Transforming training to reflect the workforce

Affiliations

¹ Ambika Mathur is Dean of the Graduate School; Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs; and Professor of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.Frederick J. Meyers is Vice Dean of the School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.Roger Chalkley is Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Research, Education, and Training; Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; and Professor of Medical Education and Administration, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.Theresa C. O'Brien is Associate Chancellor, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.Cynthia N. Fuhrmann is Assistant Dean, Career and Professional Development in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Corresponding author. E-mail: cynthia.fuhrmann@umassmed.edu.

Editorial

Ambika Mathur et al. Sci Transl Med. 2015.

. 2015 Apr 29;7(285):285ed4.

doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa8200.

¹ Ambika Mathur is Dean of the Graduate School; Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs; and Professor of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.Frederick J. Meyers is Vice Dean of the School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.Roger Chalkley is Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Research, Education, and Training; Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; and Professor of Medical Education and Administration, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.Theresa C. O'Brien is Associate Chancellor, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.Cynthia N. Fuhrmann is Assistant Dean, Career and Professional Development in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Corresponding author. E-mail: cynthia.fuhrmann@umassmed.edu.

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