Opportunities to Address Clinical Research Workforce Diversity Needs for 2010 Book

Contents

SUMMARY....................1
1 INTRODUCTION....................7
Lessons from the Business Sector....................10
Implications for Academic Health Centers....................10
The Focus of This Study....................11
2 THE CLINICAL RESEARCH WORKFORCE: ACROSS-THE-BOARD CHALLENGES....................14
NIH Investment in the Clinical Research Workforce....................15
Workforce Challenges for the Private Sector in Clinical Research....................22
The Shortage of Clinical Investigators....................23
Future Needs....................32
3 THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES AND PROGRAMS OF SUPPORT....................33
Women Faculty....................33
Women Medical School Students....................37
Underrepresented Minority Faculty....................37
Underrepresented Minority Students in Medical Schools....................39
NIH Programs for Clinical Research and Minority Researchers....................42
Department of Veterans Affairs Programs....................47
Private Sources of Funding for Clinical Investigators....................49
Future Directions....................52
4 THE STATUS AND FUTURE ROLE OF ACADEMIC NURSING IN CLINICAL RESEARCH....................55
The Advancing Age of Nursing Faculty....................55
Preparing a Diverse and Representative Clinical Research Workforce....................57
National Institute of Nursing Research....................59
Future Needs at the Interface of Nursing and Clinical Research....................61
5 CONCLUSIONS ANDRECOMMENDATIONS....................66
Recommendations....................68
REFERENCES....................75
APPENDIXES A Biographies of Speakers....................87
B Workshop Guests....................95
C Workshop Agenda....................102
D Public Mechanisms for Clinical Research Training: Examples of Minority Research Training Programs....................107
E Public Mechanisms for Clinical Research Training....................116
F Examples of Pharmaceutical Company Training Programs....................122