Training in Complementary & Alternative Medical Research

补充培训

• 批准号: 7244883
• 负责人: JENNIFER C LOVEJOY
• 金额: $ 27.35万
• 依托单位: BASTYR UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-03-01 至 2007-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7244883
• 关键词: Training; Complementary; Alternative; Medical; Research

ABSTRACT (Provided by the applicant): Patient utilization of a broad spectrum of Complementary and alternative Medical (CAM) therapies is at the highest level in recent history of this country and continues to increase. However, there is a lack of adequate research providing accurate information to illuminate and validate the efficacy, economy, and safety of CAM therapies. This in turns perpetuates a skepticism about CAM, held by patients, physicians and researchers, which has profound consequences both on the economics and effectiveness of our national health care system. A successful medical system provides patients and physicians with the ability to choose from the largest possible armamentarium of therapeutic and preventative health care regimens that have been proven to be both medically efficacious and cost effective. To continued to move toward such a system, it is vitally important that the panoply of CAM therapeutic regimens be validated scientifically. This will proceed most quickly and efficiently with an interdisciplinary and collaborative research effort carried out by scientists trained both in rigorous research methodology and in CAM. Bastyr University, the nations? leading CAM training institution, has initiated this proposal in order to prepare scientist for careers as research scholars and clinical investigators in the field of CAM. Over a five-year period, this program will train 8 postdoctoral (4 ND, 2 PhD and 2 MD) fellows, each for a period of three years, plus thirty predoctoral students in short term positions. Training opportunities are available from 18 faculty members, representing five preeminent research and educational institutions in Washington State. We have assembled mentors with acknowledged expertise in their fields, with divergent enough backgrounds to provide a breadth of training experiences, and with a common interes in the efficacy of CAM in the treatment of cancer and cancer-related pain. We believe that the combined expertise and commitment of these individuals, in the context of the superlative research environment in Seattle creates a unique opportunity to successfully train scientists who will be able to bring traditional research methods to bear upon CAM related research topics.

摘要（申请方提供）：患者使用广谱 补充和替代医学（CAM）治疗的比例最高， 这是该国近年来的历史，并继续增加。然而，在这方面， 缺乏足够的研究提供准确的信息， 阐明和验证CAM疗法的有效性、经济性和安全性。 这反过来又延续了对CAM的怀疑， 和研究人员，这对经济学和 我们的国家卫生保健系统的有效性。成功的医疗体系 为患者和医生提供了从最大的 治疗和预防保健方案的可能设备 已经被证明是既有效又经济的。到 继续朝着这样一个系统前进，至关重要的是， CAM治疗方案的全套科学验证。这将 以跨学科的方式最快速有效地进行， 由受过以下两方面培训的科学家进行的合作研究工作： 严格的研究方法和CAM。 巴斯特尔大学，国家？领先的CAM培训机构，已启动 这项建议是为了培养科学家成为研究学者 和CAM领域的临床研究者。在五年的时间里， 该计划将培养8名博士后（4名ND，2名博士和2名MD）研究员，每人 为期三年，短期加三十名博士预科生 岗位培训机会可从18名教员， 代表五个卓越的研究和教育机构， 华盛顿州。我们召集了具有公认专业知识的导师， 他们的领域，有足够的不同背景，以提供一个广泛的 培训经验，并在CAM的有效性在一个共同的兴趣， 治疗癌症和癌症相关的疼痛。我们认为， 这些人的专业知识和承诺， 西雅图最好的研究环境创造了一个独特的机会， 成功地培养出能够将传统研究 方法承担CAM相关的研究课题。