Abstract
The American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) was founded in 2003 with a mission to build a unified community for physician-scientist trainees. Over the past 2 decades, the APSA has played a pivotal role in fostering the development of future physician-scientists through mentorship, advocacy, and professional development. This year, the APSA hosted its 20th Annual Meeting in Chicago in collaboration with the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. This milestone marks a moment of celebration and reflection, highlighting APSA’s enduring impact on the future of physician-scientist training.
Authors
Cynthia Y. Tang, Alex D. Waldman, Daniel C. Brock
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APSA participant demographics per year.
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(A ) Participant representation based on gender. Of registrants, 154 declined to respond, 10 responded with “non-binary/non-conforming,” 4 “genderqueer,” and 9 “not listed/other.” (B ) Percentage of APSA meeting participants from groups considered to be underrepresented in medicine (URM) compared to MD-PhD matriculation data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The AAMC made demographic information available beginning in 2014 and the APSA began collecting registrant gender in 2014 and race and ethnicity information in 2016. AAMC FACTS tables for 2025 were not available at the time of analysis. AAMC data were drawn from AAMC FACTS Table B9: https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/students-residents/report/facts Both the APSA and the AAMC define URM as individuals identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish Origin, or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (7 ).
