HYPERTENTION

加州大学圣地亚哥分校的培训项目致力于为高血压及其相关疾病的研究领域培养有才华的研究者。这个高血压项目的目标是培养致力于研究事业的研究者，并为他们的第一个十年的学术研究做好准备。这是一个竞争性的延续应用程序，它汇集了各种资金充足和有才华的研究人员利用各种研究学科。我们建议将培养人数增加到4名博士预科生和4名博士后，共计8个职位。所有受训者都将获得基础研究方面的丰富经验，并参加教学课程和系列研讨会。由十个独立调查小组提供若干学科方面的培训。这些小组在过去已经展示了重要的合作，并由三个与高血压研究相关的计划/项目资助。培训课程包括细胞生物学、分子生物学、免疫学、基因组学、生物化学和生理学。博士预科学员主要来自加州大学圣地亚哥分校非常成功的生物医学研究生课程和分子病理学研究生课程。博士后培训生是从大量合格的申请者中挑选出来的。招募新的、有经验的和资金充足的培训项目教师加强了项目，增加了研究者的互动和合作程度。加州大学圣地亚哥分校校园内额外的研究资金和新的研究大楼也提高了这种研究环境的生产力。Ronald C. Blantz博士将继续担任项目主任，Morton Printz博士将担任联合主任。

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract) The Training Program at the University of California, San Diego is committed to the task of preparing talented investigators in research fields relevant to hypertension and the diseases associated with this malady. The goal of this Hypertension Program is to train committed investigators for a research career and prepare them for their first decade of academic research. This is a competitive continuation application which brings together a variety of well funded and talented investigators utilizing a variety of research disciplines. We are proposing a modes increase in trainees to four predoctoral and four postdoctoral trainees for a total of eight positions. All trainees receive an intensive experience in basic research coupled to participation in didactic courses and seminar series. Training is offered in several disciplines with ten individual investigative groups. These groups have demonstrated significant collaboration in the past and are funded by three Program/Project grants relevant to hypertension research. Training is specifically offered in several disciplines including cell biology, molecular biology, immunology, genomics, biochemistry, and physiology. Predoctoral trainees are derived primarily from the highly successful Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program at UCSD. Postdoctoral trainees are selected from an ample pool of well-qualified applicants. Recruitment of new, experienced and well funded training program faculty have strengthened the program and increased the degree of investigator interaction and collaboration. Additional research funding and new research buildings on the UCSD campus also improve the likelihood of productivity within this research environment. Dr. Ronald C. Blantz will continue as Program Director supported by Dr. Morton Printz, Co-Director.