In the spirit of the former AAMC Annual Health Workforce Research Conference, our new spotlight initiative draws your attention to specific health workforce researchers who are making a positive impact with research and data. If you are interested in having your research displayed on the Researcher Spotlight page, email us at workforce@aamc.org.
Amy (Jayas) Pineda
Meet Amy (Jayas) Pineda, MPH, a Research Analyst II of the Medical Education Research team at AAMC. She led the research study, “Physicians' continuing medical education activities and satisfaction with their ability to stay current in medical information and practice: A cross-sectional study”, in collaboration with Workforce Studies colleagues, Xiaochu Hu and Michael Dill, and other members of the Medical Education Research team. This study can help inform more targeted and inclusive CME program designs, especially considering changing learning environments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. View more information on the study.
Alyssa Browne
Meet Alyssa Browne, PhD, a Senior Analyst, Biomedical Research Workforce of the Biomedical Research Community Engagement team at AAMC. Her work focuses on the biomedical research workforce – both within academic medicine and the broader research ecosystem. She recently analyzed 2022 AAMC National Sample Survey of Physicians data to estimate how many U.S. physicians are actively engaged in research, with findings published in JAMA Network Open. Her other projects include analyses of NIH funding trends among U.S. medical school faculty and a qualitative study exploring early career biomedical scientists’ experiences and perspectives on how to better support the next generation of scientists. To better understand the impact of recent federal grant terminations on U.S. institutions and scientists, she published data briefs May 5th and May 27th using public grant terminations data. Learn more about the AAMC analysis workstream on the biomedical research workforce.