Due to a variety of academic, financial and organizational barriers, the number of physician-scientists in the United States has declined by nearly 70% during the past 40 years.

The one-year professorship is administered by the American Association of Rhodes Scholars and is awarded annually to a senior scholar “of the highest distinction” from the United States.

The Vanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics has received large-scale government grants and contracts to fund the discovery of human antiviral antibodies. The problem is the next step — finding corporate partners to develop the antibodies through human testing.

The findings come from the latest analysis of the Vanderbilt Child Health Poll fielded annually by researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt — and again show a persistent trend of food insecurity among Tennessee families.

Rose, associate professor of Biomedical Informatics and Health Policy, will succeed Keith Meador, MD, ThM, MPH, the Anne Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics, who has directed the center since 2012.

Meador has integrated ethics into the daily life of clinical departments at Vanderbilt Health. Under his direction, the center expanded its reach across specialties, establishing programs in surgical ethics, pediatric ethics and maternal-child health.

Tennessee parents have consistently ranked community violence near the top of their list of concerns since questions related to violence and firearms were added to the annual Child Health Poll