Bridging the Bed-Bench Gap:

Contributions of the Markey Trust

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Publication Year:2004

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Committee on the Evaluation of the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Programs in Biomedical Sciences, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, National Research Council
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Since the 1970s there has been a serious gap between fundamental biological research and its clinical application. In response to this gap the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust instituted the General Organizational Grants program, which funded two types of awards ...
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Front Matter	i-x
Executive Summary	1-5	(skim)
Introduction	6-7	(skim)
History of the Markey Trust	8-12	(skim)
Grant Programs	13-18	(skim)
Assessing the Markey General Organizational Grants Program	19-21	(skim)
The Biomedical Research Environment in the 1980s	22-23	(skim)
Closing the Bed-Bench Gap	24-31	(skim)
The Current Biomedical Research Environment	32-34	(skim)
Conclusions and Observations for Philanthropic Funders	35-39	(skim)
References	40-42	(skim)
Appendix A: Bridge Building Between Medicine and Basic Science	43-59	(skim)
Appendix B: The Endangered Physician-Scientist: Opportunities for Revialization Emerge	60-68	(skim)
Appendix C: Workshop on Training Programs in Patient-Oriented Pathobiology for Basic Scientists: Agenda	69-70	(skim)
Appendix D: Workshop on Training Programs in Patient-Oriented Pathobiology for Basic Scientists: Participants	71-73	(skim)
Appendix E: Descriptions of Programs Participating in the Workshop on Training Programs in Patient-Oriented Pathobiology for Basic Scientists	74-108	(skim)
Appendix F: Summary of Site Visits to Markey-Funded Programs that Provided Training in Basic Research to Physicians	109-120	(skim)
Appendix G: Biographies of Members of the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Programs in Biomedical Sciences Committee	121-124	(skim)

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Since the 1970s there has been a serious gap between fundamental biological research and its clinical application. In response to this gap the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust instituted the General Organizational Grants program, which funded two types of awards to provide training that would bridge the bed-bench gap. These training awards fell into two categories: (1) those that provided significant opportunities for M.D.s to engage in basic research during and immediately following medical school and residency, and (2) those that provided significant clinical exposure for Ph.D.s while they were predoctoral or postdoctoral students. These grants were intended to close the widening gap between rapid advances in our understanding of the biological process and the translation of that knowledge into techniques for preventing diseases. This report examines the General Organizational Grant programs, identifies best practices, and provides observations for future philanthropic funders.

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