Recognizing the need to bolster retention on the physician-scientist career path, in 2020, the ASCI formed the Physician-Scientist Development Committee (PSDC) which monitors, creates, and supports programming for early-career physician-scientists. PSDC projects include:
- Increasing longitudinal programming for our Early-Career Awardees, including our Young Physician-Scientist Awardees and our Emerging-Generation Awardees, which includes:
- Leadership development workshops
- Virtual and in-person networking opportunities
- Panel discussions on topics including Funding, Publishing, Hiring, and Negotiating
- The Physician Scientist Pathway Series, which brings our early-career awardees and members together with an esteemed and established colleague to converse about the physician-scientist career path
- Presidential Panels connect early-career awardees with past, present, and future ASCI Presidents to informally discuss the physician-scientist career path
- Multidisciplinary peer review groups
2025-2026 Committee Leadership:
Vice Chair
University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
2025-2026 General Assembly:
Ben Afzali, MD, PhD, FRCP (NIH, NIDDK)
Sean Agbor-Enoh, MD, PhD (NIH, NHLBI)
Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD (University of California, Los Angeles)
Cesar Arias, MD, MSc, PhD (Houston Methodist, Texas Medical Center)
Nisha Bansal, MD, MAS (University of Washington)
Brian DeBosch, MD, PhD (Indiana University)
Paul Cohen, MD, PhD (The Rockefeller University)
Hitesh Deshmukh, MD, PhD (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)
Julie Goodwin, MD (Yale University)
Rajan Jain, MD (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine)
Deborah Lenschow, MD, PhD (Washington University)
Harmeet Malhi, MBBS (Mayo Clinic)
Steven Mansoor, MD, PhD (Oregon Health & Science University)
Alison Morris, MD, MS (Rutgers University)
Javid Moslehi, MD (University of California, San Francisco)
Ken Nakamura, MD, PhD (Gladstone Institutes and UCSF)
Patrick Nana-Sinkam, MD (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Eric Schmidt, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Benjamin Singer, MD, PhD (Northwestern University)
Jatin Vyas, MD, PhD (Columbia University)
David Weinstock, MD (Merck Research Laboratory)
Lilei Zhang, MD, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine)
Consulting Members:
Alexander Bick, MD, PhD (2025 Seldin~Smith Awardee)
Maria Basil, MD, PhD (2024 YPSA)
Sagar Bapat, MD, PhD (2025 YPSA)
Alicia Rizzo, MD, PhD (2025 YPSA)
Kathryn Gessner, MD, PhD (2024 E-Gen)
Mark Pepin, MD, MS, PhD (2025 E-Gen)
Jaime Schneider, MD, PhD (2025 E-Gen)
Rohini Guin (APSA President)
Jessica Ding (APSA President-Elect)
Please direct any questions about the Physician-Scientist Development Committee to programs@the-asci.org.