Mentored Clinical Research Scholar Program Award

描述(由申请人提供)： 威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的研究投入是校园内所有学校或大学中最大的，在2000财年获得了超过1.3亿美元的研究支持。大约580名教职员工在25个系和19个中心和研究所工作，他们拥有活跃的研究计划，几乎涵盖了基础或临床生物医学研究的方方面面。临床研究学者计划(CRS)的目的是为希望参加威斯康星大学麦迪逊临床研究员预备计划(K30计划)的初级教员提供财政支持，并确保他们有受保护的时间进行有指导的临床研究。CRS计划的具体目标是1)在生物统计学、研究设计、生物伦理学、科学写作和演示、领导力、教学、负责任的研究和学科特定研究或跨学科研究方面提供个性化的教学培训计划；2)提供工资支持，以保护受训者至少75%的时间用于指导性研究和培训；3)授予受训者专业证书或科学硕士学位，以证明他们为进行临床研究做准备；4)支持和鼓励女性和少数族裔在临床研究领域的职业发展；5)维持一个全面的评估计划，评估受训者的成就和CRS计划的成功。申请者强调了来自医学、儿科、心脏病学、肿瘤学、妇女健康、老年病学、精神病学、心理学和外科等多个学科的教师导师的成就，他们可以提供多学科的研究经验，促进临床研究人员的职业发展。此外，威斯康星州大学麦迪逊分校的CRS计划强调招募代表性不足的少数族裔，并包括一项广泛的评估计划，对受训人员、导师、讲师、课程和整体计划进行形成性和终结性评估。在完成CRS项目后，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的学员将获得Capstone或研究生证书或理科硕士学位，这些学位应该已经为他们成为成功和独立的临床研究人员做好了准备。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by the applicant): UW-Madison has the largest research commitment of any school or college on campus, receiving more than $130 million in research support in fiscal 2000. Approximately 580 faculty members, working in 25 departments and 19 centers and institutes, have active research programs covering virtually every aspect of basic or clinical biomedical research. The purpose of the Clinical Research Scholar (CRS) Program is to provide financial support for junior faculty who wish to participate in the UW-Madison Clinical Investigator Preparatory Program (K30 Program) and assure them protected time to conduct mentored clinical research. Specific objectives of the CRS program are to 1) provide an individualized didactic training program in biostatistics, study design, bioethics, scientific writing and presentation, leadership, teaching, responsible conduct of research and discipline-specific or interdisciplinary research; 2) provide salary support to protect at least 75% of a trainee's time for mentored research and training; 3) award trainees a Professional Certificate or Master of Science Degree to credential their preparation to conduct clinical research; 4) support and encourage the career development of women and minorities in clinical research; 5) maintain a comprehensive evaluation plan that assesses the trainees' accomplishments and the CRS Program's success. The applicants have highlighted the accomplishments of faculty mentors from a variety of disciplines including medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, oncology, women's health, geriatrics, psychiatry, psychology and surgery who can provide multidisciplinary research experiences that will foster the career development of clinical investigators. Furthermore, the UW-Madison CRS Program plan emphasizes recruitment of underrepresented minorities and includes an extensive evaluation plan that formatively and summatively assesses the trainees, mentors, instructors, curriculum and overall program plan. After completing the CRS Program, UW-Madison trainees will receive a Capstone or Graduate Certificate or a Master of Science degree that should have prepared them to be successful and independent clinical investigators.