National Pharmacology Directors of Graduate Programs Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：我们在分子、细胞和生物体水平上的科学知识的整合对于影响人类疾病至关重要。随着我们对分子和细胞过程的深入了解，许多博士学位的重点已经增加。培训计划已经从综合（整个动物或系统）生物学转向。缺乏了解综合生物学（包括药物代谢和药代动力学）的科学工作者，以及缺乏对将发现转化为治疗方法的独特挑战的认识，将推迟这些发现在分子和细胞水平上应用于人类疾病。在药理学学科培训的科学家形成了这一必要的劳动力的重要组成部分。本次会议讨论了与药理学家培训相关的关键问题，并已计划在培训计划中应对感知和真实的下降。本次会议的目标是确定面临的共同问题和机会博士。药理学培训计划，并讨论如何最好地满足他们。本次会议的目标受众是药理学研究生培训计划的负责人。这次会议将为这些科学家提供一个独特的机会，与工业界、政府和学术界的领导者交流信息，并与他们互动，帮助塑造这一学科。培训方案主任和对培训感兴趣的其他科学家之间的持续对话被确定为一项预期的主要成果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The integration of our scientific knowledge at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels is critical to impacting disease in humans. As our insight into molecular and cellular processes has grown, emphasis in many Ph.D. training programs has shifted away from integrated (whole animal or systems) biology. The lack of an available scientific workforce with an understanding of integrated biology, including drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, and an appreciation of the unique challenges of converting discoveries into therapies will delay the application of these discoveries at the molecular and cellular levels to human disease. Scientists trained in the discipline of Pharmacology form an important part of this necessary workforce. This meeting addresses critical issues related to training Pharmacologists and has been planned in response to a perceived and real decline in training programs. The goals of this meeting are to identify common problems and opportunities that face Ph.D. training programs in Pharmacology and to discuss how best to meet them. The target audience for this meeting is Directors of Graduate Training Programs in Pharmacology. This meeting will provide a unique opportunity for these scientists to exchange information and to interact with leaders in industry, government, and academia who help shape this discipline. A continuing dialogue among Directors of training programs and other scientists with an interest in training is identified as a desired major outcome.