Training Program for Medical Scientists

描述(由申请人提供)：这是南卡罗来纳医科大学医学科学家培训项目每年申请8个、10个、12个、12个和12个职位的首次竞争性续签。这项奖励提供的资金将用于继续丰富该计划，加强我们的招聘努力，并扩大该计划的规模。该机构、医学院和研究生院在财政和哲学方面的承诺非常强大，并将继续下去。该项目成立于1980年，目前已稳步发展到40名学生。与该计划的发展同步的是研究企业的大幅增长，在过去5年中，外部支持翻了一番。该项目的目标是培养临床医生-科学家，成为学术医学的领导者。该项目有一个招聘计划，包括给MCAT中表现最好的12个州的个人信件，包括东南部各州、加利福尼亚州、伊利诺伊州和纽约州；一张招聘CD、一个更新的网页、800号码、《科学》杂志上的广告、招生助理院长、积极招聘受访者和招募少数族裔申请者。实习生在进入医学院的前一个暑假进入该项目，并参加轮流研究。他们完成医学院的头两年，进入他们的研究生学年，进行并完成他们的论文研究，并返回医学院完成他们的临床培训。在医学院的一年级和二年级之间，他们还会轮流进行研究。培训计划的关键要素包括：强大的培训教师队伍和同行评审的校外资金，在癌症生物学、细胞信号、心血管生物学、神经科学、蛋白质组学、结构生物学和毒理学方面拥有丰富专业知识的重要培训记录，每月举行一系列研究研讨会，一年两次的商业会议，一年一度的学生研究日，邀请作为榜样的外部访问者，并赞助出席会议，在国家研究会议上展示他们的研究成果。总而言之，这个培训项目的学员已经证明了他们的科学成就得到了国家的认可，表现在他们的研究获得了荣誉和奖项，NIH的研究获得了PI奖，并在备受尊敬的学术机构担任教职或培训职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the first competing renewal for this application requesting 8, 10, 12, 12, and 12 positions per year for a Medical Scientist Training Program by the Medical University of South Carolina. Funds made available as a result of this award will be used for the continued enrichment of the program, enhancement of our recruitment efforts and increase the size of the program. The fiscal and philosophical commitment by the institution, the Colleges of Medicine and Graduate Studies is very strong and will continue. The program was founded in 1980 and has steadily grown to its current size of 40 students. Simultaneous with the growth of the program has been a substantial growth of the research enterprise, with a doubling of extramural support over the last 5 years. The goal of this program is to train clinician-scientists, to become leaders in academic medicine. The program has a recruitment plan that incorporates a combination of personal letters to the highest performers on the MCAT in 12 states that include, Southeastern states, California, Illinois and New York; a recruitment CD, an updated web page, an 800 number, advertisements in Science, Assistant Dean for Admissions, aggressive recruitment of interviewees and recruitment of minority applicants. Trainees enter the program the summer before starting medical school and participate in a research rotation. They complete the first two years of medical school, enter into their graduate school years and conduct and complete their dissertation research and return to medical school to finish their clinical training. Between the first and second years of medical school they also conduct a research rotation. Key elements of the training program include; a strong training faculty with peer reviewed extramural funding, a significant training record with considerable expertise in cancer biology, cell signaling, cardiovascular biology, neuroscience, proteomics, structural biology and toxicology, a monthly research seminar series, biannual business meetings, an annual student research day, invited outside visitors who serve as role models, and sponsored attendance to present their research at national research meetings. In summary, this training program's trainees have demonstrated that they have gained national recognition for their scientific achievements as demonstrated by receiving honors and awards for their research, PIs on NIH awards for their research and assuming faculty or training positions at highly respected academic institutions.