As 10 milestones e pitfalls da carreira de um investigador: o binómio entre a investigação científica e a docência em prol da aculturação

Abstract

The career of researcher is fundamental for the scientific evolution of Health. Naturally, there are moments of some 
sadness and injustice, namely regarding the basis that underlies the funding of research projects. But research is a gift 
and the ultimate brain lift, which generates and transforms knowledge into practical solutions, ensuring significant 
and sustainable advances in global health. In this thanking editorial to all authors and reviewers for 2024, I share my 
experience of how binomial research versus teaching was fundamental in my scientific acculturation. It is my goal 
that this reflection on milestones can inspire the generations of young people I have helped to professionalize. It is my 
vision for scientific acculturation that implies not only the technical learning of a set of scientific concepts, but also the 
internalization of a mindset that values critical thinking, cross-cutting curiosity in the area of knowledge, and the search 
for evidence and the application of the scientific method in problem solving.