Blueprints for Transforming Research at UIC College of Dentistry

UIC 牙科学院研究转型蓝图

• 批准号: 6695692
• 负责人: Christine D Wu
• 金额: $ 15.59万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2005-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6695692
• 关键词: biomedical equipment purchase; building /facility design /renovation; clinical biomedical equipment; comprehensive medical planning; curriculum; dentistry; dentistry education; education evaluation /planning; health care personnel; health care quality; health care service planning; health science research; health services research tag; interdisciplinary collaboration; oral health; physicians; training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Dentistry (COD) is the only dental school in Chicago, the nation's third largest city. The College is part of the 560-acre Illinois Medical District, which comprises four major medical centers, two universities, and forty other health care, education, and research institutions. In keeping with the University's mission, COD is strongly committed to having faculty members and student participate in scholarly activities; to producing highly qualified dentists, dental educators, and researchers; and to improving the oral and general health of the people of the State of Illinois. The University administration has demonstrated significant commitment to building a top-tier dental institution with a strong research infrastructure through recruitment of research faculty and renovation of research space. The recent appointment of an Associate Dean for Research and the establishment of the Office of Research are further commitments to the enhancement of research infrastructure and resources at the College. While the 2001 NIH funding totaled over $2 million for the College, only one half of these funds were awarded by NIDCR, and the funding profile was limited almost exclusively to investigator-initiated R01s and other R-series grants. The composition of these funds and the College's potential to benefit from new interdisciplinary and collaborative opportunities in research training, mentoring and career development suggest that COD is poised to make further strides toward excellence in research. The UIC College of Dentistry sees in this RFA an extraordinary opportunity to plan a world-class center of excellence in dental and craniofacial research. This proposal has three Specific Aims: 1) To develop and conduct a thorough assessment of the critical needs of the research infrastructure; 2) To identify research focus areas for further infrastructure development (This aim will be achieved with guidance from an Institutional Planning Committee and an External Advisory Committee, using a process based on defined criteria and peer review of scientific merit); and 3) To develop an institutional Infrastructure Improvement Plan for the research locus areas to be enhanced. Plans will be designed to develop a critical mass of researchers in the selected focus areas and to improve the overall research support infrastructure; to strengthen existing and to establish additional interdisciplinary collaborations; and to institutionalize measures for updating the Plan so that it will be comprehensive, strategic, patient-oriented, and self-sustaining. With the systematic infrastructure improvement initiative, and through integration of interdisciplinary research and creation of critical mass, UIC COD will play a leading role in US academic dentistry.

描述（由申请人提供）：伊利诺伊大学（UIC）牙科学院（COD）是芝加哥唯一的牙科学校，芝加哥是美国第三大城市。该学院是占地560英亩的伊利诺伊州医疗区的一部分，该区包括四个主要的医疗中心，两所大学以及其他四十所医疗保健，教育和研究机构。为了与大学的任务保持一致，鳕鱼强烈致力于让教职员工和学生参加学术活动。生产高素质的牙医，牙科教育者和研究人员；并改善伊利诺伊州人民的口腔和一般健康。大学行政部门表明，通过招募研究教师和研究空间的翻新来建立具有强大研究基础设施的顶级牙科机构的巨大承诺。最近任命了一名研究副院长和研究办公室，这进一步致力于增强学院的研究基础设施和资源。 尽管2001年的NIH资金总计超过200万美元，但其中只有一半的资金由NIDCR授予，并且资金资料几乎仅限于调查员发起的R01和其他R系列赠款。 这些资金的构成以及学院从研究培训，指导和职业发展中新的跨学科和协作机会中受益的潜力表明，COD有望进一步迈向卓越的研究。 UIC牙科学院在此RFA中看到了一个非凡的机会，可以计划世界一流的牙科和颅面研究中心。 该提案具有三个具体的目的：1）对研究基础设施的关键需求进行彻底评估； 2）确定基础设施发展的研究重点领域（使用基于确定的标准和对科学功绩的同行评审的过程，将在机构计划委员会和外部咨询委员会的指导下实现此目标）； 3）制定一个机构基础设施改进计划，以增强研究基因座领域。计划将旨在在选定的焦点领域发展大量研究人员并改善整体研究支持基础设施；加强现有并建立其他跨学科合作；并制度化更新计划的措施，以便它具有全面，战略性，面向患者和自我维持。随着系统的基础设施改进计划，以及通过跨学科研究和临界质量的创建的整合，UIC COD将在美国学术牙科中发挥领导作用。