Not exact matches
Early in my scientific
career, I pursued
research while
remaining blissfully unaware of the difficulty of securing a permanent
academic position, especially for women and mothers.
Shatz says the community must figure out how to meet the needs of the next generation of scientists if
academic research is to
remain an attractive
career.
So far 58 of the 60 graduates
remain in
academic medicine and a high percentage are pursuing
careers in laboratory
research.
Two findings of particular interest are: 1) our data suggest that
academic research positions
remain the predominant
career choice of postdocs in the United States, although unequally between postdocs of different gender and residency status; and 2) receiving mentorship training during the postdoctoral period has a large, positive effect on postdoc mentorship satisfaction.