Sowing the seeds for a career in medicine: reflections and projections

Yale J Biol Med. 2011 Sep;84(3):257-68.

Abstract

Dr. George Lister delivered the following presentation as the Lee E. Farr Lecturer on May 8, 2011, which served as the culmination of the annual Student Research Day at Yale School of Medicine. He is the Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children's Medical Center of Dallas. In his lecture to the medical students, who had just completed their research theses, Dr. Lister discusses his own work on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), demonstrating the complexity of clinical research and proving insight into the traits required of physician scientists. Committed to medical education and recognized by several awards for his mentorship, he ends the talk by imparting valuable advice on future physicians.

Keywords: Apnea; Farr Lecture; bradycardia; sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

MeSH terms

  • Apnea / complications*
  • Awards and Prizes
  • Biomedical Research / education*
  • Bradycardia / complications
  • Breath Tests / methods
  • Career Choice
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Medicine
  • Mentors
  • National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
  • Physicians
  • Respiration
  • Risk Factors
  • Students, Medical / psychology
  • Sudden Infant Death / etiology
  • Sudden Infant Death / pathology*
  • United States