Dermatology Research Training Program

描述（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方面的科学领导者。为了帮助维持这一目标，我们提出了一个新的皮肤病学研究培训计划的博士后候选人，将充分利用优秀的科学环境和优秀的研究调查人员在西南，其皮肤科部门和住院医生计划的领导和声誉，以及科学接地和学术承诺的申请人皮肤病学住院医生的人才和承诺。虽然招聘是针对后者的个人[MD或MD/博士候选人谁希望联合收割机在临床皮肤病学和实验室研究培训（2+2+轨道）]，该计划也开放给博士候选人谁渴望皮肤病学为基础的研究生涯。该计划的组成部分是一个选择过程，强调以前的研究经验和独立调查的潜力的质量。由一位坚定致力于科学和教育以及有效管理记录的既定调查员领导，该计划汇集了一群具有重叠专业知识的教职员工，这些专业知识涵盖生物化学，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。为了丰富专业并促进与其他领域的交叉授粉，鼓励皮肤科学员与非皮肤科研究人员一起培训，这些研究人员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，博士生需要与皮肤科导师或共同导师一起培训。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，学员被告知并接触到最广泛的科学教师，论坛和资源在西南早在申请期间和整个培训过程。最后，为了在促进科学发展的同时发展学术领导职业，一个旨在挑战，激励和定位学员以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.