USC Neurosurgery Research and Education Training Program

项目总结 获得美国国立卫生研究院个人职业发展奖有助于 内科医生-科学家。然而，如果没有正式的申请，提交这些奖项的竞争性申请是困难的。 指导、明确的期望、受保护的时间和协调的课程。南加州大学R25神经外科 研究教育计划提供了解决许多问题所需的资源、指导和支持 这些挑战。R25计划推动了一种学术研究和开发的文化 临床医生-直接使南加州大学住院医生和初级教职员工受益的科学家 神经外科。拟议的续期申请寻求在以下项目早期成功的基础上再接再厉 最初的筹资周期。此竞争性续订申请利用与前五年类似的结构 但包含了基于学习和反馈的更改/改进。导师是 临床医生和科学家，有联邦资助和以前的记录，以成功的指导而闻名。三十岁- 来自全校17个不同学术部门的5名教职员工被列为 导师和顾问。多层次的指导系统为每个R25学员提供一名研究导师 他/她的直接调查研究、神经外科研究指导委员会的指导和职业生涯 来自候选人选择的神经外科/临床医生/科学家团队的开发支持 神经科学分专业。过渡到学院委员会提供持续的指导和 在R25毕业生住院医师培训的最后几年和初级教师的初始任命期间进行监督。 南加州大学神经外科住院医师计划已经进行了重组，纳入了专门的R25研究 不同于传统临床路径的轨迹。一个创新的高级/初级导师计划将 允许R25实习生除经验丰富外，还可接受早期职业调查人员的正式指导 科学家/导师。专注于道德和成功的科学实践的讨论和指导 已被纳入该计划。该提案的总体目标是培养神经外科医生- 科学家能够获得NIH K-，最终是R-系列资金，以支持独立研究。

PROJECT SUMMARY Receipt of individual NIH career development awards has been instrumental to the professional trajectories of physician-scientists. However, submitting competitive applications for these awards is difficult without formal mentorship, defined expectations, protected time, and coordinated curricula. The USC R25 Neurosurgery Research Education Program provides the resources, mentorship, and support required to address many of these challenges. The R25 program has advanced a culture of academic research and development of clinician-scientists that has directly benefited the residents and junior faculty members within the USC Department of Neurosurgery. The proposed renewal application seeks to build upon the early successes from the initial funding cycle. This competitive renewal application leverages a similar structure to the first five years of the program but incorporates changes/ improvements based on learning and feedback. Mentors are clinicians and scientists with federal funding and prior track records notable for successful mentorship. Thirty- five faculty members from seventeen different academic departments across the university are included as mentors and advisors. A multi-tiered mentorship system affords each R25 trainee a research supervisor for his/her direct investigative study, guidance from a Neurosurgery Research Mentorship Committee and career development support from a team of clinician-scientists within the candidate’s chosen neurosurgery/ neuroscience subspecialty. A Transition to Academic Faculty Committee provides sustained guidance and oversight to R25 graduates during their final years of residency training and initial junior faculty appointments. The USC Neurosurgery residency program has been restructured to incorporate a dedicated R25 research track that differs from the traditional clinical pathway. An innovative Senior/ Junior mentorship program will allow R25 trainees to receive formal guidance from early career investigators in addition to experienced scientists/ mentors. Dedicated discussions and instruction focusing on ethical and successful scientific practice have been incorporated into the program. The over-arching aim of the proposal is to develop neurosurgeon- scientists capable of securing NIH K-, and ultimately R-, series funding to support independent research.