Interdisciplinary Training in Pathobiology and Rehabilitation Medicine

T32HD071866博士后和博士后混合培训计划的总体目标是开发 新兴的科学家成为翻译康复研究的未来领导者--有能力 测试和传播新的康复策略，以减轻损伤和降低生活质量 面对慢性病的管理。为实现这一目标，我们将在第一个阶段取得成果的基础上再接再厉。 资金周期，因为该计划的学员数量增加，并建立了吸引高素质人才的声誉 全国范围内的申请人。现已得到验证的计划利用了异常丰富的制度环境， 提供大量资源，以及一个协作团队，该团队已成长为三个类别的50名高效导师 (核心、内容、培训导师)；所有这些人都深深地致力于培训和职业发展。 受训者受益于两年的跨学科培训，精心融合了三个核心水平的科学 研究：(I)分子病理生物学；(Ii)康复科学/生理学；(Iii)康复医学(即 临床试验)。由于最近在教师招聘方面取得了成功-培养了更多跨学科团队- 翻译性康复研究培训在更新期将扩展到四个集中领域 强项：(I)肌肉骨骼疾病；(Ii)神经系统疾病；(Iii)心脏代谢疾病；或(Iv)癌症。 博士前实习生是从竞争激烈和多样化的国家人才库中挑选出来的，被UAB录取 研究生课程(如研究生生物医学科学、康复科学)。国家征兵 博士后实习生利用机构资助的培训/职业发展计划来满足 博士后培养目标多样化。每个学员的主要导师和翻译指导团队是 来自医学院的专家计划教员(细胞/综合生物学；物理医学和 康复；神经学；病理学；内科；外科；肿瘤学；儿科；生物医学工程)，健康 职业(康复与营养科学)、公共卫生(生物统计学；流行病学)、艺术与艺术 科学(心理学)。实习生、导师和翻译指导团队共同打造个人 发展计划，由执行委员会每半年核准和监测一次。该计划包括 课程、实验室和临床研究、专业发展计划、研讨会、演讲 在地方和国家会议上，以及负责任地开展研究方面的培训。学习指挥和 发表高影响力的研究是一个主要的关注点。该计划将继续指导4名博士后和4名 每年都有博士后学员，并将利用扩大的资源，最大限度地招聘和培训 代表不足的少数群体和残疾人。作为美国国立卫生研究院资助的前25名学术医疗中心 拥有80多个最先进的科学核心设施和24个大学范围内的跨学科研究中心， 阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校在培养真正的翻译科学家方面处于非常有利的地位 具备以前沿研究带动康复医学领域的实力。

The overarching goal of the mixed predoctoral and postdoctoral T32HD071866 training program is to develop burgeoning scientists into future leaders in translational rehabilitation research – scientists who are equipped to test and disseminate novel rehabilitative strategies that will alleviate impairment and compromised life quality in the face of chronic disease management. To meet this goal, we will build on achievements during the first funding cycle, as the program grew in number of trainees and established a reputation that attracts high caliber applicants nationwide. The now proven program leverages an exceptionally rich institutional environment that offers myriad resources, and a collaborative team that has grown to 50 productive mentors in three categories (Core, Content, Mentors-in-Training); all of whom are deeply committed to training and career development. Trainees benefit from two years of interdisciplinary training that carefully meld three core levels of scientific inquiry: (i) molecular pathobiology; (ii) rehabilitation science/physiology; and (iii) rehabilitation medicine (i.e. clinical trials). Consequent to recent successes in faculty recruitment – seeding more interdisciplinary teams – translational rehabilitation research training in the renewal period will expand to four areas of concentrated strength: (i) Musculoskeletal Disorders; (ii) Neurologic Diseases; (iii) Cardiometabolic Diseases; or (iv) Cancer. Predoctoral trainees are selected from a highly competitive and diverse national pool admitted to a UAB graduate program (e.g., Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Rehabilitation Science). Nationally recruited postdoctoral trainees leverage institutionally funded training/career development programs tailored to meet diverse postdoctoral training goals. Each trainee's primary mentor and Translational Mentoring Team are drawn from expert program faculty in the Schools of Medicine (cell/integrative biology; physical medicine & rehabilitation; neurology; pathology; medicine; surgery; oncology; pediatrics; biomedical engineering), Health Professions (rehabilitation & nutrition sciences), Public Health (biostatistics; epidemiology), and Arts & Sciences (psychology). Together the trainee, mentor, and Translational Mentoring Team craft an individual development plan, approved and monitored semi-annually by the Executive Committee. The plan includes coursework, laboratory and clinical research, professional development programs, workshops, presentations locally and at national meetings, and training in the responsible conduct of research. Learning to conduct and publish high-impact research is a primary focus. The program will continue mentoring 4 predoctoral and 4 postdoctoral trainees each year, and will leverage expanded resources to maximize recruitment and training of underrepresented minorities and individuals with disabilities. As a top 25 NIH-funded academic medical center with over 80 state-of-the-art scientific core facilities and 24 University-wide, interdisciplinary research centers, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is remarkably well-positioned to cultivate truly translational scientists equipped to drive the field of rehabilitation medicine with cutting edge research.