Research and Mentorship in Alternative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：菲利普斯博士是一名临床研究者，致力于以患者为导向的研究。他指导哈佛医学院替代医学研究奖学金项目，由NCCAM颁发的NIH T32机构培训补助金支持。菲利普斯博士在成功指导方面有着悠久的历史，他指导过40多名学员，其中几乎所有人都是富有成效的临床研究人员。在获得K24奖的头四年里，他为12名研究员提供了指导；目前有六名研究员参与该计划，其中六人已完成奖学金计划。六名毕业生中，五名目前是学术人员，四名获得了K系列职业发展奖。研究奖学金计划最近又延长了5年，包括以病人为导向的指导研究、哈佛大学公共卫生学院的硕士水平培训、临床综合医学培训和定期会议。除了指导一个示范性培训项目，他还开发了自己的联邦资助的综合医学研究项目，并担任NCCAM的R01首席研究员，对心力衰竭患者进行太极拳随机试验，并担任NCI的R21首席研究员，以检查对癌症患者进行按摩随机对照试验的可行性。这两项资助都是由他最初的K24基金支持的。他获得了补充和综合医学疗法（CIMT）的培训，重点是用于管理慢性疾病的身心技术。在这个K24延续申请中，他提议继续领导T32奖学金计划，指导年轻的研究人员寻求进行以患者为导向的CIMT研究，并为这些学员作为独立研究人员的职业做好准备。此外，菲利普斯博士将为项目毕业生提供指导，帮助他们寻找学术职位，并在当地和全国范围内竞争职业发展奖项。他将继续他自己资助的工作，包括旨在改善慢性疾病患者预后的干预措施的临床试验，并建议对慢性阻塞性肺病患者进行太极拳的试点研究。他自己的工作，以及在哈佛医学院CIMT进行的其他研究，将为他的项目的研究员提供研究机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dr. Phillips is a clinician-investigator dedicated to patient-oriented research. He directs the Harvard Medical School Fellowship Program in Alternative Medicine Research, supported by an NIH T32 institutional training grant awarded by NCCAM. Dr. Phillips has a long history of successful mentorship, having mentored more than 40 trainees, nearly all of whom are productive clinician-investigators. During the first four years of his K24 award, he has provided mentorship to 12 fellows; six fellows are currently in the program, and six have completed the fellowship program. Of the six program graduates, five are currently academic faculty, and four have been awarded K series Career Development Awards. The research fellowship program was recently renewed for an additional five years, and includes mentored patient-oriented research, master's level training at the Harvard School of Public Health, training in clinical integrative medicine and regular conferences. In addition to directing an exemplary training program, he has developed his own federally funded research program in integrative medicine, and serves as Principal Investigator on an R01 from NCCAM to perform a randomized trial of Tai Chi for patients with heart failure, and an R21 from NCI to examine the feasibility of performing a randomized controlled trial of massage for patients with cancer. Both grants resulted from work supported by his initial K24 funding. He has obtained training in complementary and integrative medical therapies (CIMT), with an emphasis on mind-body techniques used to manage chronic illness. In this K24 continuation application, he proposes to provide continued leadership of the T32 fellowship program, to mentor young investigators seeking to perform patient-oriented CIMT research, and to prepare these trainees for careers as independent investigators. Additionally, Dr. Phillips will provide mentorship to program graduates as they seek academic positions and compete for career development awards both locally and nationally. He will continue his own funded work which involves clinical trials of interventions designed to improve outcomes for patients with chronic illness, and proposes a pilot study of Tai Chi for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His own work, as well as other research being performed in CIMT at Harvard Medical School, will provide research opportunities for fellows in his program.