Division of Nephrology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah;
Division of Nephrology and Transplantation, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Nephrology and Transplantation, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine;
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Jun 6;9(6):1144-7. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01070114. Epub 2014 Mar 13.
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases conducted the Kidney Research National Dialogue as an interactive means to formulate and prioritize research goals necessary to address the needs of patients with renal disease. This commentary summarizes the discussion and priorities arising from the training domain of the dialogue and posits three overall strategies to broaden the nephrology research workforce pipeline. The community needs to recruit and provide support for mentors in nephrology, target medical and graduate students earlier in their education for exposure to renal research, and expand the research workforce to include basic scientists from many disciplines as well as under-represented minorities.
美国国家糖尿病、消化与肾脏疾病研究所开展了肾脏研究国家对话，将其作为一种互动手段，制定并确定优先研究目标，以满足肾脏疾病患者的需求。本评论总结了对话培训领域的讨论和重点，并提出了扩大肾脏病研究人员队伍的三项总体战略。社区需要招募和支持肾脏病领域的导师，在医学生和研究生教育的早期让他们接触肾脏研究，并扩大研究人员队伍，将许多学科的基础科学家以及代表性不足的少数族裔纳入其中。
