A Cross-Sectional Survey and Analysis of Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award Recipients

Publication date: Available online 28 November 2018

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Author(s): Chris Boris, George Cotsarelis, Janet A. Fairley, Bruce U. Wintroub, Kim B. Yancey

Abstract

Background

The Dermatology Foundation (DF) has a comprehensive Career Development Award (CDA) Program.

Objective

To assess the impact of this Program, a cross-sectional survey of recipients receiving support between 1990 and 2012 was performed.

Methods

Award recipients completed a questionnaire concerning their career status and record of research funding. To verify self-reported funding data, information about each awardee was extracted from the NIH RePORTER database and used to define funding acquired by CDA recipients.

Results

84% of CDA recipients responded to the survey. 213 awardees (79%) hold full- or part-time positions in academic medicine. Approximately 70% of award recipients in academic medicine have received federal research funding. The NIH RePORTER database and other sources indicated that funding acquired by CDA recipients through 2015 and 2017 was approximately $365.4 M and $451.8 M, respectively. Each dollar of DF CDA funding through 2015 (i.e., $36.2 M) was linked to over $10 of grant support through 2015 and $12 through 2017.

Limitations

This cross-sectional survey was retrospective and (in part) self-reported.

Conclusions

The DF has succeeded in supporting the career development of basic, translational, and clinical investigators and fostered the promotion and retention of these individuals in academic medicine.

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