Gastroenterology
Volume 132, Issue 2 , Pages 477-480 , February 2007

The Attrition of Young Physician-Scientists: Problems and Potential Solutions

  • Mark Donowitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Mark Donowitz, MD, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2195. fax: (410) 955– 9677.
    • ,
  • Greg Germino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Fabio Cominelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Virginia at Charlottesville School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia
    • ,
  • James M. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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PII: S0016-5085(06)02592-3

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.12.023

Gastroenterology
Volume 132, Issue 2 , Pages 477-480 , February 2007

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