Division of Pediatric Surgery, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
Children's Foundation Research Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
Ann Surg. 2021 Jun 1;273(6):1042-1048. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004836.
Our goal was to evaluate the relationship between surgeon representation on NIH study sections and success in grant funding.
NIH funding for surgeon-scientists is declining. Prior work has called for increased surgeon participation in the grant review process as a strategy to increase receipt of funding by surgeon-scientists.
A retrospective review of surgeon (primary department: General, Urology, Orthopedic, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery) representation on NIH study sections and receipt of funding was performed using NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) and 2019 Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research data. NIH chartered study section panels and ad hoc reviewers for each 2019 review date were also obtained.
In 2019, 9239 individuals reviewed in at least 1 of the 168 study sections [190 (2.1%) surgeons, 64 (0.7%) standing members, 126 (1.4%) ad-hoc]. Most surgeons on study sections were male (65%) professors (63%). Surgeons most commonly served on bioengineering, technology, and surgical sciences (29.6% surgeons), diseases and pathophysiology of the visual system (28.3%), and surgery, anesthesiology and trauma (21%). In 2019, 773 surgeons received 1235 NIH grants (>$580 M) out of a total of 55,012 awards (2.2%). Funded surgeons were predominantly male (79%), White (68%), non-Hispanic (97%), full professors (50%), and 43% had additional advanced degrees (MPH/PhD/MBA). surgery, anesthesiology and trauma, diseases and pathophysiology of the visual system, and bioengineering, technology, and surgical sciences were the most common study sections that reviewed funded grants to surgeon-scientists. Ninety-two surgeons both received grant funding and served on study section. Study sections with higher surgeon representation were more likely to fund surgeon-scientists (P < 0.001).
Surgeon representation on NIH study sections is strongly associated with receipt of funding by surgeon-scientists. Increasing NIH study section representation by surgeons may help to preserve the surgeon-scientist phenotype.
我们的目标是评估 NIH 研究小组中外科医生代表与资助成功之间的关系。
NIH 对外科医生科学家的资助正在减少。先前的工作呼吁增加外科医生对资助审查过程的参与，作为增加外科医生科学家获得资助的策略。
使用 NIH 研究组合在线报告工具支出和结果（RePORTER）和 2019 年蓝岭医学研究所数据，对 NIH 研究小组和资助外科医生的代表进行回顾性审查。还获得了每个 2019 年审查日期的 NIH 授权研究小组和临时评审员。
在 2019 年，有 9239 人至少在 168 个研究小组中的 1 个小组中进行了评审[190 名（2.1%）外科医生、64 名（0.7%）常任成员、126 名（1.4%）临时]。研究小组中的大多数外科医生是男性（65%）教授（63%）。外科医生最常服务于生物工程、技术和外科学（29.6%的外科医生）、视觉系统疾病和病理生理学（28.3%）以及外科、麻醉学和创伤学（21%）。2019 年，773 名外科医生获得了 1235 项 NIH 资助（超过 5.8 亿美元），占总资助的 55012 项（2.2%）。获得资助的外科医生主要是男性（79%）、白人（68%）、非西班牙裔（97%）、正教授（50%），43%的人拥有额外的高级学位（MPH/PhD/MBA）。外科、麻醉学和创伤学、视觉系统疾病和病理生理学以及生物工程、技术和外科学是审查外科医生科学家资助的最常见研究小组。92 名外科医生同时获得资助并在研究小组任职。外科医生代表人数较多的研究小组更有可能资助外科医生科学家（P < 0.001）。
NIH 研究小组中外科医生的代表与外科医生科学家获得资助密切相关。增加外科医生在 NIH 研究小组中的代表人数可能有助于维持外科医生科学家的表型。
