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US Army Institute of Surgical Research Fort Sam Houston, TexasThe opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the
Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.
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Being A Physiologist in a Military Lab
Kathy L. Ryan, Ph.D.
or“How I Found My Ideal Job in the Most Unlikely
of Places”
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My Background
• 1989 – Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (cardiovascular physiology)
• 1989-1992 – Postdoctoral Fellowship (cardiovascular pharmacology)
• 1992-1999 – Contractor, Brooks Air Force Base
• 1999-2010 – Research Physiologist (GS), US Army Institute of Surgical Research
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US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) Labs
US Army Aeromedical
Research Lab
US Army Institute of Surgical Research
US Army Research Institute of
Environmental Medicine
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
US Army Medical Research Institute of
Chemical Defense
Overseas Labs• USA Medical
Research Unit – Europe
• USA Research Unit – Kenya
• Armed Forces Research institute of Medical Sciences (Thailand)
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Environmental Hazards Heat and Cold
Altitude Toxic Industrial
Chemicals and Materials
Systems Hazards RFR Laser Blast
Biomechanical Insults and Stresses
Operational Stressors Sleep Deprivation
Traumatic Stress and Situational Stressors Physical Workload
Cognitive Burden and Operational Complexity
Endemic Disease Threats Parasitic Diseases Bacterial Diseases
Viral Diseases
Chemical/Biological WarfareThreats
Bacterial Threats Viral Threats Toxin Threats Nerve Agents
Vesicant Agents Blood Agents
Combat Injuries Hemorrhage
Tissue Injury and Trauma Resuscitation
Medical Devices Clinical Research
Focus on Threats to Soldier Health and Performance
US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) Research Focus
US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) Research Focus
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US Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR)
• Current Task Areas (i.e., research teams)– Advanced Capabilities for
Emergency Medical Monitoring
– Combat Casualty Care Engineering
– Clinical Trials
– Damage Control Resuscitation (Hemostasis, Resuscitation, Blood Products)
– Pain Management
– Regenerative Medicine
• Approx. 600 employees– 200 research personnel
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Center for Excellence for Battlefield Health and Trauma Research
• Current Task Areas (i.e., Research Teams)
– Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Medical Monitoring
– Combat Casualty Care Engineering
– Clinical Trials
– Damage Control Resuscitation (Hemostasis, Resuscitation, Blood Products)
– Pain Management
– Regenerative Medicine
• By 2011
– Dental Research (Army, Navy, Air Force)
– Eye Injury Research (Army, Air Force)
– Combat Casualty Care Research (Army, Navy, Air Force)
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Types of Scientists
• ISR– Physiologists– Pharmacologists– Molecular biologists– Cell biologists– Geneticists– Biochemists– Statisticians– Biomedical
engineers– MDs and DDSs
(clinical research)
• MRMC– Virologists– Bacteriologists– Epidemiologists– Psychologists– Biophysicists– Nutritionists– And others….
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Employment Opportunities
• Active Duty Military*• Department of Defense Civilian *
– No tenure, but “permanent” status
• Contractor – University
– Private contracting company
• Postdoctoral Fellow– National Research Council (NRC)
– University
• Student Interns– Graduate, if establish through university
– Undergraduate
* Must be US citizen
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Skills Needed for a Civilian Scientist in the US Army
• Research expertise– Basic science– Applied: “real world”
• Team player with strong desire to collaborate• Function in structured environment• Ability to communicate: written and oral• Willingness to learn new “skills” (e.g.,
Contracting/budgeting)• Perform under pressure – “suspense”
– “taskers”, briefings, reviews
• DWA (“deal with acronyms!”)
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Academia
30%
10%30%
30%
TeachingAdministrative
Grants/ FundingResearch
Comparison of Responsibilities
1% 10%
9%
80%
US Gov’t/Army
Zambraski, E., with permission
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Research Funding
• Core funding– 1 grant proposal/3 yrs
• Extramural funding– NIH, Defense Health Program, etc.– Encouraged, not required
• Industry partnerships
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Personal Funding
• Permanent position salaries– Competitive– Excellent benefits
$K
Data redrawn from 2009 Salary Survey by The Scientist (www.the-scientist.com/salarysurvey)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship salaries– NRC at ISR: $45,000 + $2000
travel + benefits– NIH minimum: $37,368
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State-of-the-Art Facilities and Equipment
• AAALAC-certified animal research programs
• End of year funding– Lab equipment– Software
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Teamwork
Univ of Massachusetts
Michigan State Univ
Dartmouth College
Univ of Miami
Mass General Hospital
Univ of California - Irvine
Mayo Clinic
Virginia Commonwealth Univ
Univ of ColoradoUniv of Minnesota
Univ of Cincinnati
Univ of Texas at San Antonio Southwest Foundation for Biomed Res
Photo of Laboratory
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A Sense of Mission
• Research focus– “Real-world” problems
• Service– To institute– To country
• Job Satisfaction
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Army Science – “…The Bad, The Ugly”
• Bureaucracy– “There’s the right way, and
then there’s the Army way”– Extensive laws, rules and
regulations– Approval processes– System to madness
• Extreme computer security• Less flexible work hours
– Time cards (40 hrs/wk)– Workday starts early
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Comparison
Academia US Army
Salaries + +
Appointments Tenure Contract/Term/Perm
Choice of Res. Topics +/- +/-
Flexibility in Work Hrs + -
Resources - ++
Bureaucracy + -
Publishing + +
Meetings/Travel - +
Sense of Mission + ++
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March 25, 2008:
“ > 40% of the Army’s science workforce are eligible for retirement within the next 10 years.”
MG George Weightman
Army science workforce ~ 8,000+
Other DoD branches (Navy, Air Force) real numbers but much smaller
Are there Science Jobs?
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Finding Jobs Within US Army
• Formal government job announcements– Websites:
• http://www.usajobs.gov/• http://www.cpol.army.mil/• http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/
• Interactions as professionals– Meetings/conferences– Societies/Editorial Boards
• Interaction as collaborators• Direct inquiries and contact with Army
investigators
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Combat Casualty CareCombat Casualty Care
Research for the SoldierResearch for the Soldier
Thank you!