Working clinicians who pursue a career in research are ideally positioned to identify medically relevant questions for scientific research. Although this career path is becoming increasingly popular, it can often be both long and challenging. In this webinar, we will discuss the different training routes that exist around the world to facilitate this career path, and how to balance the demands of juggling clinical practice with scientific research.
Image (left to right): Margarita Calvo, David Bennett, Claudia Sommer, Clifford Rosen. Images courtesy of Margarita Calvo, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, International Association for the Study of Pain and Maine Medical Center Research Institute.
Speakers
Margarita Calvo, PhD
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile. Member of the eLife Early-Career Advisory Group.
Margarita has a PhD in neuroscience and now runs her own lab investigating mechanisms of chronic pain.
David Bennett, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology at Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Oxford University, UK.
David is a consultant neurologist at Oxford University Hospitals and a Professor of Neurology. His research aims to gain a better understanding of the response of the nervous system to injury in order to develop strategies to promote peripheral nerve repair and to prevent the development of neuropathic pain.
Claudia Sommer, MD
Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology at the University of Würzburg, Germany.
Claudia has received training in psychiatry, neuropathology, experimental anesthesia, and neurology. At the University of Würzburg, she serves as a consultant in neurology, organises an outpatient clinic for patients with pain, and leads the Peripheral Nerve Laboratory. Her research interests are the role of inflammation in the pathophysiology of neuropathic pain, improvement and standardization of diagnostic biopsies, and the pathophysiology of antibody-mediated diseases.
Clifford Rosen, MD
Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Research at Maine Medical Centre, USA.
Clifford is a specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at the Maine Medical Center and has taken care of osteoporosis patients for the last 40 years. He also runs a Bone Biology Lab, which investigates the genetic regulation of insulin-like growth factor relative to skeletal metabolism, the relationship between marrow adipogenesis and osteoblastogenesis, and the interactions between whole body and skeletal metabolism.
