NIH funding trends for neurosurgeon-scientists from 1993-2017: Biomedical workforce implications for neurooncology.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Neurosurgeons represent 0.5% of all physicians and currently face a high burden of disease. Physician-scientists are essential to advance the mission of National Academies of Science (NAS) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) through discovery and bench to bedside translation. We investigated trends in NIH neurosurgeon-scientist funding over time as an indicator of physician-scientist workforce training.

Methods

We used NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORTER) to extract grants to neurosurgery departments and neurosurgeons from 1993 to 2017. Manual extraction of each individual grant awardee was conducted.

Results

After adjusting for U.S. inflation (base year: 1993), NIH funding to neurosurgery departments increased yearly (P < 0.00001)

SUBMITTER: ReFaey K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8684039 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature