title: Clinical research careers: reports from a NHLBI pediatric heart network clinical research skills development conference.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Wyman W. Lai, MD, MPH, and Victoria L. Vetter, MD, MPH. The Pediatric Heart Network (PHN), funded under the U.S. National Institutes of Health-National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH-NHLBI), includes two Clinical Research Skills Development (CRSD) Cores, which were awarded to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and to the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian. To provide information on how to develop a clinical research career to a larger number of potential young investigators in pediatric cardiology, the directors of these two CRSD Cores jointly organized a one-day seminar for fellows and junior faculty from all of the PHN Core sites. The participants included faculty members from the PHN and the NHLBI. The day-long seminar was held on April 29, 2009, at the NHLBI site, immediately preceding the PHN Steering Committee meeting in Bethesda, MD.
  
  
  METHODS
  the goals of the seminar were 1) to provide fellows and early investigators with basic skills in clinical research 2) to provide a forum for discussion of important research career choices 3) to introduce attendees to each other and to established clinical researchers in pediatric cardiology, and 4) to publish a commentary on the future of clinical research in pediatric cardiology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the following chapters are compilations of the talks given at the 2009 PHN Clinical Research Skills Development Seminar, published to share the information provided with a broader audience of those interested in learning how to develop a clinical research career in pediatric cardiology. The discussions of types of clinical research, research skills, career development strategies, funding, and career management are applicable to research careers in other areas of clinical medicine as well.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the aim of this compilation is to stimulate those who might be interested in the research career options available to investigators.
authors.affiliation: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Wyman W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Victoria L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Vetter
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Richmond
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J Philip
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Saul
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mital
authors.forename: Steven D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Colan
authors.forename: Jane W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Newburger
authors.forename: Lynn A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sleeper
authors.forename: Brian W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: McCrindle
authors.forename: L Luann
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Minich
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goldmuntz
authors.forename: Bradley S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: Ismee A
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authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Gail D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Jane D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Meryl S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D002321:Career Choice; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States