eLife (Oct 2017)
The future of graduate and postdoctoral training in the biosciences
- Peter Hitchcock,
- Ambika Mathur,
- Jabbar Bennett,
- Patricia Cameron,
- Christine Chow,
- Philip Clifford,
- Robert Duvoisin,
- Andrew Feig,
- Kevin Finneran,
- Diane M Klotz,
- Richard McGee,
- Mary O'Riordan,
- Christine Pfund,
- Christopher Pickett,
- Nancy Schwartz,
- Nancy E Street,
- Elizabeth Watkins,
- Jonathan Wiest,
- David Engelke
Affiliations
- Peter Hitchcock
- ORCiD
- Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
- Ambika Mathur
- ORCiD
- Graduate School, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States; Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
- Jabbar Bennett
- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, United States; Office of the Provost, Northwestern University, Chicago, United States
- Patricia Cameron
- Graduate School, Augusta University, Augusta, United States
- Christine Chow
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
- Philip Clifford
- College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, United States
- Robert Duvoisin
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States
- Andrew Feig
- Graduate School, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
- Kevin Finneran
- National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, United States
- Diane M Klotz
- Office of Education, Training, and International Services, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, San Diego, United States
- Richard McGee
- Faculty Affairs Office, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, United States
- Mary O'Riordan
- Department of Microbiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Chicago, United States
- Christine Pfund
- Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States; Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
- Christopher Pickett
- Rescuing Biomedical Research, AAAS, Washington, DC, United States
- Nancy Schwartz
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
- Nancy E Street
- Southwestern Graduate School, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States; Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
- Elizabeth Watkins
- Graduate Division, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
- Jonathan Wiest
- Center for Cancer Training, National Cancer Institute, Washingtion, DC, United States
- David Engelke
- ORCiD
- Graduate School, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, United States
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32715
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6
Abstract
This article summarizes the outcomes of the second national conference on the Future of Bioscience Graduate and Postdoctoral Training. Five topics were addressed during the conference: diversity in leadership positions; mentoring; modernizing the curriculum; experiential learning; and the need for better data on trainees. The goal of the conference was to develop a consensus around these five topics and to recommend policies that can be implemented by academic and research institutions and federal funding agencies in the United States.
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