University of Iowa Institutional Training Program in Oral Health Research

本次竞争性续签申请的目标是提供各种互补的培训机会 在爱荷华大学(UI)进行牙科和颅面研究，并培养一批基础研究人员 和研究技能将迎接21世纪口腔健康研究挑战的牙科学者 世纪。其目的是为学员在口腔健康研究和学术领域的有意义的职业生涯做好准备 提供卓越的跨学科教学培训和严谨的研究指导经验 强调正在进行的审查和批评。拟议的计划延续了30年的基础 研究培训的成功，已经把重点放在牙科毕业生身上，但也认识到基础科学家也发挥了作用 在口腔健康研究中的重要作用；？因此，它还将为非牙医提供培训机会。R90 这一构成部分反映了国际牙医在下列方面发挥的日益重要的作用： 我们的口腔健康研究项目。提供培训的五个主要研究领域，1) 生物工程、组织工程、干细胞、生物材料和材料研究2)免疫学， 炎症、微生物学、龋齿和微生物组研究3)颅面、口腔生物学、遗传学和 牙科发展研究4)公共卫生、流行病学和行为科学，5)口腔健康 政策研究，反映牙科学院、健康科学学院、加州大学学院和 在整个翻译范围内的中心和范围。具体地说，我们为牙医和非 牙医攻读口腔科学博士学位(或我们将招聘的其他六个博士项目之一， )，或继续博士后培训。此外，还将有机会获得 伊利诺伊大学临床和临床研究所主持的翻译和临床研究证书 翻译科学(我们由CTSA资助的研究所)。由28名经验丰富、才华横溢的项目教员组成的团队 来自不同学科的课程可供指导学员使用。培训将由经验丰富的 主任和副主任，由学院领导团队协助。该计划将有内部和 外部咨询委员会，新成立的赠款撰写委员会，新成立的学院 指导计划，以及招聘和多样性委员会。总而言之，该计划汇集了 高效、资金充足的导师与博士后和博士后实习生在一个具有强大 机构致力于发展卓越的跨学科研究培训，有良好的机构记录 相关学科的培训，以及一流的教育和研究设施。结果将继续下去 培养一支口腔健康研究人员队伍，使其能够在口腔健康领域的前沿发挥作用 纪律。

The goal of this competitive renewal application is to provide a variety of complementary training opportunities in dental and craniofacial research at the University of Iowa (UI) and to develop a cohort of basic researchers and dental scholars whose investigative skills will meet the challenges of oral health research for the 21st century. The aims are to prepare trainees for meaningful careers in oral health research and academics by providing outstanding interdisciplinary didactic training and rigorous research mentoring experiences emphasizing ongoing review and critique. The proposed program continuation, building on 30+ years of research training success, has a focus on dental graduates, but recognizes that basic scientists also play important roles in oral health research;? thus, it will also offer training opportunities for non-­dentists. The R90 component reflects the increasingly important role that international dentists have, and will continue to have, in our oral health research programs. The five major research areas in which training is offered, 1) Bioengineering, Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells, Biomaterials, and Materials Research 2) Immunology, Inflammation, Microbiology, Caries, and Microbiome Research 3) Craniofacial, Oral Biology, Genetics, and Dental Development Research 4) Public Health, Epidemiology and Behavioral Sciences, and 5) Oral Health Policy Research, reflect the strengths of the College of Dentistry, the health science colleges, UI institutes and centers and range across the full translational spectrum. Specifically, we offer training for dentists and non-­ dentists to pursue a PhD in Oral Sciences (or in one of the six other PhD programs from which we will recruit, as appropriate), or to pursue post-­doctoral training. In addition, there will be an opportunity to obtain a Certificate in Translational and Clinical Investigation under the auspices of the UI Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (our CTSA-­funded institute). A group of 28 experienced and talented program faculty from a variety of disciplines is available to mentor trainees. Training will be supervised by an experienced Director and Associate Director, assisted by a Faculty Leadership team. The program will have internal and external advisory committees, a newly-­established Grant-­writing Committee, a newly-­established Faculty Mentoring Program, and a Committee on Recruitment and Diversity. In summary, the program brings together productive, well-­funded mentors with pre-­ and post-­doctoral trainees in an environment with a strong institutional commitment to develop outstanding interdisciplinary research training, a strong institutional record of training in relevant disciplines, and excellent educational and research facilities. The outcome will continue to be the development of a cadre of oral health researchers equipped to function at the cutting edge of their disciplines.