Reproductive Scientist Development Program (RSDP)

项目摘要/摘要 这是一份竞争性续签申请，要求继续支持生殖科学家发展 计划(RSDP)，这是一个多学科、多机构的研究职业发展计划 产科医生-细胞和分子生物学及相关基础科学的妇科医生。这样做的目的是 该计划旨在教育妇产科医生与当代基础科学研究相关 生殖医学和生物学，以便他们为学术医学的研究生涯做好准备。这个 总体目标是帮助确保学术妇产科履行其增加研究的使命 以及生殖科学的发现。杰出的医学/博士、博士和医学博士科学家 研究经验可作为教师的导师。 这一计划的一个独特之处在于，优秀的个人在完成产科住院医师培训后 和妇科，在许多情况下，两年或三年的临床专科研究员，花两年 (第一阶段)在有经验的基础科学研究实验室的监督和指导下， 备受推崇的有成就的科学家。在第一阶段，学者们致力于全日制研究，没有 临床义务。在这一经历之后，学者们又花了两年的时间来建立他们的 妇产科的研究计划(第二阶段)。在这里，学者充当了一个 初级教员，至少有75%的时间致力于发展独立研究事业。对于 过去五(5)年，NICHD为学者提供工资支持，同时为相关研究提供支持 费用由为RSDP方案作出贡献的各种非联邦机构提供。 这一资助机制将继续下去，NIH的资助将支持最多2名学者 第一阶段和第二阶段的持续时间。该计划将继续教育年轻的内科科学家 产科和妇科，补充生殖科学家的渠道。RSDP拥有丰富的 已经实现这一目标的历史，并致力于继续其生产下一个目标的目标 我们学术部门的领导。

Project Summary/Abstract This is a competitive renewal application for continued support for the Reproductive Scientist Development Program (RSDP), a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional research career development program for obstetrician-gynecologists in cell and molecular biology and related fundamental sciences. The objective of this program is to educate obstetrician-gynecologists in contemporary basic science research related to reproductive medicine and biology in order to prepare them for research careers in academic medicine. The overall goal is to help ensure that academic obstetrics and gynecology fulfills its mission to increase research and discovery in the reproductive sciences. Outstanding MD/PhD, PhD, and MD scientists with broad research experience serve as faculty mentors. A unique feature of this program is that outstanding individuals, upon completing a residency in obstetrics and gynecology, and in many cases two or three years of clinical subspecialty fellowship, spend two years (Phase I) in fundamental science research laboratories under the supervision and mentorship of experienced, highly regarded accomplished scientists. During Phase I, Scholars are dedicated to full-time research with no clinical obligations. Following this experience, Scholars spend an additional two-year period establishing their research program in a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Phase II). Here, the Scholar serves as a junior faculty member with at least 75% time devoted to developing an independent research career. For the past five (5) years salary support for scholars has been provided by NICHD, while support for research related expenses has been provided from the various non-federal agencies who contribute to the RSDP program. This funding mechanism will continue, and, NIH funding will support up to 2 Scholars for the duration of Phase I and Phase II. This program will continue to educate young physician scientists in Obstetrics and Gynecology and replenish the pipeline of reproductive scientists. The RSDP has a rich history of accomplishing this goal already and is committed to continuing its objective of producing the next leaders of our academic departments.