2025 American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), and Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Physician-Scientist Pathways Annual Workshop
The Future of Physician-Scientist Training: Adapting to a Changing Landscape with Inclusive Excellence
Sunday, April 27, 2025, Swissôtel, Chicago
Our purpose is to gather faculty, staff engaged in training physician-scientists at the pre- and post-graduate levels, as well as trainees, to share best practices, network, and explore the theme: The Future of Physician-Scientist Training: Adapting to a Changing Landscape with Inclusive Excellence.
Keynote Address
Supporting early-career investigators: Accelerating the path to research independence
W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD
17th Director of the National Cancer Institute, 2019-2020 President of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
Deans’ Panel
Leadership Strategies for Training Physician-Scientists
Panelists:
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- Jeffrey Balser, MD, CEO, Vanderbilt Medical Center and Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Nancy J. Brown, MD, Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of Yale School of Medicine and C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine
- John M. Carethers, MD, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences at the University of California, San Diego
- Jonathan A. Epstein, MD, Executive Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and Dean of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine
Breakout Sessions
Interactive dialogue on pertinent strategies:
- Institutional funding and programs to support physician-scientist careers
- Bolstering physician-scientist mentorship and research training pathways through institutional and board-level support
- Early career physician-scientists: examining key financial challenges in the transition to independence
Curated Quick Shots
- Gary Koretzky, MD, PhD, Interim Vice Provost for Research and Professor Emeritus, Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University | Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine: The Physician-Scientist: Looking Back, Looking Forward
- Alexandra Nelson MD, PhD, Director, University of California, San Francisco Physician-Scientist Career Development Program: Supporting the Career Development of Physician-Scientist-Parents
- Jennifer Kwan, MD, PhD & Evan Noch, MD, PhD, co-Founders of the American Junior Investigators Association: Overview of the American Junior Investigator Association (AJIA)
- Chris D. Kontos, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke Sports Sciences Institute; Professor of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Professor of Cell Biology, Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, Duke University Medical Center: Insights from the AAMC’s Physician-Scientist Training and Career Development Home Project
Planning Committee:
Chairs:
- Emily Gallagher, MD, PhD, Mount Sinai
- Peter Gruber, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine
- Ashley Steed, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
- 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
- Daniel P. Cook, MD, PhD, University of Iowa
- Holger K. Eltzschig, MD, PhD, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas
- Charles W. Emala, MS, MD, Columbia University
- Patrick J. Hu, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- David Mankoff, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
- Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD, Yale University
- Kyu Rhee, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine
- Don C. Rockey, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
- Tiffany C. Scharschmidt, MD, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
- Jatin Vyas, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
This Workshop was generously supported by:
