APSA Newsletter - Phi Psi » 2010 Winter, Volume 4, No. 2 » F30, A Physician-Scientist Trainee Lifeline: Survey Identifies Funding Gaps

F30, A Physician-Scientist Trainee Lifeline: Survey Identifies Funding Gaps

Jennifer Kwan, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

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From smallpox and cholera to cholesterol biosynthesis and retroviral oncogenes, physician scientists have played a central role in research, advancing breakthrough innovations in the understanding and treatment of human disease. As academic, industrial and governmental leaders mull over the state of the nation’s biomedical research engine, the jeopardized survival of today’s physician scientist in training must be addressed in order to preserve and revitalize the physician-scientist workforce of tomorrow [1-3]; disappearance of physician scientists from the front lines of biomedical research pursuits would debilitate both the biomedical research enterprise as well as advances in medicine [4]. APSA’s F30 survey results help confirm that one such jeopardy comes from shortfalls in NIH NRSA F30 predoctoral funding and revealed significant funding gaps across a spectrum of biomedical disciplines.