CHOP Pediatric Scholars Program

描述（由申请人提供）：CHOP建议建立NICHD赞助的CHRCDA K12项目。我们的目标是通过识别和培训有前途的儿科教师，使他们成为成功的内科科学家，并鼓励他们解决对儿童健康和疾病至关重要的问题，从而增加具有严格分子技术背景和技能的亚专科儿科医生的数量和效率。我们项目的候选人将从我们的亚专业研究员和通过全国搜索任命CHOP教员。每位候选人将从29位导师中选出一位未来的导师，其中22位来自儿科，另外7位来自宾夕法尼亚大学的其他院系。CHOP CHRCDA导师的选择标准如下：在与儿童相关的领域进行严谨的科学研究；有成功的研究互动和指导记录；充足的校外资金；以及规划平衡。儿科学者将获得不少于两年的支持，以进行其正式研究申请中概述的研究。他们将有充分的机会在正式和非正式的环境中与其他高级和初级研究人员交换意见。我们认为CHRCDA是我们CHRC的自然继承者，CHRC在催化能够进行基础研究的医师科学家的生产方面非常成功。在我们举办CHRC的10年中，我们从11个儿科亚专科中选择了39位MAPS学者。其中，85%的人留在学术界，72%的人继续将超过50%的时间用于研究，71%的人成功获得了一项或多项NIH资助，其中包括16项R01或R29奖。我们的CHRCDA将以这一传统和CHOP作为儿科学术机构的优势为基础，拥有优秀的亚专业研究员，经验丰富的前沿研究项目导师，良好的支持和资源丰富的研究环境，以及成熟的研究培训传统。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The CHOP proposes to establish an NICHD- sponsored CHRCDA K12 program. Our goal is to increase the number and effectiveness of subspecialty pediatricians with a rigorous background and skills in molecular techniques by identifying and training promising pediatric faculty to become successful physician-scientists and encouraging them to address questions of fundamental importance to health and disease in children. Candidates for our program will be CHOP faculty appointed from our subspecialty fellows and through national searches. Each candidate will identify a prospective mentor from a group of 29 mentors, 22 from the Department of Pediatrics, the other 7 from elsewhere at the University of Pennsylvania. CHOP CHRCDA mentors were chosen by the following criteria: rigorous science in areas germane to children; a record of successful research interactions and mentoring; strong extramural funding; and programmatic balance. Pediatric Scholars will be supported for no less than two years to conduct research as outlined in their formal research applications. They will have ready access to a comprehensive Molecular Core and ample opportunities to exchange ideas in formal and informal settings with other senior and junior investigators. We view the CHRCDA as a natural successor to our CHRC, which was extremely successful in catalyzing the production of physician-scientists capable of conducting fundamental research. During the 10 years that we held the CHRC, we selected 39 MAPS Scholars from 11 pediatric subspecialties. Of these, 85% have remained in academics, 72% continue to spend more than 50% of their time in research, and 71% have succeeded in obtaining one or more individual NIH grants, including 16 R01 or R29 awards. Our CHRCDA will build on this tradition and upon CHOP's strengths as a pediatric academic institution with an outstanding pool of subspecialty fellows, experienced mentors with cutting edge research programs, a well supported and resource rich research environment, and a proven tradition of research training.