Factors Associated With Success of Clinician-Researchers Receiving Career Development Awards From the National Institutes of Health: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Understanding the careers of recent career development awardees is essential to guide interventions to ensure gender equity and success in academic medicine.

Method

In 2010-2011 (T1) and 2014 (T2), 1,719 clinician-researchers who received new K08 and K23 awards in 2006-2009 were longitudinally surveyed. Multivariable analyses evaluated the influence of factors on success, including demographics, job characteristics, work environment, priorities, and domestic responsibilities.

Results

Of 1,275 respondents at T1, 1,066 (493 women; 573 men) responded at T2. Men and women differed in job characteristics, work environment, priorities, and domestic responsibilities. By T2, women had less funding (mean $780,000 vs. $1,120,000, P = .002) and published fewer papers (me

SUBMITTER: Jagsi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5617758 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature