Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Jahnigen Career Development Awards program was launched in 2002 with private funding and transformed into the Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) program in 2011 through support from the National Institute on Aging and medical specialty professional societies. The Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR program has provided grants to early career physician-scientists from 10 surgical and related medical specialties to initiate and sustain research careers in the geriatric aspect of their discipline. From 2002 to 2016, there were 20 Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR recipients in emergency medicine (EM). The goal of this investigation was to examine the impact of Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR awards on careers of EM recipients and on development of academic geriatric EM.
METHODS: We conducted an online survey of the 20 EM recipients from 2002 to 2016 and analyzed their academic productivity, research impact, career trajectory, and contributions to geriatric EM since receiving the award.
RESULTS: All 20 Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR scholars completed the survey. Scholars have published a median of 33 peer-reviewed articles (interquartile range [IQR] = 10-97) since the award, with median annual publication rates of 4.5 (IQR = 1.6-7.0). All scholars had h-indices of 6 or more, with a median of 18 (IQR = 9-28). Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR scholars have served as principal investigator (PI) or co-PI on 126 grants since their award, with 90% having served as PI on at least one additional grant and 30% having received National Institutes of Health Career Development Awards. All scholars reported believing that the Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR was very helpful or helpful for career progress. Most (85%) reported ongoing contributions to geriatric EM in research, education, or administration.
CONCLUSIONS: After the Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR award, EM scholars have been highly academically productive and successful, and the award has been instrumental in their career development. Awardees have been critical to the development of geriatric EM.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 911-920 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Academic Emergency Medicine |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 8 |
Early online date | Mar 1 2018 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2018 |
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- Emergency Medicine
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In: Academic Emergency Medicine, Vol. 25, No. 8, 08.2018, p. 911-920.
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T1 - Impact of Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR Scholarships on Careers of Recipients in Emergency Medicine and on Development of Geriatric Emergency Medicine
AU - Rosen, Tony
AU - Shah, Manish
AU - Lundebjerg, Nancy E
AU - Singh, Cynthia
AU - McMillian, Melissa
AU - Sarli, Cathy C
AU - Suiter, Amy M
AU - Lee, Andrew G
AU - Burton, John R
AU - Carpenter, Christopher R
N1 - Funding Information: From the Division of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College (TR), New York, NY; the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (MS), Madison, WI; the American Geriatrics Society (NEL), New York, NY; the American College of Emergency Physicians (CS), Irving, TX; the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (MM), Des Plaines, IL; the Becker Medical Library (CCS, AMS) and the Department of Emergency Medicine (CRC), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; the Department of Ophthalmology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Blanton Eye Institute (AGL), Houston, TX; and the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (JRB), Baltimore, MD. Received December 11, 2017; revision received February 6, 2018; accepted February 13, 2018. Dr. Rosen’s participation was supported by a GEMSSTAR (Grants for Early Medical and Surgical Subspecialists’ Transition to Aging Research) grant (R03 AG048109) and by a Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders in Aging Career Development Award (K76 AG054866) from the National Institute on Aging. Dr. Rosen is also the recipient of a Jahnigen Career Development Award, supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation, the American Geriatrics Society, the Emergency Medicine Foundation, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Dr. Shah's participation was supported by a mentoring award in patient-oriented research from the National Institute on Aging (K24AG054560). The authors have no relevant financial information or potential conflicts to disclose. Author contributions: TR contributed to study concept and design, acquisition of the data, analysis and interpretation of the data, drafting of the manuscript, and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; MS contributed to study concept and design, analysis and interpretation of the data, and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; NEL contributed to study concept and design and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; CS contributed to study concept and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; MM contributed to study concept and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; CCS contributed to acquisition of the data, analysis and interpretation of the data, and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; AMS contributed to acquisition of the data, analysis and interpretation of the data, and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; AGL contributed to study concept and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; JRB contributed to study concept and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; CRC contributed to study concept and design, acquisition of the data, analysis and interpretation of the data, and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. Supervising Editor: Jeffrey A. Kline, MD. Address for correspondence and reprints: Tony Rosen, MD, MPH; e-mail: [email protected]. ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2018;25:911–920. Funding Information: T he unique challenges of providing optimal emer-Institute on Aging (NIA) took a primary role in funding gency care for older adults have long been recog-by developing the Grants for Early Medical/Surgical nized.1–3 Innovative research has been and will Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) remain essential to overcome these challenges and opti-program. At this same time, both the prior Jahnigen mize the costs and associated outcomes associated with and Williams Awards programs were phased out by geriatric emergency care for older adults. The Jahnigen AGS. The GEMSSTAR is an R03 award that initially Career Development Awards are a longstanding program provided $50,000 of funding annually for 2 years. The that has supported this research and nurtured the careers GEMSSTAR award was intended as a bridge to a tradi-of emergency physicians wishing to develop and advance tional National Institutes of Health–sponsored Career the field of geriatric emergency medicine (EM).4–6 Development Award, allowing early-career researchers The Jahnigen Career Development Awards are to develop pilot data and experience. In addition to this a key element of the Geriatrics-for-Specialists funding, each scholar with a successful GEMSSTAR Initiative,4–6 which was launched by the American application can apply for up to $25,000 additional Jah-Geriatrics Society (AGS) in the early 1990s through nigen program funding annually for career development funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation. Con-with a suggested commitment of matching funds from fronting an increasing shortage of geriatrics health care the scholar’s institution.4 This additional Jahnigen fund-professionals, the goal of the initiative was to promote ing is provided by professional societies in each of the and accelerate expertise among surgical and medical involved specialties. In EM, the Society for Academic subspecialists, including EM.6 To achieve this goal, Emergency Medicine Foundation (SAEMF) and Emer-the Geriatrics-for-Specialists Initiative (GSI) partnered gency Medicine Foundation (EMF) contribute funds to with professional organizations in each specialty.6 support the career development of the EM scholars. Funding Information: ACEP = American College of Emergency Physicians; AHRQ = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; GEMSSTAR = Grants for Early Medical and Surgical Subspecialists’ Transition to Aging Research; IQR = interquartile range; NIH = National Institutes of Health; SAEM = Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. *For this survey, we defined mentorship as “a long-term relationship with regular meetings and guidance intended to foster the mentee’s professional, academic, or personal development.” Funding Information: Table 5 Selected Comments re: Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR Award and Its Value to SAEMF and EMF This is a critical grant that should continue to receive support from the EM community. It provides both critical early investigator funding, but amazing opportunities for mentorship, collaboration, and professional development unmatched by other grant mechanisms. Funding Information: My EMF (residency) and Jahnigen (junior faculty) funding provided time and proof-of-concept to my superiors that (a) geriatric emergency medicine was a focus that others valued and (b) outside experts supported my research ideas. These grants provided protected time for me to attain requisite research training necessary to conduct meaningful studies and find pathways to publish those studies. This expertise led me to leadership roles that directly benefit SAEM (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Academic Emergency Medicine, Past-President of Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine, co-Chair of 2016 AEM Consensus Conference, invited member of three NIH Special Study Sections), as well as the American Geriatrics Society, ACEP, AAEM, and EMRA in other leadership and editorial roles. In addition, the training and international exposures made possible by my Jahnigen had led to leadership roles beyond emergency medicine serving as co-PI of the GEMSSTAR U13 grant serving as a mentor for almost 100 junior investigators researching aging in every surgical and medical specialty. This leadership role in particular provides emergency medicine with positive trans-disciplinary exposure in translational research. Evaluating the majority of prior emergency medicine scholars in the Jahnigen and GEMSSTAR programs, the SAEM investment has paid dividends that far exceed expertise, published research, and subsequent grants and transcend into senior leadership roles within departments, journals, and NIH research panels. Funding Information: AAEM = American Academy of Emergency Medicine; ACEP = American College of Emergency Physicians; CDA = Career Development Award; EMF = Emergency Medicine Foundation; EMRA = Emergency Medicine Resident’s Association; GEMSSTAR = Grants for Early Medical and Surgical Subspecialists’ Transition to Aging Research; PI = principal investigator; SAEM = Society for Academic Emergency Medicine; SAEMF = Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation. Publisher Copyright: © 2018 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
PY - 2018/8
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N2 - BACKGROUND: The Jahnigen Career Development Awards program was launched in 2002 with private funding and transformed into the Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) program in 2011 through support from the National Institute on Aging and medical specialty professional societies. The Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR program has provided grants to early career physician-scientists from 10 surgical and related medical specialties to initiate and sustain research careers in the geriatric aspect of their discipline. From 2002 to 2016, there were 20 Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR recipients in emergency medicine (EM). The goal of this investigation was to examine the impact of Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR awards on careers of EM recipients and on development of academic geriatric EM.METHODS: We conducted an online survey of the 20 EM recipients from 2002 to 2016 and analyzed their academic productivity, research impact, career trajectory, and contributions to geriatric EM since receiving the award.RESULTS: All 20 Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR scholars completed the survey. Scholars have published a median of 33 peer-reviewed articles (interquartile range [IQR] = 10-97) since the award, with median annual publication rates of 4.5 (IQR = 1.6-7.0). All scholars had h-indices of 6 or more, with a median of 18 (IQR = 9-28). Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR scholars have served as principal investigator (PI) or co-PI on 126 grants since their award, with 90% having served as PI on at least one additional grant and 30% having received National Institutes of Health Career Development Awards. All scholars reported believing that the Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR was very helpful or helpful for career progress. Most (85%) reported ongoing contributions to geriatric EM in research, education, or administration.CONCLUSIONS: After the Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR award, EM scholars have been highly academically productive and successful, and the award has been instrumental in their career development. Awardees have been critical to the development of geriatric EM.
AB - BACKGROUND: The Jahnigen Career Development Awards program was launched in 2002 with private funding and transformed into the Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) program in 2011 through support from the National Institute on Aging and medical specialty professional societies. The Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR program has provided grants to early career physician-scientists from 10 surgical and related medical specialties to initiate and sustain research careers in the geriatric aspect of their discipline. From 2002 to 2016, there were 20 Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR recipients in emergency medicine (EM). The goal of this investigation was to examine the impact of Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR awards on careers of EM recipients and on development of academic geriatric EM.METHODS: We conducted an online survey of the 20 EM recipients from 2002 to 2016 and analyzed their academic productivity, research impact, career trajectory, and contributions to geriatric EM since receiving the award.RESULTS: All 20 Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR scholars completed the survey. Scholars have published a median of 33 peer-reviewed articles (interquartile range [IQR] = 10-97) since the award, with median annual publication rates of 4.5 (IQR = 1.6-7.0). All scholars had h-indices of 6 or more, with a median of 18 (IQR = 9-28). Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR scholars have served as principal investigator (PI) or co-PI on 126 grants since their award, with 90% having served as PI on at least one additional grant and 30% having received National Institutes of Health Career Development Awards. All scholars reported believing that the Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR was very helpful or helpful for career progress. Most (85%) reported ongoing contributions to geriatric EM in research, education, or administration.CONCLUSIONS: After the Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR award, EM scholars have been highly academically productive and successful, and the award has been instrumental in their career development. Awardees have been critical to the development of geriatric EM.
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