Policy Recommendations for Optimizing the Infectious Diseases Physician-Scientist Workforce

Upinder Singh; Jaclyn Levy; Wendy Armstrong; Roger Bedimo; C. Buddy Creech; Ebbing Lautenbach; Kyle J. Popovich; Jessica Snowden; Jatin M. Vyas; Pediat Infect Dis Soc

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiy246

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Policy Recommendations for Optimizing the Infectious Diseases Physician-Scientist Workforce

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Policy Recommendations for Optimizing the Infectious Diseases Physician-Scientist Workforce

Upinder Singh, Jaclyn Levy, Wendy Armstrong, Roger Bedimo, C. Buddy Creech, Ebbing Lautenbach, Kyle J. Popovich, Jessica Snowden, Jatin M. Vyas and Pediat Infect Dis Soc

The Journal of infectious diseases, Vol.218(suppl_1), pp.S49-S54

08/14/2018

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy246

PMID: 30124981

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Abstract

The Infectious Diseases Society of America, HIV Medicine Association, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society are concerned by the continued decline in the number of infectious diseases trainees pursuing careers as physician-scientists and the attrition of junior and midcareer physician-scientists. The inability to replace the aging physician-scientist workforce will have a negative, long-lasting impact our biomedical research enterprise and its ability to drive the discovery of new treatments for important infectious diseases. We discuss policy recommendations for securing and optimizing the infectious diseases physician-scientist workforce in the areas of education, training, compensation, and mentorship, as well as ways to improve federal research funding, cross-sector collaboration, and workforce diversity.

Immunology

Infectious Diseases

Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Microbiology

Science & Technology

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Title: Subtitle: Policy Recommendations for Optimizing the Infectious Diseases Physician-Scientist Workforce
Creators: Upinder Singh - Stanford Medicine
Jaclyn Levy - Infectious Diseases Society of America
Wendy Armstrong - Emory University
Roger Bedimo - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
C. Buddy Creech - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ebbing Lautenbach - University of Pennsylvania
Kyle J. Popovich - Rush University Medical Center
Jessica Snowden - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Jatin M. Vyas - Massachusetts General Hospital
Pediat Infect Dis Soc
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The Journal of infectious diseases, Vol.218(suppl_1), pp.S49-S54
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy246
PMID: 30124981
ISSN: 0022-1899
eISSN: 1537-6613
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press
Number of pages: 6
Grant note: P30 AI060354 / Harvard University Center for AIDS Research; Harvard University Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT
Language: English
Date published: 08/14/2018
Academic Unit: Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9985244662902771

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