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NHLBI Training Workshop Report: The Vanishing Pediatric Pulmonary Investigator and Recommendations for Recovery

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The adequacy of the pipeline of advanced pulmonary fellows to supply appropriately trained and committed researchers to enter academic careers was the major topic of a recently held National Heart Lung and Blood Institute NHLBI Workshop: Respiratory Medicine-Related Research Training for Adult and Pediatric Fellows. The special challenges and opportunities for the academic pediatric pulmonary trainee were discussed as part of this workshop and are presented as a companion article to the report by the full workshop. Surveys were conducted of pediatric chairs of academic departments and pediatric pulmonary training directors in the United States to examine the current status and opportunities for the pediatric pulmonary trainee. Strategies for recruitment and retention of talented young trainees and junior faculty are proposed.

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We thank the Pediatric Pulmonary Training Directors and the Pediatric Chairs who responded to the surveys of pediatric pulmonary research training.

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  1. Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8117 660 S. Euclid Ave. , St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Thomas Ferkol

  2. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

    Pamela Zeitlin

  3. University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13123 E. Sixteenth Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045 , USA

    Steven Abman

  4. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Dr., 10042, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Carol J. Blaisdell

  5. Stanford School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room H310, Stanford, CA, 94305–5208, USA

    Hugh O’Brodovich

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Ferkol, T., Zeitlin, P., Abman, S. et al. NHLBI Training Workshop Report: The Vanishing Pediatric Pulmonary Investigator and Recommendations for Recovery. Lung 187, 367–374 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-009-9184-0

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