Research Workforce Diversity: The Case of Balancing National versus International Postdocs in US Biomedical Research

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 301-315

  Ghaffarzadegan, Navid ^a,b   Hawley, Joshua ^b   Desai, Anand ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical science; Diversity; National institutes of health; Postdoctoral researchers; Research workforce development

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE; DIVERSITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84897728114     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.2190     Document Type: Article

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