title: How will we recruit, train, and retain physicians and scientists to conduct translational cancer research?
abstract: Advances in clinical medicine require effective translational research. Ideally, this research will be performed by multidisciplinary teams that include both physicians and basic scientists. However, the current system does not appropriately train either physicians or basic scientists for these careers. In addition, translational researchers are often not properly rewarded, and this creates a disincentive for pursuing this kind of research. The roles and challenges for physicians and basic researchers in the field of translational research are discussed along with proposed solutions for improving their recruitment, training, and retention. Cancer 2015;121:806-816. © 2014 American Cancer Society.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Curtis R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Pickering
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Bast
authors.forename: Khandan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Keyomarsi
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000193:education*; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010820:Physicians; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000193:education*
keywords: basic research; bedside to bench; bench to bedside; clinical research; translational research