title: The first fifty years in research.
abstract: It has been an honor for me to write the prefatory article for Volume 4 of the Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease. I decided to describe the first 50 years of my career in research, which started with my entry into medical school. I have tried to outline the numerous scientific mentors who played such an important role in my development as an independent scientific investigator. In general, I have tried to avoid mention in the text of the many, many colleagues who carried out the scientific work, as I would inevitably fail to cite many of them. Rather, I have cited what I think are my most important publications, which identify many of these scientific colleagues. I am now engaged nearly full-time in research and look forward to the next period of research progress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5602, USA. pward@umich.edu
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D010336:Pathology / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States