Research Training Program for Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows

该提案要求继续支持儿科研究培训计划 匹兹堡大学医学院和匹兹堡大学医学院儿童医院的亚专科研究员 匹兹堡（CHP）。研究培训计划的主要目标是识别，指导和培养 致力于通过发现改善儿童健康的儿科研究未来领导者的职业生涯。 该计划提供了一个密集的研究经验，为儿科研究员致力于培训， 以实验室为基础或以患者为导向的与儿童健康相关的研究。培训体验旨在 准备研究员的职业生涯作为独立的，NIH资助的儿科医生，科学家在他们的领域 选择研究培训计划促进了研究员在亚专业的培训， 儿科没有专门的T32赠款（例如，心脏病学，胃肠病学， 遗传学，健康信息学，血液学和肿瘤学，传染病，神经病学，新生儿医学， 和流变学）以及具有这样的程序的子专业中的那些（例如，青少年医学， 内分泌学、普通学术儿科学、肾脏病学和肺病学），但范围更有限。 因此，该计划最大限度地提高了校外支持的目标是最有才华的研究员在我们的大 部门和匹配他们与优秀的导师在各种学科。指导教师 包括26位杰出的基础、翻译和临床研究者，他们在以下方面有杰出的记录： 研究贡献和指导，以及四个初级教师导师在培训。的重点 指导经验是在科学探究的基础上，结合最高标准的 严格和完整的卓越。每位研究员将与 一个教师导师的研究团队，导致出版物和个人职业应用 发展奖。匹兹堡大学医学院儿科有一个 全国发展最快的儿科研究项目之一，沿着在CHP校园内， 占地30万平方英尺的CHP Rangos研究中心我们已委任14名研究员进行研究， 匹兹堡大学的培训项目自2013年成立以来，将有13人完成此次培训。 一年了，还有一个在训练。研究培训计划的成果令人鼓舞， 该计划只存在了五年。在13名课程毕业生中，所有人都（或将）全职工作 学术职位（9名助理教授和4名讲师）。这些毕业生得到了 基金会赠款和NIH资助，有几个正在申请额外的NIH奖。这些结果 提供信心，研究培训计划选择有才华的学员，提供一流的团队， 导师，并提供了一个智力刺激的环境，激励研究员在儿科专科 并为他们提供经验和培训，使他们成为儿童健康研究的领导者。

This proposal requests continued support for the Research Training Program for Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP). The major goal of the Research Training Program is to identify, mentor, and foster the careers of future leaders in pediatric research who are dedicated to improving child health through discovery. The program offers an intensive research experience for pediatric fellows committed to training in either laboratory-based or patient-oriented research relevant to child health. The training experience is designed to prepare fellows for careers as independent, NIH-funded pediatric physician-scientists in the field of their choice. The Research Training Program facilitates the training of fellows in subspecialties within the Department of Pediatrics that do not have specialty-dedicated T32 grants (e.g., Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Genetics, Health Informatics, Hematology and Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Newborn Medicine, and Rheumatology) as well as those in subspecialties that have such programs (e.g., Adolescent Medicine, Endocrinology, General Academic Pediatrics, Nephrology, and Pulmonology) but are more limited in scope. Thus, the program maximizes extramural support by targeting the most talented fellows in our large department and matching them with outstanding mentors in a variety of disciplines. The mentoring faculty includes 26 outstanding basic, translational, and clinical investigators who have distinguished records of research contributions and mentoring as well as four junior faculty mentors-in-training. The emphasis of the mentoring experience is on the fundamentals of scientific inquiry combined with the highest standards of excellence for rigor and integrity. Each fellow is expected to conduct an innovative research project with the research team of one of the faculty mentors, leading to publications and applications for individual career development awards. The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has one of the fastest growing pediatric research programs in the country and is housed on the CHP campus along with the new 300,000-square-foot CHP Rangos Research Center. We have appointed 14 fellows to the Research Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh since its establishment in 2013; 13 will complete training this year, and one remains in training. The outcomes of the Research Training Program are encouraging for a program in existence for only five years. Of the 13 program graduates, all are (or will be) employed in full-time academic positions (nine assistant professors and four instructors). These graduates are supported by foundation grants and NIH funding, and several are applying for additional NIH awards. These outcomes provide confidence that the Research Training Program selects talented trainees, provides a superb team of mentors, and offers an intellectually stimulating environment that inspires fellows in pediatric subspecialties and provides them with the experience and training to become leaders in child health research.