@article{5a265d1d49444e8c8bf923d76222a567,
title = "Succeeding in Aging Research During the Pandemic: Strategies for Fellows and Junior Faculty",
abstract = "Fellows and junior faculty conducting aging research have encountered substantial new challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. They report that they have been uncertain how and whether to modify existing research studies, have faced difficulties with job searches, and have struggled to balance competing pressures including greater clinical obligations and increased responsibilities at home. Many have also wondered if they should shift gears and make COVID-19 the focus of their research. We asked a group of accomplished scientists and mentors to grapple with these concerns and to share their thoughts with readers of this journal.",
keywords = "COVID-19, aging research, early-career researchers, junior faculty",
author = "Cohen, {Andrew B.} and Parks, {Anna L.} and Whitson, {Heather E.} and Susan Zieman and Brown, {Cynthia J.} and Cynthia Boyd and Covinsky, {Kenneth E.} and Steinman, {Michael A.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors have received the following grant support from the National Institute on Aging: Andrew B. Cohen, Nos. K76AG059987 and P30AG21342; Anna L. Parks, No. T32AG000212; Michael A. Steinman, No. K24AG049057; Michael A. Steinman and Kenneth E. Covinsky, No. P30AG044281; Michael A. Steinman and Cynthia Boyd, No. R24AG064025; Cynthia Boyd, No. K24AG056578; and Heather E. Whitson, Nos. R38AG065762, P30AG064201, R33AG057806, U13AG054139, P30AG028716, and UH3AG056925. Cynthia J. Brown was supported by a VA Rehabilitation R&D Scientific Merit Award No. RX‐001995‐01. Funding Information: Presentations: This work was presented on July 10, 2020, in a webinar sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society, the U.S. Deprescribing Research Network, the Clinician‐Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research Coordinating Center, and the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center Network. Funding Information: The authors are grateful to the members of the American Geriatrics Society Junior Faculty Research Special Interest Group for sharing their concerns, and to the current chair, Brienne Miner, MD, MHS, for collecting their comments. The authors have received the following grant support from the National Institute on Aging: Andrew B. Cohen, Nos. K76AG059987 and P30AG21342; Anna L. Parks, No. T32AG000212; Michael A. Steinman, No. K24AG049057; Michael A. Steinman and Kenneth E. Covinsky, No. P30AG044281; Michael A. Steinman and Cynthia Boyd, No. R24AG064025; Cynthia Boyd, No. K24AG056578; and Heather E. Whitson, Nos. R38AG065762, P30AG064201, R33AG057806, U13AG054139, P30AG028716, and UH3AG056925. Cynthia J. Brown was supported by a VA Rehabilitation R&D Scientific Merit Award No. RX-001995-01. The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article. Manuscript concept and design: Cohen and Steinman. Manuscript preparation: All authors. The funding sources were not involved in the preparation of the manuscript. In addition, the participation of Susan Zieman (a National Institute on Aging [NIA] employee) and the comments and materials presented in this manuscript should not be interpreted as representing the official viewpoint of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, or the NIA, except where noted. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The American Geriatrics Society",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1111/jgs.16868",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "69",
pages = "8--11",
journal = "Journal of the American Geriatrics Society",
issn = "0002-8614",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "1",
}