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View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 National Research Service Award (NRSA) fellowships and training grants (F & T awards) for individuals with or earning a health professional doctorate. Source: NIH website, http://www.nih.gov.

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Career development awards (K awards) for individuals with a health professional doctorate. Note: Individuals with clinical doctorates may also be eligibl e for awards shown for individuals with research doctorates. The following awards are not shown: Academic Career Award (K07); Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25); and Midcareer Investigator Award in Mouse Pathobiology Research (K26). Source: NIH website, http://www.nih.gov.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 NIH funding: first-time applicants and awards 1990 to 2000. From Nathan DG, Wilson JD. N Engl J Med 2003;349:1860–5.

View larger version (22K): [in a new window]   Figure 4 Regulations governing human research. With permission from Circulation 2004;109:2672–9. FDA = Food and Drug Administration; GCP = good clinical practice; HIPAA = Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; IRB = Institutional Review Board; NIH = National Institutes of Health.

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 5 Overlapping disciplines. Translational invasive research involves not just cardiology but also overlapping disciplines and cross-talk between disciplines that may impact clinical applications.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Figure 6 Translational invasive research relies on overlapping disciplines and the forging of new linkages. In this case, various influences affect and are affected by coagulation; therapies that affect one of these factors (such as antithrombotic therapy) may have consequences that extend beyond their primary actions.

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Figure 7 Traditional paradigm. Source: JAMA 2003;289:1278–7. Copyright ©2005 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.

View larger version (50K): [in a new window]   Figure 8 Distribution of department climate ratings by gender, on a scale of 1 to 5. With permission from the Report on the University of Michigan-Dearborn 2002 Survey of Academic Climate and Activities (37). Dark bars = males, n = 68; light bars = females, n = 42.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 9 Matriculants, ACC fellows-in-training, and ACC fellows. Source: ACC and Association of American Medical Colleges Data Warehouse, 2003. Open bars = men; solid bars = women.

View larger version (41K): [in a new window]   Figure 10 Percentage growth of international medical graduate practicing cardiologists. Reprinted, with permission, from Zoghbi et al. (41). Source: American Medical Association. Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S. 2002–2003 Edition, Chicago, IL: American Medical Association 2002.

View larger version (34K): [in a new window]   Figure 11 International medical graduate (IMG) registrations for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) step 1 and step 2 examinations. Reprinted, with permission, from Zoghbi et al. (41). Available at: http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/sep01/imgs.htm, Maguire P. ACP-ASIM Online, 2001.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 12 Job opportunities for senior fellows. Training directors, n = 137.

View larger version (63K): [in a new window]   Figure 13 Mean ratings on the demand for various cardiovascular practices. 5 = very high, 1 = very low. Recruiting firms (n = 113). Source: ACC Cardiology Workforce Study 2002 and Cardiology (43).