title: One pathway to academic success: autobiography of Dr Ronald G. Strauss.
abstract: Often, I have been asked by "junior faculty"-who are usually burdened by substantial responsibilities in service and teaching-how they can launch their career in research as a means to succeed in academic medicine. Obviously, the answers/solutions are as diverse as are the circumstances of each questioner. In the following article, I offer the approach that I applied to my career-acknowledging that "one shoe doesn't fit all" and that others will advise differently. However, one truism exists whenever one seeks excellence in anything-the opportunity must be present to commit uninterrupted time for thought/concentration, organization, training/mentoring/study, and effort/hard work. Without such an opportunity, success in research will be elusive.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa College of Medicine, Associate Medical Director, LifeSource/Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. ronald-strauss@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Ronald G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Strauss
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000266:history*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D014481:United States