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Analysis of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Program (1947–2003)--Amy L. Francis
Analysis of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Program (1947–2003)--Amy L. Francis
Pages 66-72
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In 1996 the Damon Runyon Scholar Award was established to support junior faculty conducting primarily basic research, and in 2000 the Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award was established for early-career physician-scientists engaged in translational research. In 2003 the foundation began an evaluation of its fellowship program by collecting information about former fellowship recipients from 1947 to the present.
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Entries contain basic information about award recipients, such as gender, degrees held, and where and when award was distributed, although some records from the earliest recipients were missing data (referred to as "Unknown" in the Results section)
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. The proportion of females in the Damon Runyon fellowship program was slightly less than that in the pool of all postdoctoral scientists in the United States (see Figure 2)
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M.D., Ph.D. 40% Unknown 30% 20% 10% 0% 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s >2000 FIGURE 3 Percentage distribution of degree type of fellows by decade.
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For example, survey respondents have trained over 4,000 graduate students and 4,000 postdoctoral fellows/associates. Survey respondents had an average of 49 TABLE 2 Number and Percentage Distribution of First Position Following Fellowship Award Position Number of Fellows Percentage of Fellows Academia/Private Research Organization 533 68 percent Did a second postdoctoral 101 13 percent Biotech/Pharma 70 9 percent Government 35 5 percent Hospital (clinical training)
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Survey respondents also obtained prestigious awards from private sources; among them were 26 Pew scholars, 19 Burroughs-Wellcome Fund awardees, 19 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators, 17 Searle scholars, and 6 American Cancer Society professors.
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Additional value was provided by the responses to several openended questions about fellowship recipients' decision to pursue cancer research, contributions to their field, and involvement in the development of cancer therapeutics. Although the voluminous nature of this information precluded any efforts to summarize or present the material effectively, the material did provide useful quotes for foundation publications and enabled a more complete assessment of each individual's experience.
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