How to Optimize Your Research During a Pandemic - A Summary of Discussions From the Association for Academic Surgery Town Hall and Lessons Learned From 2020

Mio Kitano; Sundeep Keswani; Lillian Erdahl; Brittany Bankhead-Kendall; Anji Wall; Karl Bilimoria; Eugene Kim

doi:10.1016/j.jss.2021.05.011

How to Optimize Your Research During a Pandemic - A Summary of Discussions From the Association for Academic Surgery Town Hall and Lessons Learned From 2020

J Surg Res. 2021 Dec:268:244-252. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.05.011. Epub 2021 Aug 12.

Authors

Mio Kitano¹, Sundeep Keswani², Lillian Erdahl³, Brittany Bankhead-Kendall⁴, Anji Wall⁵, Karl Bilimoria⁶, Eugene Kim⁷

Affiliations

¹ Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. Electronic address: kitano@uthscsa.edu.
² Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
³ Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
⁴ Division of Trauma, Burns, and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas.
⁵ Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁶ Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
⁷ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

PMID: 34391203
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.05.011

Abstract

The year 2020 was an unprecedented year for all of us, including for the academic surgery research community. Both stay-at-home and social distancing restrictions posed challenges to our personal and professional lives. The Association for Academic Surgery held its inaugural webinar-based panel discussion titled Association for Academic Surgery Town Hall with its topic on how to optimize research during a pandemic. This article summarizes the highlights from that discussion and lessons learned from the academic surgery research community in 2020.

Keywords: Academic research; Academic surgery; COVID-19; Pandemic; Research.

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research / trends*
Humans
Pandemics* / prevention & control
Physical Distancing