Global Needs and Barriers for Medical Research Education: Initiatives to Solve the Physician-Scientists Shortage

• Marc R. Schneider,
• Abdelrahman M. Makram,
• Esther Bassey,
• Mihnea-Alexandru Găman,
• Ciara Egan,
• Juan C. Puyana,
• Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar

Affiliations

Marc R. Schneider

Medical University of Varna

Abdelrahman M. Makram

School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, October 6 University Hospital, Giza, Egypt.

Esther Bassey

University of Uyo, Nigeria.

Mihnea-Alexandru Găman

Faculty of Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania & Department of Hematology, Centre of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Bucharest, Romania.

Ciara Egan

Medical Student, Humanitas University, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy. Deputy Editor, IJMS.

Juan C. Puyana

MD, FRCSC, FACS, FACCP. School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, and Clinical Translational Science, Director for Global Health-Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Editorial Board Member, IJMS

Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar

MD, MSc, PhD(c), Department of Ophtalmology; Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Fundación Somos Ciencia al Servicio de la Comunidad, Fundación SCISCO/Science to Serve the Community Foundation, SCISCO Foundation, Cali Colombia. Grupo de investigación en Visión y Salud Ocular, VISOC, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Editor in Chief, IJMS