UROLOGICAL RESEARCH TRAINING FOR PHYSICIANS

该项目支持培训符合董事会资格的外科医生 作为独立调查人员致力于研究 泌尿生殖系统。该计划是协调和共同管理的 以类似的努力培训基础科学家的泌尿外科 调查。培训一小部分高资质的医学博士 科学家将继续进行与人类疾病相关的当代研究 泌尿生殖系统是一项对国家至关重要的投资 当前和未来的卫生保健需求。肾脏疾病和 泌尿生殖系统影响着1300多万美国人，这一数字 在不久的将来可能会增加。我们的培训计划制定了 能够通过装备它们来迎接这一医学挑战的科学家 适当使用现代研究工具和有效的知识库 因此，他们可以解开泌尿生殖系统疾病的机制。这个 细胞和分子的实验工具和智能发现 生物学为预防带来了令人兴奋的新可能性， 治疗和控制，在某些情况下，治愈患者的痛苦 泌尿生殖系统。培训计划是根据需要量身定做的 来自不同学术背景的学员：正式指导是 适用于生物统计学、细胞生物学和重组DNA技术 目标是培养全面发展的跨学科科学家。 由临床医生和研究人员协调团队进行的具体指导 特定兴趣领域的基础科学家确保交叉- 与研究并行的跨学科智力发展 训练。所有导师都拥有终身教职或终身教职 医学院，指导至少一项积极的研究资助，并拥有 培养博士后科学家从事富有成效的职业的经验。 制度环境提供了丰富的研讨会组合， 访问教授和会议，创造刺激的交流 在实习生和导师中。教师研究的主要焦点 课程包括：Smooth的分子生理学和药理学 睾丸的肌肉痉挛、病理生理学及其流出 导管、前列腺生长控制与梗阻性疾病的癌症、神经神经病学 障碍，生长因子在神经肌肉相互作用中的作用，神经， 泌尿生殖系统疾病的血管和免疫学机制 梗阻性肾脏病理。年轻人的跨学科培训 泌尿科医生正在进行与泌尿系统疾病相关的有希望的研究 与弗吉尼亚大学医学院的承诺一致 建立一个富有成效的共同点 基础科学家可以利用多学科的方法来 研究泌尿外科危重疾病的发病机制。

This project supports the training of board-eligible surgeons for careers as independent investigators committed to studying diseases of the genitourinary system. The program is coordinated and co-administered with a similar effort training basic scientists in urological investigation. Training of a small but highly qualified subset of MD scientists to pursue contemporary research relevant to diseases of the urogenital system is an investment that is essential to the nation's current and future health care needs. Diseases of the kidneys and urogenital system affect more than 13 million Americans and this number may increase in the near future. Our training program develops scientists who can meet this medical challenge by equipping them appropriately with modern research tools and an effective knowledge base so they can unravel the mechanisms of urogenital disorders. The experimental tools and intellectual discoveries of cell and molecular biology have generated exciting new possibilities for the prevention, treatment, and control and, in some cases, cure of afflictions of the genitourinary system. The training program is tailored to accommodate trainees from diverse academic backgrounds: formal instruction is available in biostatistics, cell biology, and recombinant DNA technology with the goal of producing well-rounded, interdisciplinary scientists. Specific mentoring by coordinated teams of clinician-investigators and basic scientists in specific interest areas ensures cross- interdisciplinary intellectual development in parallel with research training. All mentors hold tenured or tenure-track appointments in the School of Medicine, direct at least one active research grant, and have experience in training postdoctoral scientists for productive careers. The institutional environment offers a rich mixture of seminars, visiting professors and conferences that creates stimulating exchanges among trainees and mentors. The primary focus of faculty research programs includes: molecular physiology and pharmacology of smooth muscle contracture, pathophysiology of the testis and its excurrent ducts, prostate growth control and cancer, neuro-urology of obstructive disorders, role of growth factors in neuromuscular interaction, neural, vascular and immunological mechanisms of urogenital disease and obstructive renal pathology. Interdisciplinary training of young urologists in promising research relevant to urological disease is consistent with the University of Virginia Medical School's commitment to foster a productive common ground where clinical investigators and basic scientists can exploit multi-disciplinary approaches to investigate critical disease mechanisms in urology.