The Future of Graduate and Postdoctoral Training in the Biosciences

Overview

Journal Elife

Specialty Biology

Date 2017 Oct 20

PMID 29049023

Citations 26

Authors

Peter Hitchcock

Ambika Mathur

Jabbar Bennett

Patricia Cameron

Christine Chow

Philip Clifford

Robert Duvoisin

Andrew Feig

Kevin Finneran

Diane M Klotz

Richard McGee

Mary ORiordan

Christine Pfund

Christopher Pickett

Nancy Schwartz

Nancy E Street

Elizabeth Watkins

Jonathan Wiest

David Engelke

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Abstract

This article summarizes the outcomes of the second national conference on the Future of Bioscience Graduate and Postdoctoral Training. Five topics were addressed during the conference: diversity in leadership positions; mentoring; modernizing the curriculum; experiential learning; and the need for better data on trainees. The goal of the conference was to develop a consensus around these five topics and to recommend policies that can be implemented by academic and research institutions and federal funding agencies in the United States.

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