TY - JOUR
T1 - Reviving the vascular surgeon-scientist
T2 - An interim assessment of the jointly sponsored Lifeline Foundation/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute William J. von Liebig Mentored Clinical Scientist Development (K08) Program
AU - Thompson, Robert W.
AU - Schucker, Beth
AU - Kent, K. Craig
AU - Clowes, Alexander W.
AU - Kraiss, Larry W.
AU - Mannick, John A.
AU - Yao, James S.T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Sponsored by the Research and Education Committee of the American Vascular Association (a Foundation of the Society for Vascular Surgery), the William J. von Liebig Foundation, and the Research Training and Special Programs Scientific Research Group, Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Chapter 1
Funding Information:
Vascular surgeon K08 recipients tended to be affiliated with academic institutions characterized by a well-developed research infrastructure, and all had been provided with appropriate time, laboratory space, and start-up research funding as part of their initial faculty appointment. Nine of the recipients (47%) had obtained nonfederal extramural research support before the year of initiating the K08 award from other sources, including the American College of Surgeons, the American Heart Association, the American Surgical Association, the Association for Academic Surgery, the Howard Hughes Foundation for Medical Research, the Lifeline Foundation, the Pacific Vascular Research Foundation, the Society of University Surgeons, and the Whitaker Foundation, as well as corporate and industry sponsors.
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The median amount of previous research training for vascular surgeon K08 recipients was 2.5 years (range, 1 to 5 years; mean, 2.6 ± 0.2 years). Eighteen recipients (95%) had performed laboratory-based research during general surgery residency (median duration, 2.0 years; range, 0 to 4 years; mean, 1.9 ± 0.2 years) and 13 (68%) during vascular surgery fellowship (median duration, 1.0 years; range, 0 to 1 years; mean, 0.7 ± 0.1 years). Twelve individuals (63%) had performed research during both residency and fellowship. Six of the recipients (32%) had received previous NIH support through an individual (F32) or institutional (T32) National Research Service Award (NRSA) during the time of their research training, three (16%) had held an award from the American Heart Association, and two (11%) had obtained scholarship funding through a nonprofit surgical foundation or academic society. The median number of peer-reviewed publications per recipient before the year of K08 application was 21.0 (range, 9 to 116; mean, 28.4 ± 6.2), including 10.0 research papers (range, 2 to 95; mean, 15.2 ± 4.7) and 8.0 clinical papers (range, 2 to 61; mean, 13.2 ± 3.2).
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - The Lifeline Foundation/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute William J. von Liebig Mentored Clinical Scientist Development (K08) Award program was established as a unique partnership to support vascular surgeon-scientists. Between 1999 and 2005, 39 applications were submitted, and the overall funding rate was 49% (14 von Liebig K08s and 5 additional NHLBI K08s). Vascular surgeon K08 recipients (median age, 38 years) had held faculty appointments for 2.5 ± 0.4 years, with 2.6 ± 0.2 years of previous research experience and 28.4 ± 6.2 publications. These individuals subsequently authored 5.1 ± 0.8 peer-reviewed publications per recipient per year, of which 35% were research and 65% were clinical. Six of seven holding the K08 over 3 years had received academic promotion, and all five completing the 5-year award had achieved independent investigator status with National Institutes of Health support. The von Liebig K08 program has therefore been an effective vehicle to stimulate research career development in the field of vascular surgery.
AB - The Lifeline Foundation/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute William J. von Liebig Mentored Clinical Scientist Development (K08) Award program was established as a unique partnership to support vascular surgeon-scientists. Between 1999 and 2005, 39 applications were submitted, and the overall funding rate was 49% (14 von Liebig K08s and 5 additional NHLBI K08s). Vascular surgeon K08 recipients (median age, 38 years) had held faculty appointments for 2.5 ± 0.4 years, with 2.6 ± 0.2 years of previous research experience and 28.4 ± 6.2 publications. These individuals subsequently authored 5.1 ± 0.8 peer-reviewed publications per recipient per year, of which 35% were research and 65% were clinical. Six of seven holding the K08 over 3 years had received academic promotion, and all five completing the 5-year award had achieved independent investigator status with National Institutes of Health support. The von Liebig K08 program has therefore been an effective vehicle to stimulate research career development in the field of vascular surgery.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.02.045
DO - 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.02.045
M3 - Article
C2 - 17544018
AN - SCOPUS:34249655202
SN - 0741-5214
VL - 45
SP - A2-A7
JO - Journal of Vascular Surgery
JF - Journal of Vascular Surgery
IS - 6 SUPPL.
ER -