TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on research and careers of early career researchers
T2 - A DOHaD perspective
AU - Bansal, Amita
AU - Abruzzese, Giselle A.
AU - Hewawasam, Erandi
AU - Hasebe, Kyoko
AU - Hamada, Hirotaka
AU - Hoodbhoy, Zahra
AU - Diounou, Hanna
AU - Ibáñez, Carlos A.
AU - Miranda, Rosiane A.
AU - Golden, Thea N.
AU - Miliku, Kozeta
AU - Isasi, Carmen R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press in association with International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.
PY - 2022/12/4
Y1 - 2022/12/4
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed several inequalities worldwide, including the populations' access to healthcare systems and economic differences that impact the access to vaccination, medical resources, and health care services. Scientific research activities were not an exception, such that scientific research was profoundly impacted globally. Research trainees and early career researchers (ECRs) are the life force of scientific discovery around the world, and their work and progress in research was dramatically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. ECRs are a particularly vulnerable group as they are in a formative stage of their scientific careers, any disruptions during which is going to likely impact their lifelong career trajectory. To understand how COVID-19 impacted lives, career development plans, and research of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) ECRs, the International DOHaD ECR committee formed a special interest group comprising of ECR representatives of International DOHaD affiliated Societies/Chapters from around the world (Australia and New Zealand, Canada, French Speaking DOHaD, Japan, Latin America, Pakistan and USA). The anecdotal evidence summarized in this brief report, provide an overview of the findings of this special interest group, specifically on the impact of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic on daily research activities and its effects on career development plans of ECRs. We also discuss how our learnings from these shared experiences can strengthen collaborative work for the current and future generation of scientists.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed several inequalities worldwide, including the populations' access to healthcare systems and economic differences that impact the access to vaccination, medical resources, and health care services. Scientific research activities were not an exception, such that scientific research was profoundly impacted globally. Research trainees and early career researchers (ECRs) are the life force of scientific discovery around the world, and their work and progress in research was dramatically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. ECRs are a particularly vulnerable group as they are in a formative stage of their scientific careers, any disruptions during which is going to likely impact their lifelong career trajectory. To understand how COVID-19 impacted lives, career development plans, and research of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) ECRs, the International DOHaD ECR committee formed a special interest group comprising of ECR representatives of International DOHaD affiliated Societies/Chapters from around the world (Australia and New Zealand, Canada, French Speaking DOHaD, Japan, Latin America, Pakistan and USA). The anecdotal evidence summarized in this brief report, provide an overview of the findings of this special interest group, specifically on the impact of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic on daily research activities and its effects on career development plans of ECRs. We also discuss how our learnings from these shared experiences can strengthen collaborative work for the current and future generation of scientists.
KW - COVID-19
KW - DOHaD
KW - ECR
KW - Early career researchers
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U2 - 10.1017/S2040174422000071
DO - 10.1017/S2040174422000071
M3 - Article
SN - 2040-1744
VL - 13
SP - 800
EP - 805
JO - Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
JF - Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
IS - 6
ER -