TY - JOUR
T1 - A Call to Action
T2 - Urgently Strengthening the Future Physician-Scientist Workforce in Infectious Diseases
AU - Swartz, Talia H.
AU - Apewokin, Senu
AU - Carpenter, Stephen M.
AU - Chakraborty, Rana
AU - Dennis, Ann M.
AU - Houpt, Eric
AU - Surana, Neeraj K.
AU - Zerr, Danielle M.
AU - Pirofski, Liise Anne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
PY - 2024/3/15
Y1 - 2024/3/15
N2 - Infectious diseases (ID) research is vital for global public health, typically led by physician-scientists. This Perspective addresses challenges in the ID workforce and suggests solutions. Physician-scientists have made key discoveries that have significantly impacted human health. The importance of ID research in understanding diseases, leading to treatments and vaccines, is emphasized, along with the need to address persistent and new infections, antimicrobial resistance, and threats like HIV and influenza. The paper analyzes the physician-scientist workforce's struggles, including funding, training, and research-practice integration gaps. We suggest increased funding, better training, and mentorship, more collaborative and interdisciplinary research, and improved recognition systems. The article stresses the urgency of supporting physician-scientists in ID, advocating for proactive prevention and preparedness, and calls for immediate action to enhance ID research and care.
AB - Infectious diseases (ID) research is vital for global public health, typically led by physician-scientists. This Perspective addresses challenges in the ID workforce and suggests solutions. Physician-scientists have made key discoveries that have significantly impacted human health. The importance of ID research in understanding diseases, leading to treatments and vaccines, is emphasized, along with the need to address persistent and new infections, antimicrobial resistance, and threats like HIV and influenza. The paper analyzes the physician-scientist workforce's struggles, including funding, training, and research-practice integration gaps. We suggest increased funding, better training, and mentorship, more collaborative and interdisciplinary research, and improved recognition systems. The article stresses the urgency of supporting physician-scientists in ID, advocating for proactive prevention and preparedness, and calls for immediate action to enhance ID research and care.
KW - career
KW - infectious diseases (ID)
KW - physician-Scientist
KW - research
KW - workforce
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U2 - 10.1093/infdis/jiad610
DO - 10.1093/infdis/jiad610
M3 - Review article
C2 - 38309710
AN - SCOPUS:85187783769
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 229
SP - 625
EP - 629
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 3
ER -
