. Clete Kushida, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and Chest Foundation by Dr. Alvin V. Thomas, the American Lung Association (ALA) by Ms. Elizabeth Lancet, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) by Dr. Jo Rae Wright, and the Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program of the Francis Family Foundation (PBF) by Dr. Thomas R. Martin.
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - The pulmonary physician-scientist has a special niche to generate basic research findings and apply them to a clinical disease and perhaps impact its medical care. The availability of new high throughput-based scientific technologies in the "omics era" has made this an opportune time for physician scientists to prepare and embark on an academic career in respiratory disease research. However, maintaining an adequate flow through the research pipeline of physician-scientist investigators studying respiratory system diseases is currently a challenge. There may not be a sufficient workforce emerging to capitalize on current research opportunities. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) organized a workshop to assess ways to attract and properly train advanced fellows to pursue research careers in adult and pediatric lung diseases. Participants included representatives from the various pulmonary training programs, respiratory-related professional societies, and NHLBI staff. Deliberation centered on present barriers that might affect interest in pursuing research training, devising better incentives to attract more trainees, and how current research support offered by the NHLBI and the Professional Societies (in partnership with Industry and Patient Support groups) might be better coordinated and optimized to ensure a continued pipeline of pulmonary investigators. Major recommendations offered are: (1) Attract trainees to pulmonary/critical care medicine-based research careers by increasing research exposure and opportunities for high school, college, and medical students. (2) Increase awareness of the outstanding physician-scientist role models in the lung community for trainees. (3) Facilitate mechanisms by which the lung community (NHLBI, professional societies, and partners) can better support and bridge senior fellows as they transition from Institutional Training Grants (T32) to Career Series (K) awards in their early faculty career development.
AB - The pulmonary physician-scientist has a special niche to generate basic research findings and apply them to a clinical disease and perhaps impact its medical care. The availability of new high throughput-based scientific technologies in the "omics era" has made this an opportune time for physician scientists to prepare and embark on an academic career in respiratory disease research. However, maintaining an adequate flow through the research pipeline of physician-scientist investigators studying respiratory system diseases is currently a challenge. There may not be a sufficient workforce emerging to capitalize on current research opportunities. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) organized a workshop to assess ways to attract and properly train advanced fellows to pursue research careers in adult and pediatric lung diseases. Participants included representatives from the various pulmonary training programs, respiratory-related professional societies, and NHLBI staff. Deliberation centered on present barriers that might affect interest in pursuing research training, devising better incentives to attract more trainees, and how current research support offered by the NHLBI and the Professional Societies (in partnership with Industry and Patient Support groups) might be better coordinated and optimized to ensure a continued pipeline of pulmonary investigators. Major recommendations offered are: (1) Attract trainees to pulmonary/critical care medicine-based research careers by increasing research exposure and opportunities for high school, college, and medical students. (2) Increase awareness of the outstanding physician-scientist role models in the lung community for trainees. (3) Facilitate mechanisms by which the lung community (NHLBI, professional societies, and partners) can better support and bridge senior fellows as they transition from Institutional Training Grants (T32) to Career Series (K) awards in their early faculty career development.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00408-009-9172-4
DO - 10.1007/s00408-009-9172-4
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19763688
AN - SCOPUS:71449116675
VL - 187
SP - 347
EP - 366
JO - Pneumonologie. Pneumonology
JF - Pneumonologie. Pneumonology
SN - 0341-2040
IS - 6
ER -