Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel's Books

Meeting the Nation's Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Summary of the 1993 Public Hearings

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Studies and Surveys Unit,Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Meeting the Nation's Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Summary of the 1993 Public Hearings

On May 3, 1993, the National Research Council's (NRC) Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel convened a public hearing to gather the views of colleagues on the future direction of the National Research Service Awards (NRSA) program. In preparation for the hearing, the committee formulated a set of questions to be addressed by respondents and consulted with the staff of the National Institutes of Health in compiling a list of individuals and organizations to whom a letter soliciting a response to those questions could be sent. (See Appendix A.) A letter posing the following four questions was sent to over 1,000 individuals: What is the most significant challenge we face today in the United States in maintaining an adequate supply of qualified scientists to sustain and advance health research? What improvements might be made in the National Research Service Awards (NRSA) program to assure a continuing supply of skilled investigators in the biomedical and behavioral sciences in the coming years? What steps might be taken to improve the effectiveness of the NRSA program in recruiting women and minorities into scientific careers? What features of the NRSA training grant might be strengthened to assure the maintenance of high quality research training environments?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

106

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0309083699

ISBN 13

9780309083690

Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

By: National Research Council,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Education and Career Studies Unit,Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

By: National Research Council,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Education and Career Studies Unit,Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

As biomedical and behavioral research progresses into new areas, the number of scientists active in various fields rises and falls, and the health needs of the U.S. population evolve, it is important to ensure that the preparation of future investigators reflects these changes. This book addresses these topics by considering questions such as the following: What is the current supply of biomedical and behavioral scientists? How is future demand for scientists likely to be affected by factors such as advances in research, trends in the employment of scientists, future research funding, and changes in health care delivery? What are the best ways to prepare prospective investigators to meet future needs in scientific research? In the course of addressing these questions, this volume examines the number of investigators trained every year, patterns of hiring by universities and industry, and the age of the scientific workforce in different fields, and makes recommendations for the number of scientists that should be trained in the years ahead. This book also considers the diversity of the research workforce and the importance of providing prospective scientists with the skills to successfully collaborate with investigators in related fields, and offers suggestions for how government and universities should structure their research training programs differently in the future.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

133

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0309172039

ISBN 13

9780309172035

Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee to Study the National Needs for Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Personnel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee to Study the National Needs for Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Personnel

Comprehensive research and a highly-trained workforce are essential for the improvement of health and health care both nationally and internationally. During the past 40 years the National Research Services Award (NRSA) Program has played a large role in training the workforce responsible for dramatic advances in the understanding of various diseases and new insights that have led to more effective and targeted therapies. In spite of this program, the difficulty obtaining jobs after the postdoc period has discouraged many domestic students from pursuing graduate postdoc training. In the United States, more than 50 percent of the postdoc workforce is made up of individuals who obtained their Ph.D.s from other countries. Indeed, one can make a strong argument that the influx of highly trained and creative foreigners has contributed greatly to U.S. science over the past 70 years. Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences discusses a number of important issues, including: the job prospects for postdocs completing their training; questions about the continued supply of international postdocs in an increasingly competitive world; the need for equal, excellent training for all graduate students who receive NIH funding; and the need to increase the diversity of trainees. The book recommends improvements in minority recruiting, more rigorous and extensive training in the responsible conduct of research and ethics, increased emphasis on career development, more attention to outcomes, and the requirement for incorporating more quantitative thinking in the biomedical curriculum.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

206

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0309209935

ISBN 13

9780309209939

Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee to Study the National Needs for Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Personnel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee to Study the National Needs for Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Personnel

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

206

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0309209935

ISBN 13

9780309209939

Meeting the Nation's Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Summary of the 1993 Public Hearings

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Meeting the Nation's Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Summary of the 1993 Public Hearings

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

106

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0309083699

ISBN 13

9780309083690

Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers

By: National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers

By: National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

Are we producing too many PhDs? Does the current graduate education system adequately prepare science and engineering students for today's marketplace? How do foreign students enter the picture? What should be the PhD of the future? These and other questions are addressed in this book by a blue-ribbon panel of scientists and engineers. Recommendations are aimed at creating a new PhD that would retain the existing strengths of the current system while substantially increasing the information available, the potential versatility of students, and the career options afforded to them by their PhD education.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

221

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0309052858

ISBN 13

9780309052856

Pathways to Exploration

Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Committee on Human Spaceflight

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pathways to Exploration

Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration

The United States has publicly funded its human spaceflight program on a continuous basis for more than a half-century, through three wars and a half-dozen recessions, from the early Mercury and Gemini suborbital and Earth orbital missions, to the lunar landings, and thence to the first reusable winged crewed spaceplane that the United States operated for three decades. Today the United States is the major partner in a massive orbital facility - the International Space Station - that is becoming the focal point for the first tentative steps in commercial cargo and crewed orbital space flights. And yet, the long-term future of human spaceflight beyond this project is unclear. Pronouncements by multiple presidents of bold new ventures by Americans to the Moon, to Mars, and to an asteroid in its native orbit, have not been matched by the same commitment that accompanied President Kennedy\'s now fabled 1961 speech-namely, the substantial increase in NASA funding needed to make it happen. Are we still committed to advancing human spaceflight? What should a long-term goal be, and what does the United States need to do to achieve it? Pathways to Exploration explores the case for advancing this endeavor, drawing on the history of rationales for human spaceflight, examining the attitudes of stakeholders and the public, and carefully assessing the technical and fiscal realities. This report recommends maintaining the long-term focus on Mars as the horizon goal for human space exploration. With this goal in mind, the report considers funding levels necessary to maintain a robust tempo of execution, current research and exploration projects and the time/resources needed to continue them, and international cooperation that could contribute to the achievement of spaceflight to Mars. According to Pathways to Exploration, a successful U.S. program would require sustained national commitment and a budget that increases by more than the rate of inflation. In reviving a U.S. human exploration program capable of answering the enduring questions about humanity's destiny beyond our tiny blue planet, the nation will need to grapple with the attitudinal and fiscal realities of the nation today while staying true to a small but crucial set of fundamental principles for the conduct of exploration of the endless frontier. The recommendations of Pathways to Exploration provide a clear map toward a human spaceflight program that inspires students and citizens by furthering human exploration and discovery, while taking into account the long-term commitment necessary to achieve this goal.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

405

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0309305101

ISBN 13

9780309305105

Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

By: National Research Council,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Education and Career Studies Unit,Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

By: National Research Council,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Education and Career Studies Unit,Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

133

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0309172039

ISBN 13

9780309172035

Book's by Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel

Meeting the Nation's Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Meeting the Nation's Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences

Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences

Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences

Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences

Meeting the Nation's Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Meeting the Nation's Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers

Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers

Pathways to Exploration

Pathways to Exploration

Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email