Policy Recommendations for Optimizing the Infectious Diseases Physician-Scientist Workforce. (14th August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Singh, Upinder; Levy, Jaclyn; Armstrong, Wendy; Bedimo, Roger; Creech, C Buddy; Lautenbach, Ebbing; Popovich, Kyle J; Snowden, Jessica; Vyas, Jatin M
• Is Part Of: Journal of infectious diseases. Volume 218(2018)Supplement 1
• Page Start: S49
• Page End: S54
• Publication Date: 2018-08-14
• Subjects: federal funding -- biomedical research workforce -- physician-scientist -- diversity; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy246
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1899

Abstract

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.