Bridging postdoctoral training and a faculty position: Initial outcomes of the burroughs wellcome fund career awards in the biomedical sciences

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-186

  Pion, Georgine ^a   Ionescu Pioggia, Martin ^b,c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Burroughs Wellcome Co   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CAREER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0037331381     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200302000-00012     Document Type: Article

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