A generation at risk: Young investigators and the future of the biomedical workforce

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 313-318

  Daniels, Ronald J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical workforce; Federal funding; Graduate education; Postdoctoral education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREER PLANNING; COST; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LABORATORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PEER REVIEW; POLICY; POSTDOCTORAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920946274     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418761112     Document Type: Review

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