Biomedical Globalization

The International Migration of Scientists

Sergio Diaz-Briquets, Charles Cheney

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English

Transaction Publishers
28 February 2002

Migration, immigration & emigration; Employment & unemployment; Science funding & policy

Despite much debate in recent years about the economic and professional impact of foreign engineers and computer professionals in the United States, comparatively little has been said about the growing number of foreign biomedical scientists employed by American firms and health institutions. The implications are widespread and merit serious analysis. In Biomedical Globalization, Sergio Diaz-Briquets and Charles C. Cheney shed light on this development through examination of the experience of foreign biomedical scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.

Diaz-Briquets and Cheney's analysis is based on results of ethnographic field observations and more than 200 interviews among diverse biomedical research constituencies in the United States and abroad. These views provide a penetrating glimpse into the complex web of interrelationships governing the international mobility of highly skilled personnel within a given scientific field. While the work of the NIH is unexceptionable in advancing biomedical knowledge and forging international research linkages, a far more complex and elusive picture emerges when the issue is placed within a broader labor market perspective. Under some circumstances the United States economy may suffer from the presence of foreign biomedical scientists in American laboratories. There is some fear that when these scientists return home they may take with them know-how developed here that could be used to strengthen the scientific prowess of overseas competitors.

In conducting their research, the authors have identified several hitherto unrecognized functions that the NIH plays in channeling foreign biomedical scientists intothe American workforce. These functions are of great significance to immigration and labor policy and can be seen as instrumental to the satisfaction of numerous key public policy objectives. Biomedical Globalization will be of interest to policymakers, labor studies scholars, and scientific researchers.

By: Sergio Diaz-Briquets, Charles Cheney
Imprint: Transaction Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780765801043
ISBN 10: 0765801043
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 28 February 2002
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sergio Diaz-Briquets is executive director of the Council for Human Development in Alexandria, Virginia and vice president of Casals and Associates, a Washington area-based consulting firm. He is the co-author (with Jorge Perez-Lopez) of Conquering Nature: The Environmental Legacy of Socialism in Cuba. CHARLES C. CHENEY IS SENIOR RESEARCHER AT THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. HE HASA BEEN A CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS AND HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS.