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Title: Preparing for the 21st Century Biomedical Research Job Market: Using Census Data to Inform Policy and Career Decision-Making
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Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: The U.S. biomedical scientific enterprise has a long, deep history of innovation, global leadership, and scientific advancements that have improved the health and wellbeing of humankind. Biomedical scientific careers ebb and flow with funding availability, and funding drives this workforce in terms of size and structure. The stakes are high for becoming a scientist because large amounts of time and capital investments are required to be competitive in this profession and because the labor market is heavily dependent on the availability of external funding. Ideally, students and postdocs will make career decisions based on market data regarding the potential for future advancement and career expectations. Young scientists are struggling today more than they ever have in finding productive tenure-track academic employment. The landscape has drastically changed as numerous young scientists take jobs in industry and government, some of them choosing these jobs over academia. We hope this paper, told with historical census data, empowers early career scientists and the senior investigators who mentor them with information about todays labor market that they can use to help young scientists make informed decisions about their career paths.
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Authors: Heggeness, Misty L; Gunsalus, Kearney T; Pacas, Jose; McDowell, Gary S
Publisher: The Self Journal of Science
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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