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Future of Pediatrician Scientists

Linda L. McCabe, PhD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998;152:839-842.

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Stiehm, in articles from 1985¹ and 1996,² raised an alarm that there were so few National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants awarded to Departments of Pediatrics that medical students could easily complete their training without having contact with a single NIH-funded pediatrician scientist. He showed that successful NIH funding of pediatrician scientists depended on a number of variables, but that most NIH grants were held in a limited number of Departments of Pediatrics. In his 1996 report,² Stiehm demonstrated that NIH funding had increased in the decade since his initial study in 1985.¹ Current information from the NIH web site (available at http://www.nih.gov/grants/award/trends94/ and http://silk.nih.gov/public/cbz2sn3; accessed July 20 and July 7, 1997, respectively) shows a slight increase in research dollars compared with that reported by Stiehm (1996), but a relatively stable share of NIH funding for Departments of Pediatrics. However, what is even more concerning is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

GRANT FUNDING FOR DEPARTMENTS OF PEDIATRICS


COMPARISON OF DEPARTMENTS OF PEDIATRICS WITH OTHER MEDICAL SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS

NIH TRAINING SUPPORT IN DEPARTMENTS OF PEDIATRICS LAGS BEHIND RESEARCH FUNDING

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INCREASING NIH TRAINING SUPPORT FOR DEPARTMENTS OF PEDIATRICS

RECOMMENDATION FOR INCREASED RESEARCH EMPHASIS ON CHILDREN AND DEVELOPMENT

SUMMARY
From the Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif.

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