As noted earlier, there are fewer high - ranking women faculty members at academic medical centers, so finding established women physician researchers to serve as mentors can be difficult. (sciencemag.org)
The goal of the Damon Runyon award — the first clinical scientist grant program to offer loan repayment — is to help retain physician researchers who otherwise might choose a different career path. (sciencemag.org)
He was, for example, the first physician researcher to question the safety of Vioxx — and unlike most who raise safety questions, actually succeed in bringing the concerns to public attention. (amazon.com)