Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant

此申请要求5年的财务支持，用于药理学培训 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工作者，他们将指导30位资金充足的导师， 医学院、文理学院和生物医学工程学院的八个系。我们 培训计划的前提是，药理学是一个基础广泛的学科，需要 多学科和综合方法。我们有两个目标。第一个也是最直接的 目标是确保掌握现代药物行动原则和相关学科的能力。我们 第二个长期目标是培养一批经过培训的有能力的科学家， 成功治疗人类疾病的障碍所带来的挑战。实现这些 目标，我们设计了一个培训计划，其中包括教学和互动教学 药物作用的原则，赠款建设，负责任的研究行为，以及方法， 提高重现性;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 追求替代的职业道路;在演示和教学技能，包括一个指令 在本科课程中担任教师的积极角色，完全由 药理学研究生;以及，在每年的务虚会上有竞争力的学生演讲。过去 我们的培训计划的毕业生现在追求在研究，学术， 包括在大学担任重要领导职务的几名受训人员， 商家

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.