NICHD Institutional Training for Pediatricians

描述(由申请人提供)：该机构NRSA的长期目标是培养新一代基础科学研究方面的儿科分科专家。NRSA培训经验的总体主题重点将是分子医学，其定义是使用复杂的分子方法来改进儿科疾病的诊断和治疗。该项目将设在哥伦布儿童医院的校园内，该医院是俄亥俄州立大学医学与公共卫生学院儿童研究所(CRI)和儿科(DOP/OSU)的所在地。在过去的几年里，CRI在研究上投入了大量的资源。我们的长期战略计划包括一座新的160,000平方英尺的研究大楼，毗邻现有的韦克斯纳研究所，将容纳50个新的最先进的实验室模块。该计划还要求在2006年底之前招募至少40名新的儿科研究科学家。为了适应这种戏剧性的扩张，CRI经历了其教职员工和实验室的重组，成为重点中心。这些中心有目的地解散传统的以学术部门为基础的研究孤岛，并根据科学兴趣和需求为研究人员提供调整。这种独特的组织模式允许DOP/OSU采用一种新的方法来进行子专业研究培训。简而言之，每个中心都将作为研究员的培训单位。对个别研究员的科学培训和指导将由选定的培训单位(中心)及其教职员工负责。重要的是，每个中心还将根据培训经验对教师进行分层。培训经验较少的教师将与一名经验丰富的导师配对，后者将担任联合顾问。使用这种方法，我们的目标不仅是为研究员提供出色的培训，而且还将“培训”初级教员。这种培训模式，再加上对研究基础设施的组织承诺，使DOP/OSU和儿童医院能够在其110年的历史上首次提供高素质的子专业研究培训计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term term objective of this institutional NRSA is to train a new generation of pediatric subspecialists in basic scientific investigation. The general thematic focus of the NRSA training experience will be molecular medicine, defined as the use of sophisticated molecular approaches to improve diagnosis and treatment of pediatric diseases. The program will be physically located on the campus of Columbus Children's Hospital, the home of both Children's Research Institute (CRI) and the Department of Pediatrics (DOP/OSU) in the College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University. In the last few years, there has been a substantial resource commitment to research at CRI. Our long-range strategic plan includes a new 160,000 square foot research building contiguous with the extant Wexner Institute that will house 50 new state-of-the-art laboratory modules. The plan also calls for at least 40 new pediatric research scientists to be recruited by the end of 2006. To accommodate for this dramatic expansion, CRI has undergone a reorganization of its faculty and laboratories into Centers of Emphasis. These Centers purposefully dissolve the traditional academic division-based silos of research and provide for alignment of investigators based on scientific interests and needs. This unique organizational model allows the DOP/OSU to adopt a novel approach to subspecialty research training. In brief, each of the Centers will function as a training unit for fellows. The scientific training and mentoring for individual fellows will be the responsibility of the selected training unit (Center) and its faculty. Importantly, each Center will also stratify faculty based on training experience. Faculty with less training experience will be paired with an experienced mentor who will serve as a co-advisor. Using this approach, our goal is to not only provide outstanding training for the fellows, but also to "train" junior faculty. This training model, combined with the organizational commitment to the research infrastructure, puts the DOP/OSU and Children's Hospital in position to offer a high-caliber subspecialty research training program for the first time in its 110-year history.