Continued impact of COVID-19 pandemic on clinical and translational science early-career researchers. Issue 1 (7th December 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mayowski, Colleen; Meagher, Emma A.; Althouse, Andrew D.; Patino-Sutton, Cecilia; Thakar, Maya S.; Welch, Julie L.; Rubio, Doris M.; White, Gretchen E.
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical and translational science. Volume 7:Issue 1(2023)
• Publication Date: 2023-12-07
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- career development; Clinical medicine -- Research -- Periodicals; Medicine, Experimental -- Periodicals; Human experimentation in medicine -- Periodicals; 616.027
• DOI: 10.1017/cts.2022.511
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2059-8661

Abstract

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic had an immediate impact on the lives and work of early-career researchers. We leveraged a cluster-randomized trial and compared survey data collected over two timepoints to explore whether these impacts persisted. Although more than a year had passed, 74% of participants reported that their research was affected in multiple ways in both 2020 and 2021. These data suggest that the effects of the pandemic on early-career researchers may be prolonged. Our findings additionally serve as an impetus to identify and implement solutions to early-career challenges that undoubtedly existed before the pandemic, but which COVID-19 brought into the spotlight.