Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant

本申请要求为药理学培训提供5年的财政支持。 圣路易斯大学六位杰出的博士前研究员。领导团队包括 三位经验丰富的研究教育家，他们将指导30位资金雄厚的导师的努力 医学院、文理学院和生物医学工程学院的八个系。我们的 培训计划的前提是药理学是一门基础广泛的学科，需要 一种多学科和综合的方法。我们有两个目标。第一个也是最直接的 目标是确保具备现代药物行动原则和相关学科的能力。我们的 第二个也是长期目标是培养一支多样化的有能力的科学家队伍，以解决 成功治疗人类疾病的障碍带来的挑战。要实现这些目标 目标，我们设计了一个培训计划，其中包括教学和互动的指导 药物作用的原则，拨款结构，负责任的研究行为，以及 提高重复性；专门针对药物发现的研讨会和期刊俱乐部系列 和药物化学；职业发展研讨会，包括科学家的演讲 寻求不同的职业道路；讲授演讲和教学技能，包括 作为教师在本科课程中的积极作用完全由管理和教学 药理学研究生；以及在一年一度的静修中竞争激烈的学生陈述。过去时 我们培训计划的毕业生现在追求成功的职业生涯在研究，学术和 行业，包括几名在大学和 做生意。

This application requests 5-years of financial support for training in the pharmacological sciences for six outstanding predoctoral fellows at Saint Louis University. The leadership team includes three experienced research educators who will guide the efforts of 30 well-funded preceptors from eight departments in the Colleges of Medicine, Arts & Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering. Our training program is based on the premise that pharmacology is a broadly-based subject requiring a multidisciplinary and integrative approach. We have two goals. The first and most immediate goal is to ensure competency in modern principles of drug action and related disciplines. Our second and long-term goal is to develop a diverse pool of capable scientists trained to address the challenges presented by barriers to successful treatment of human disease. To achieve these objectives, we designed a training program that includes didactic and interactive instruction in the principles of drug action, grant construction, responsible conduct of research, and methods to enhance reproducibility; seminar and journal club series specifically targeted to drug discovery and medicinal chemistry; career development seminars that include presentations by scientists pursuing alternative career paths; instruction in presentation and teaching skills including an active role as teacher in an undergraduate course completely administered and taught by pharmacology graduate students; and, competitive student presentations at a yearly retreat. Past graduates of our training program now pursue successful careers in research, academics, and industry, including several trainees who hold significant leadership positions in universities and businesses.