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I'm starting my first year at an MD school this upcoming August. I'm already heavily involved in research and I've published a few papers on a very specific topic (meta-analyses, in vitro studies, animal studies, literature reviews, and an upcoming hypothesis paper/mini review). I was first author on most of these papers.
I want to test my hypothesis from the hypothesis paper and I have ideas for in vitro studies and animal experiments but the best way to explore my idea would be a prospective clinical trial of SCT and CBT patients. However, I know that the amount of funding required for a clinical trial is astronomically high. How realistic is it for me to embark on this endeavor throughout my 4 years of med school? Should I just stick to the bench and try to apply for larger grants during my residency/fellowship?
Also, would an MD be required to be first author on a clinical trial? I basically have all the data I need to write a grant for this idea but I don't want to put in this much work and end up not getting credit for designing the experiment/trial. A retrospective trial would also suffice, but that will limit my ability to track certain parameters that I'm interested in.
I want to test my hypothesis from the hypothesis paper and I have ideas for in vitro studies and animal experiments but the best way to explore my idea would be a prospective clinical trial of SCT and CBT patients. However, I know that the amount of funding required for a clinical trial is astronomically high. How realistic is it for me to embark on this endeavor throughout my 4 years of med school? Should I just stick to the bench and try to apply for larger grants during my residency/fellowship?
Also, would an MD be required to be first author on a clinical trial? I basically have all the data I need to write a grant for this idea but I don't want to put in this much work and end up not getting credit for designing the experiment/trial. A retrospective trial would also suffice, but that will limit my ability to track certain parameters that I'm interested in.