KEY INITIATIVE:
RECRUITMENT OF CLINICAL
INVESTIGATORS
Organizational Priority #1
Improve infrastructure and develop new services for intramural
clinical research program to support growth in clinical activity.
Leader(s)
Michael Gottesman, John Gallin
Collaborators
Medical Executive Committee, Clinical Research Revitalization
Committee (Stephen Straus), NIH Office of Medical Education
Description
A key component to developing a strong clinical research program
is the ability to maintain a healthy pipeline of clinical investigators.
The intramural clinical research program must create an environment
that attracts talented clinician scientists to seek career opportunities
at NIH, including adequate space in which to conduct studies.
Attracting clinical investigators has received heightened attention
in the last few years including the Advisory Committee to the
Director, NIH (co-chaired by Drs. Gail Cassell and Paul Marks)
"Report on the Intramural Research Program" in April
1994 and the intramural program committee (chaired by Dr. Stephen
Straus) "Report on Recruitment and Career Development of
Clinical Investigators" in March 1997. The Clinical Center
must partner with the efforts of the intramural programs to make
the infrastructure improvements needed to directly support recruitment
of the best clinical investigators.
Accomplishments-to-Date
- Straus committee identified recruitment of clinical investigators
as a key target area for improvement
- Pace for tenuring clinical investigators has been accelerated
- Current volume of NIH advertisements for clinical investigators
has risen (about 35% of the most recent 50 ads were NIH recruitments)
- CC Advisory Council and others identified space as rate-limiting
factor in investigator recruitment
- CC Board of Governors invited the Deputy Director for Intramural
Research to address space concerns in the intramural program
at January 29, 1999 meeting
FY2000 Goals
- Foster enhanced collaboration in the intramural program to
address this issue
- Identify additional space to support clinical research functions
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