Gerok Stelle, Innere Medizin, Gastroenterologie

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Hubert E. Blum
• Subject Area: Gastroenterology
• Term: from 2010 to 2012
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 152966901

The goal is to allow young clinician-scientists to fully devote to research free from clinical duties with the help of the Gerok-Fellowship program. Interested clinician-scientists should get the opportunity to start working in scientific projects at the department of medicine II. At the moment, this is not possible due to numerous clinical obligations. The combination of clinical as well as scientific work is difficult and time-consuming. This is currently one of the main obstacles for the recruitment of clinician-scientists. With the support of the Gerok it has been possible during the last 2 years to support three very successful clinician-scientists for a limited time to train them in experimental medicine. The support by the Gerok has led not only to publications and the development of new research projects but has also laid the foundation for the future scientific independence of these young promising clinician scientists. The excellent scientific infrastructures and the intensive collaborations between the different groups within the department of internal medicine II have contributed significally to the success of the scientific projects. With the continuation of the support by the Gerok and the 6 - 12 month lab rotation scientifically interested and qualified young M.D.S. from the department of medicine II will get the opportunity to fully devote research projects and DFG funded research projects within in the department of medicine II and will develop to the basis for future their own DFG grant application. Thus, in agreement with the goals of DFG and BMBF, young clinician-scientists will have optimal conditions to continue their career pathway in academic medicine within an excellent scientific infrastructure.The goal is to allow young clinician-scientists to fully devote to research free from clinical duties with the help of the Gerok-Fellowship program. Interested clinician-scientists should get the opportunity to start working in scientific projects at the department of medicine II. At the moment, this is not possible due to numerous clinical obligations. The combination of clinical as well as scientific work is difficult and time-consuming. This is currently one of the main obstacles for the recruitment of clinician-scientists. With the support of the Gerok it has been possible during the last 2 years to support three very successful clinician-scientists for a limited time to train them in experimental medicine. The support by the Gerok has led not only to publications and the development of new research projects but has also laid the foundation for the future scientific independence of these young promising clinician scientists. The excellent scientific infrastructures and the intensive collaborations between the different groups within the department of internal medicine II have contributed significally to the success of the scientific projects. With the continuation of the support by the Gerok and the 6 - 12 month lab rotation scientifically interested and qualified young M.D.S. from the department of medicine II will get the opportunity to fully devote research projects and DFG funded research projects within in the department of medicine II and will develop to the basis for future their own DFG grant application. Thus, in agreement with the goals of DFG and BMBF, young clinician-scientists will have optimal conditions to continue their career pathway in academic medicine within an excellent scientific infrastructure.The goal is to allow young clinician-scientists to fully devote to research free from clinical duties with the help of the Gerok-Fellowship program. Interested clinician-scientists should get the opportunity to start working in scientific projects at the department of medicine II. At the moment, this is not possible due to numerous clinical obligations. The combination of clinical as well as scientific work is difficult and time-consuming. This is currently one of the main obstacles for the recruitment of clinician-scientists. With the support of the Gerok it has been possible during the last 2 years to support three very successful clinician-scientists for a limited time to train them in experimental medicine. The support by the Gerok has led not only to publications and the development of new research projects but has also laid the foundation for the future scientific independence of these young promising clinician scientists. The excellent scientific infrastructures and the intensive collaborations between the different groups within the department of internal medicine II have contributed significally to the success of the scientific projects. With the continuation of the support by the Gerok and the 6 - 12 month lab rotation scientifically interested and qualified young M.D.S. from the department of medicine II will get the opportunity to fully devote research projects and DFG funded research projects within in the department of medicine II and will develop to the basis for future their own DFG grant application. Thus, in agreement with the goals of DFG and BMBF, young clinician-scientists will have optimal conditions to continue their career pathway in academic medicine within an excellent scientific infrastructure.The goal is to allow young clinician-scientists to fully devote to research free from clinical duties with the help of the Gerok-Fellowship program. Interested clinician-scientists should get the opportunity to start working in scientific projects at the department of medicine II. At the moment, this is not possible due to numerous clinical obligations. The combination of clinical as well as scientific work is difficult and time-consuming. This is currently one of the main obstacles for the recruitment of clinician-scientists. With the support of the Gerok it has been possible during the last 2 years to support three very successful clinician-scientists for a limited time to train them in experimental medicine. The support by the Gerok has led not only to publications and the development of new research projects but has also laid the foundation for the future scientific independence of these young promising clinician scientists. The excellent scientific infrastructures and the intensive collaborations between the different groups within the department of internal medicine II have contributed significally to the success of the scientific projects. With the continuation of the support by the Gerok and the 6 - 12 month lab rotation scientifically interested and qualified young M.D.S. from the department of medicine II will get the opportunity to fully devote research projects and DFG funded research projects within in the department of medicine II and will develop to the basis for future their own DFG grant application. Thus, in agreement with the goals of DFG and BMBF, young clinician-scientists will have optimal conditions to continue their career pathway in academic medicine within an excellent scientific infrastructure.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• Participating Person: Professor Dr. Robert Thimme