Translating science to medicine: The case for physician-scientists

Affiliations

¹ Associate Dean for Medical Student Research and Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. Email: pjutz@stanford.edu.
² Chief Academic Officer, University Hospitals Health System, and Distinguished University Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁴ Vice President of the Physician Scientist Support Foundation and Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁵ President of the Physician Scientist Support Foundation, an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
⁶ Frazier Healthcare Partners, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ President of the National Academy of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA.

Editorial

Paul J Utz et al. Sci Transl Med. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 16;14(632):eabg7852.

doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abg7852. Epub 2022 Feb 16.

¹ Associate Dean for Medical Student Research and Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. Email: pjutz@stanford.edu.
² Chief Academic Officer, University Hospitals Health System, and Distinguished University Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁴ Vice President of the Physician Scientist Support Foundation and Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁵ President of the Physician Scientist Support Foundation, an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
⁶ Frazier Healthcare Partners, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ President of the National Academy of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA.

Abstract

As the number of physician-scientists continues to decline, action must be taken to support them as they embark on their careers.