The Time is Now: A Call for Renewed Support of Infectious Diseases Physician-Scientist Trainees in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019

Jessica Queen; Sara Karaba; John Albin; Andrew Karaba; Jessica Howard-Anderson; Nicole Skinner; Jonathan David Herman; Molly L Paras; Michael T Melia

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiab162

The Time is Now: A Call for Renewed Support of Infectious Diseases Physician-Scientist Trainees in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019

J Infect Dis. 2021 Nov 16;224(9):1452-1454. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab162.

Authors

Jessica Queen¹, Sara Karaba¹, John Albin², Andrew Karaba¹, Jessica Howard-Anderson³, Nicole Skinner¹, Jonathan David Herman⁴, Molly L Paras², Michael T Melia¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

Infectious diseases fellows’ futures have been uniquely imperiled by the pandemic. In this article, we issue a call to action to sustain their careers as the future leaders of infectious diseases inquiry.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; research fellows-in-training.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Communicable Diseases
Humans
Physicians / psychology*
Research Personnel / education*
SARS-CoV-2
Science*
Specialization

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding