Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 100-109 , February 2010

Improving Adolescent and Young Adult Health — Training the Next Generation of Physician Scientists in Transdisciplinary Research

  • S. Jean Emans, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: S. Jean Emans, M.D., Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.
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  • S. Bryn Austin, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Elizabeth Goodman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Child and Adolescent Obesity Program, Floating Hospital, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Donald P. Orr, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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  • Robert Freeman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology & Prevention Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • David Stoff, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS, National Institutes of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Iris F. Litt, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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  • Mark A. Schuster, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Robert Haggerty, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
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  • Robert Granger, Ed.D.

      Affiliations

    • William T. Grant Foundation, New York, New York
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  • Charles E. Irwin Jr., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
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  • participants of the W.T. Grant Foundation conference on Training Physician Scientists

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 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the NIMH, NIH, MCH, HHS, or the United States Government.

PII: S1054-139X(09)00397-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.10.004

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 100-109 , February 2010