Dr. Carolyn Meltzer, Associate Dean of Research at Emory University, talks to Dr. Carrie L. Byington, University of Utah Health Care, about how they’re addressing some of the challenges facing the research mission at their institution. They discuss the changing role of the physician scientist, balancing the research and clinical mission, the importance of leveraging their core facilities and what they’re doing to further the research mission in a post-healthcare reform world.