UTAH WRHR CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER

犹他州 WRHR 职业发展中心

• 批准号: 6636715
• 负责人: ELI Y ADASHI
• 金额: $ 39.47万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-28 至 2004-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6636715
• 关键词: medical education; obstetrics; training; women's health

The lack of highly-qualified physician-investigators, particularly in the realm of academic obstetrics and gynecology, remains a major national concern. The Utah Women's Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Career Development Center, as proposed by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center (UUHSC), constitutes a rigorous career development program of physician-investigators of the highest caliber. Capitalizing on the established links of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology with the academic UUHSC community, the Utah WRHR Career Development Center proposes to match WRHR Scholars with seventeen outstanding intra and extra departmental mentors. Moreover, the Utah WRHR Career Development Center proposes to sequentially link with and draw on the experience of, the Human Molecular Biology and Genetics (HMBG) Program, a unique and innovative non-mentored UUHSC-based career development program. The success of the latter in fostering physician-investigators is well-established. Four tracks of study will be made available to WRHR Scholars to include: (1) Human Development (2) Reproductive Endocrinology (3) Reproductive Cancer and (4) Perinatal Medicine. In recognition of the heterogeneity of prior research experience of candidate WRHR scholars, we propose two phases of study thereby ensuring graded progress. The two year Basic Phase, designed for WRHR scholars without prior research experience, will require a series of core graduate level courses and will introduce the WRHR Scholar to contemporary investigative tools as they apply to basic translational and/or clinical technology. The Advanced Phase, designed for WRHR scholars with prior research experience, will require elective graduate courses while pursuing increasingly independent research of relevance to women's reproductive health. Clinical obligations will be minimal. Institutional support exceeding 500,000 dollars has been allocated. WRHR Scholars will enjoy ready access to a broad range of core facilities (including DNA chip microarray technology). With the completion of the program, it is anticipated that each WRHR Scholar will be well-prepared to compete for appropriate extramural funding. Moreover, each WRHR Scholar will be offered the opportunity to apply for the unmentored UUHSC-based HMBG Program thereby facilitating the next phase of his/her development (i.e. maturation through independence). Led by two academically-committed obstetrician/gynecologists, Eli Y. Adashi, M.D., PI and D. Ware Branch, M.D., Center Director, the Utah WRHR Career Development Center will offer an outstanding intellectual environment for the development of leading academic obstetrician-gynecologists in a rapidly-growing academic research institution.

缺乏高素质的医师研究人员，特别是在学术妇产科领域，仍然是全国关注的一个主要问题。 犹他州妇女生殖健康研究 (WRHR) 职业发展中心由犹他大学健康科学中心 (UUHSC) 妇产科提议，为最高水平的医师研究人员制定了严格的职业发展计划。 利用妇产科系与 UUHSC 学术界已建立的联系，犹他州 WRHR 职业发展中心建议为 WRHR 学者配备 17 名优秀的部门内和部门外导师。 此外，犹他州 WRHR 职业发展中心建议依次与人类分子生物学和遗传学 (HMBG) 计划联系并借鉴其经验，该计划是一个独特且创新的非指导式 UUHSC 职业发展计划。 后者在培养医师研究者方面的成功是众所周知的。 WRHR 学者将获得四个研究方向，包括：（1）人类发展（2）生殖内分泌学（3）生殖癌症和（4）围产期医学。 考虑到候选 WRHR 学者先前研究经验的异质性，我们提出两个阶段的研究，从而确保分级进展。 为期两年的基础阶段是为没有研究经验的 WRHR 学者设计的，将需要一系列核心研究生水平课程，并将向 WRHR 学者介绍应用于基本转化和/或临床技术的当代研究工具。 高级阶段是为具有先前研究经验的 WRHR 学者设计的，将需要选修研究生课程，同时追求与妇女生殖健康相关的越来越独立的研究。临床义务将是最小的。 已分配超过 50 万美元的机构支持。 WRHR 学者将可以随时使用各种核心设施（包括 DNA 芯片微阵列技术）。 随着该计划的完成，预计每位 WRHR 学者都将为竞争适当的校外资金做好充分准备。此外，每位 WRHR 学者将有机会申请基于 UUHSC 的 HMBG 计划，从而促进他/她下一阶段的发展（即通过独立走向成熟）。 犹他州 WRHR 职业发展中心由两位致力于学术的妇产科医生 Eli Y. Adashi 医学博士、PI 和 D. Ware Branch 医学博士、中心主任领导，将为快速发展的学术研究机构中领先的学术妇产科医生的发展提供卓越的智力环境。