UCLA Fundamental Clinical Research Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）是一所研究密集型机构，具有悠久的传统，致力于教育牙科学生，研究生牙医和其他研究生和专业学生。该培训计划的目标是为临床医生（DDS/DMD，MD），基础（博士）和学士学位科学家提供严格的培训环境，使他们能够从事口腔健康研究的学术事业。该使命是通过三个领域的特定课程目标促进与口腔健康高度相关的新颖的、有指导的研究：（1）生物工程和骨生物学，（2）头颈癌，（3）微生物学和免疫。一个全面的跨学科计划将学员与琼森综合癌症中心，分子生物学研究所，工程学院，医学院和公共卫生学院的导师联系起来。申请人的来源是多种多样的，包括以下几类受训人员：（1）攻读博士后学位的牙医和医生（临床研究博士或硕士）或非学位培训;（2）寻求牙科研究综合培训的个人（DDS，博士）;（3）牙科学生和初级/中级职业教师寻求短期培训机会;（4）攻读口腔健康博士学位的博士预科生;以及（5）希望在本培训补助金所针对的口腔健康领域获得额外研究经验的博士后候选人。培训计划将由一名主任和副主任，指导委员会和一个咨询监督委员会管理，该委员会由五名积极参与健康科学基础和临床研究的资深院士和管理人员组成。加州大学洛杉矶分校基础临床培训计划建立在教师的研究和指导专业知识，以及优秀的申请人池。该计划的学员预计将作出重大贡献的理解和口腔健康的生物医学研究的应用，除了在临床和基础口腔健康研究的独立职业能力做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a research-intensive institution with a long tradition and commitment to educating dental students, graduate dentists, and other graduate and professional students. The objective of this training program is to provide a rigorous training environment for clinician (DDS/DMD, MD), basic (PhD) and baccalaureate scientists to enable them to pursue academic careers in oral health research. The mission is to foster novel, mentored research highly relevant to oral health by specific curriculum aims in three areas: (1) Bioengineering and Bone Biology, (2) Head and Neck Cancer, and (3) Microbiology and Immunity. A comprehensive interdisciplinary program links trainees to mentors at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Molecular Biology Institute, School of Engineering School, School of Medicine, and the School of Public Health. The pool of applicants is diverse and includes the following categories of trainees: (1) dentists and physicians pursuing postdoctoral degrees (PhD or MS in Clinical Research) or non-degree training; (2) individuals seeking integrated training in dental research (DDS, PhD); (3) dental students and junior/mid-career faculty members seeking short-term training opportunities; (4) predoctoral students pursuing the PhD in oral health; and (5) post-PhD candidates desiring additional research experience in the oral health fields targeted by this training grant. The training program will be administered by a Director and Associate Directors, Steering Committee, and an Advisory Oversight Board consisting of five senior academicians and administrators actively involved in fundamental and clinical research in the health sciences. The UCLA Fundamental Clinical Training Program builds upon the research and mentoring expertise of the faculty, as well as the outstanding applicant pool. Trainees of this program are expected to make significant contributions to understanding and application of biomedical research in oral health, in addition to be competently prepared for independent careers in clinical and fundamental oral health research.