The Next Generation of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences Researchers
The Next Generation of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences Researchers
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下一代生物医学和行为科学研究人员
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2018
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L. Beninson
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作者：
R. Daniels;L. Beninson
自第二次世界大战结束以来，美国发展了世界上卓越的生物医学研究体系，这一体系促进了革命性的医学进步，以及充满活力和创新的商业部门，为美国经济创造了高质量的就业机会，推动了经济产出和出口。然而，人们越来越担心，生物医学研究企业受到几个核心挑战的困扰，这些挑战削弱了它的活力、前景和生产率，可能会削弱它在国家健康和生物医学产业创新中的关键作用。其中最突出的挑战是，有资格作为学术研究人员参与这一体系的科学家数量迅速增加，与在学术界建立长期研究生涯的机会难觅之间的差距。多年来，为应对年轻科学家面临的挑战而拼凑而成的措施，使这家美国生物医学企业继续在科学和医学方面取得重大进展。然而，这些措施并没有解决系统中的结构性弱点，在某些情况下，年轻科学家会付出巨大的机会成本。这些悬而未决的问题可能会削弱美国从各个阶层招募最优秀的人才从事生物医学研究的能力，并引发人们对这样一个体系的担忧，即这个体系可能更倾向于日益保守的研究提案，而不是高风险的创新想法。下一代生物医学和行为科学研究人员：突破评估了影响过渡到生物医学和行为科学领域独立研究职业的因素，并提供了改善这些过渡的建议。这些建议规划了一条通往生物医学研究企业的道路，该企业具有竞争力、严谨、公平、充满活力，可以吸引全国各地的最优秀人才。
Since the end of the Second World War, the United States has developed the world's preeminent system for biomedical research, one that has given rise to revolutionary medical advances as well as a dynamic and innovative business sector generating high-quality jobs and powering economic output and exports for the U.S. economy. However, there is a growing concern that the biomedical research enterprise is beset by several core challenges that undercut its vitality, promise, and productivity and that could diminish its critical role in the nation's health and innovation in the biomedical industry.Among the most salient of these challenges is the gulf between the burgeoning number of scientists qualified to participate in this system as academic researchers and the elusive opportunities to establish long-term research careers in academia. The patchwork of measures to address the challenges facing young scientists that has emerged over the years has allowed the U.S. biomedical enterprise to continue to make significant scientific and medical advances. These measures, however, have not resolved the structural vulnerabilities in the system, and in some cases come at a great opportunity cost for young scientists. These unresolved issues could diminish the nation's ability to recruit the best minds from all sectors of the U.S. population to careers in biomedical research and raise concerns about a system that may favor increasingly conservative research proposals over high-risk, innovative ideas.The Next Generation of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences Researchers: Breaking Through evaluates the factors that influence transitions into independent research careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences and offers recommendations to improve those transitions. These recommendations chart a path to a biomedical research enterprise that is competitive, rigorous, fair, dynamic, and can attract the best minds from across the country.