Dermatology Research Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)： 德克萨斯大学西南医学中心皮肤科的长期目标是培养皮肤生物学和皮肤病的科学领军人物。为了帮助维持这一目标，我们为博士后候选人提出了一个新的皮肤病研究培训计划，该计划将充分利用西南大学杰出的科学环境和优秀的研究人员集合，其皮肤科和住院医生计划的领导地位和高声誉，以及皮肤病住院医生申请者的才华和承诺。虽然招聘对象是后者[希望结合皮肤病临床和实验室研究培训的医学博士或医学/博士研究生]，但该计划也面向有志于皮肤病研究事业的博士研究生。该方案的组成部分是一个遴选过程，它强调先前研究经验的质量和独立调查的潜力。该计划由一位对科学和教育有着坚定承诺和有效管理记录的知名研究人员领导，汇集了一批拥有交叉专业知识的优秀教职员工，他们的专业领域涵盖生物化学、细胞生物学、发育生物学、遗传学、免疫学、微生物学、分子生物学、病理学、药理学和生理学。为了丰富该专业并促进与其他领域的交叉授粉，皮肤科学员被鼓励与非皮肤科研究人员一起培训，他们的研究直接涉及或可以应用于皮肤生物学和疾病。相比之下，博士生被要求接受皮肤科导师或副导师的培训。为了促进学员和导师之间的良好配合，并确保2 2轨道内的平稳过渡，学员在申请期和整个培训过程中就被告知并接触到西南大学最广泛的科学教员、论坛和资源。最后，为了在促进科学发展的同时发展学术领导事业，一个旨在挑战、激励和定位受训者攀登更高高度的指导计划已经到位。

DESCRIPTION(Provided by Applicant): A long-term goal of the Department of Dermatology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is to produce scientific leaders in skin biology and skin disease. To help sustain this goal, we propose a new Dermatology Research Training Program for post-doctoral candidates that will take full advantage of the outstanding scientific environment and collection of excellent research investigators at Southwestern, the leadership and high reputation of its Dermatology Department and Residency Program, and the talent and promise of scientifically-grounded and academically-committed applicants to dermatology residency. While recruitment is targeted to the latter individuals [MD or MD/PhD candidates who wish to combine training in clinical dermatology and laboratory research (2+2+ track)], the Program is also open to PhD candidates who aspire for a dermatology-based research career. Integral to the Program is a selection process that emphasizes quality of previous research experiences and potential for independent investigation. Led by an established investigator with a firm commitment to science and education and a record of effective administration, the Program brings together a stellar group of faculty members with overlapping expertise that span biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, pathology, pharmacology, and physiology. To enrich the specialty and foster cross-pollination with other fields, dermatology-based trainees are encouraged to train with non-dermatology-based investigators whose research relates directly or can be applied to skin biology and disease. By contrast, PhD trainees are required to train with dermatology-based preceptors or co-preceptors. To promote a good fit between trainee and preceptor and to ensure smooth transitions within the 2+2+ track, trainees are informed about and exposed to the widest breadth of scientific faculty, forums, and resources at Southwestern as early as the application period and throughout the course of training. Finally, to develop academic leadership careers while fostering scientific growth, a mentoring program designed to challenge, inspire, and position trainees to scale greater heights is in place.