The pediatric surgeon's road to research independence: Utility of mentor-based National Institutes of Health grants

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-70

  King, Alice ^a   Sharma Crawford, Ian ^a   Shaaban, Aimen F ^a   Inge, Thomas H ^a   Crombleholme, Timothy M ^b   Warner, Brad W ^c   Lovvorn III, Harold N ^d   Keswani, Sundeep G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Funding; K award; NIH; Pediatric surgery; R award; Surgeon scientist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; DATA BASE; FUNDING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PEDIATRIC SURGEON; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST;

EID: 84884675253     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.03.050     Document Type: Article

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