Labor and skills gap analysis of the biomedical research workforce

FASEB Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2673-2683

  Mason, Julie L ^a   Johnston, Elizabeth ^b   Berndt, Sam ^b   Segal, Katie ^b   Lei, Ming ^a   Wiest, Jonathan S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Graduate students; Occupation; Postdoctoral fellows; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LABOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; WORK; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER CHOICE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84980401245     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.201500067R     Document Type: Article

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