2023 American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), and Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Research Pathway Directors Annual Workshop
Supporting Physician-Scientist Trainees during Critical Career Transitions
Sunday, April 23, 2023, Swissôtel, Chicago
Our purpose: to gather faculty and staff engaged in training physician-scientists at the pre- and post-graduate level to share best practices and network around the theme of Supporting Physician-Scientist Trainees during Critical Career Transitions.
Keynote Perspectives Address
Strengthening our Achilles Heel: Differing Perspectives to Supporting Physician-Scientist Trainees during Salient Career Transitions
Sallie Permar, MD, PhD
Nancy C. Paduano Professor and Chair of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine; Pediatrician-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center; Professor of Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis at the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Ashley Steed, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Critical Care Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine
Trainee Perspective Panel
Challenges and Opportunities at Transitions
Panelists:
- Alison Affinati, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, ASCI 2023 Young Physician-Scientist Awardee
- Luay Almassalha, MD, PSTP Trainee, Fellow in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
- Mona Mashayekhi, MD, PhD, Instructor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, ASCI 2023 Emerging-Generation Awardee
- Alex Waldman, MD/PhD Student, APSA President, National Institutes of Health-Oxford Scholar, Emory Medical Scientist Training Program
Quick Shots
Rapid-fire session providing an opportunity for the community to share innovative programming they are developing to support residency/fellowship physician-scientist training:
- Carolina Child Health Scholars Program: UNC Pediatric Physician-Scientist Training Program – Provided by Misty Good, MD, MS
- University of Cincinnati Physician-Scientist Pathways – Provided by Jack Rubenstein, MD
- Precision Training: Utilizing Learner-Centered Pedagogy – Provided by Megan Vallowe, PhD
- The Pathways Rotation – A 2 week course to stimulate intellectual curiosity – Provided by Jatin Vyas, MD, PhD
Breakout Groups
Opportunity for interactive dialogue on strategies to retain trainees at key career transitions. Topic focused on how to support trainees during transitions:
- Medical School to Residency
- Clinical Training Back to Research
- Residency/Fellowship to First Faculty Position
Planning Committee:
Chairs:
- Audrea Burns, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
- Christopher Williams, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Committee Members:
- Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
- Rebecca M. Baron, MD, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
- Paige Cooper Byas, PhD, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Keith Choate, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine
- Charles W. Emala, MD, Columbia University
- Holger K. Eltzschig, MD, PhD, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas
- Emily Gallagher, MD, PhD, Mount Sinai
- Patrick J. Hu, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Nima Mosammaparast, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
- Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD, Yale University
- Kyu Rhee, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine
- Don C. Rockey, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
- Ashley Steed, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
- David Stoltz,MD, PhD, University of Iowa
- Jatin Vyas, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
This Workshop was generously supported by:
