Training in Cardiovascular Research at the University of Hawaii

摘要 夏威夷大学心血管T32培训计划的更新申请 我们的心血管研究中心（CCR）和我们建立的细胞研究生课程的优势 和分子生物学我们还保持并加强了与心血管部门的联盟， 斯坦福大学医学院丰富当地学术环境，增加 经验丰富的高级调查员可作为我们的学员的导师。近年来，医学院 走上了一个新的方向，强调基础研究，为我们的毕业生注入了新的活力 程序.我们已经搬进了檀香山海岸的现代化校园，吸引了全国各地的学生。 有竞争力的调查员。我们心血管中心已经招募或开发了5名独立的研究者 他们主要关注心血管研究。此外，我们有一组呃教师与 建立了与心血管科学相关的研究项目。我们现在有了 成功的T32计划所需的研究人员。在我们的第一个周期中，作为唯一的T32计划， 夏威夷大学在培训少数民族科学家方面取得了成功， 学员获得独立的赠款资助。我们的根基仍然是为少数民族服务，以临床为中心， 学校，但正在增加一个重要的科学复杂性水平，以服务于我们的特殊位置， 多民族人口。在本申请所述的第二个供资周期，我们将继续 把我们最好的研究生和博士后放在致力于心血管项目的实验室里， 并提供指导，帮助他们取得成功。他们将受益于一个既定的课程，CCR核心 资源，也将能够利用斯坦福大学心血管部门的世界一流的专业知识 和研究资源。我们要求支持三名研究生和三名博士后研究员， 年我们预计，平均而言，研究生将获得不超过三年的支持， 博士后在完成学业或获得独立资助前的工作时间不超过两年。因此我们 预计在5年期间支持大约7名博士后研究员和5名研究生 多年来，这个项目。我们的目标是培养下一代心血管研究人员， 关注我们当地居民的优先事项。

Abstract This application for renewal of the Cardiovascular T32 training program at the University of Hawaii draws on the strengths of our Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR) and our established graduate program in Cell and Molecular Biology. We also have maintained and enhanced an alliance with the Cardiovascular Division at Stanford University Medical School to enrich the local academic environment and increase the number of seasoned senior investigators available as mentors for our trainees. In recent years our medical school has embarked on a new direction, emphasizing basic investigation that has instilled new energy into our graduate programs. We have moved into a modern campus on the shore of Honolulu and attracted nationally competitive investigators. Our Cardiovascular Center has recruited or developed 5 independent investigators who have a principal focus on cardiovascular investigation. In addition we have a group of UH faculty with established research programs pertinent to cardiovascular science. We now have the critical mass of investigators needed for a successful T32 program. During our first cycle as the only T32 program at the University of Hawaii we have had success in training under-represented minority scientists and in helping our trainees to obtain independent grant funding. We still have our roots in our minority-serving, clinically-focused school, but are adding an important level of scientific sophistication to serve our special location and multiethnic population. During the second cycle of funding, described in this application, we will continue to place our best graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in laboratories devoted to cardiovascular projects, and provide mentoring that will help them succeed. They will benefit from an established curriculum, CCR core resources, and will also be able to draw upon the Stanford Cardiovascular Division for world-class expertise and research resources. We request support for three graduate students and three postdoctoral fellows per year. We expect, on average, that the graduate students will be supported for no more than three years and the postdocs for no more than two years before they either finish or obtain independent funding. Thus we anticipate supporting approximately 7 individual postdoctoral fellows and 5 graduate students during the 5 years of this program. Our goal is to train our next generation of cardiovascular investigators, with special attention to the priorities of our local population.