Multidisciplinary Neonatal Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请要求为3年级和4年级的新生儿科研究员提供2个医师培训职位，这将使他们能够发展在新生儿科学术领域独立研究所需的知识、理解和技能。两个主要的学术研究路径将提供给学员，每个轨道将与包含必修课程的特定课程相关联：轨道一基础研究，医师-科学家（实验室研究指导）和轨道二。临床研究，医师-科学家（临床研究指导），包括卫生保健政策和医学信息学指导组成部分。这个项目有两个研究方向，位于新生儿科，其中包括：五名临床研究医师科学家（其中两名是硕士培训）；两位从事基础研究的内科科学家；十博士;以及新生儿-围产期研究所（NPRI）。NPRI包括65名高级研究员，其中40名由NIH资助，并利用杜克大学的学术实力和深度来支持该项目在发育生物学、临床科学和卫生保健研究方面的正式培训。NPRI的外部资助研究目前支持4个广泛的研究领域：1)早期心脏/颅/面部发育；2)新生儿肺部发育/修复；3)胎儿和新生儿的神经损伤与修复；4)与NICHD新生儿网络和杜克临床研究所联合开展新生儿临床研究。此外，这项资助还提出了一个独特的项目，包括在医学研究职业背景下研究卫生保健政策和医学信息学的课程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests support for 2 physician training positions for 3rd and 4th year neonatology fellows, which will allow them to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to pursue independent research careers in academic neonatology. Two major academic research paths will be available to trainees, and each track will be associated with a specific curriculum containing required course work: Track I. Basic Research, Physician-Scientist (laboratory research mentorship), and Track II. Clinical Research, Physician-Scientist (clinical research mentorship) which includes Health Care Policy and Medical Informatics mentorship components. This program with its two research tracks resides with the Division of Neonatology which includes: five clinical research physician-scientists (two of whom are Masters trained); two basic research physician-scientists; ten Ph.D.s; and the Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute (NPRI). The NPRI includes sixty-five senior investigators, forty of whom are NIH funded, and draws upon the academic strength and depth found across Duke University needed to support the formal training for the program in developmental biology, clinical sciences and health care research. Extramurally funded research within the NPRI currently supports 4 broad areas of investigation: 1) early cardio/cranio/facia development; 2) neonatal lung development/repair; 3) neural injury and repair in the fetus and neonate; and 4) clinical neonatal research in conjunction with the NICHD Neonatal Network and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. In addition, this grant proposes a unique program with curricula for the study of Health Care Policy and Medical Informatics in the context of a medical research career. The requested funds will provide critical support for the research years of the neonatology fellowship, which currently trains six to seven fellows at Duke University Medical Center. The unique research training program with its separate Tracks will provide a structured learning experience tailored to the needs and interests of the individual fellow, with each fellow working with a senior scientist who will serve as mentor. Upon completion of the training program, the young physician-scientist will have the tools, knowledge, experience and confidence to compete successfully as an independent investigator.