This proposed R13 application will focus on endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, HIV/aids, gastroenterology, cardiology, pulmonology, nephrology, and oncology subspecialty topics

IT is titled NMA 2020 equipping the next generation of internal medicine physicians for success. The program will be utilized to enhance the development and training of young investigators who have an interest in academic medicine and research, with a demonstrated desire to address health disparities. Due to decreasing numbers in women securing tenured track positions in academia, this year we will make a concerted effort to focus on providing valuable information to help trainees facilitate the successful transition from trainee to faculty member. Award recipients will present their posters during the NMA general poster presentation session. This enables our early career investigators to be exposed to and interact with a broader audience of physicians beyond the internal medicine specialty. Additionally, the highest scored abstracts will be invited to present their research in the form of a brief oral presentation within the appropriate subspecialty section during the IM sessions. NMA internal medicine (IM) leaders/senior faculty will be available to network with and participate in small group discussions with early career investigators. There are seven objectives to this conference session: (1) provide a forum for cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas to further explore issues of health disparities and health equity; (2) foster opportunities for early stage minority faculty and trainees to network and learn about current research in the internal medicine specialty; (3) promote opportunities for all early stage faculty and trainees to present their research findings during the general NMA poster session and our general IM session meeting; and integrate the top recipients of the abstract submissions as oral abstract presentations within the appropriate internal medicine specialty presentations; (4) promote opportunities for trainees to buttress this academic experience by allowing them to attend an array of NMA general scientific section symposia during the entire NMA convention period; (5) promote opportunities for early stage faculty and trainee investigators to interact with more senior investigators working in the internal medicine specialties to enable them the opportunity to establish professional relationships that will provide early career guidance and for those interested "groom" them for future leadership in the NMA; (6) provide effective tools to address unique challenges faced by early career professional women in academia; (7) introduce scholars to the different academic tracts and provide guidance to achieving tenure.