Research Training in Pediatric Nephrology

描述(由申请人提供)： 密歇根大学的儿科肾病培训计划旨在招募最优秀的博士后实习生，并为他们提供两个主要领域之一的高质量研究培训，即基础科学或临床调查和流行病学，为在儿科肾病领域取得成功的学术生涯做准备。该培训计划将为医学博士实习生提供强大的儿科肾病临床培训，并为医学博士和博士实习生提供2年或更长时间的强化博士后研究培训，使用最适合每个实习生的技能和兴趣的个性化和密切指导的研究培训计划。为了在这两个主要研究领域为学员提供卓越的指导，培训计划将得到密歇根大学7个不同系的24名教职员工的积极支持，他们都在自己的专业领域拥有广泛的研究和指导经验。培训计划还将包括针对每个受训人员的研究兴趣量身定做的广泛的教学部分。基础科学专业的学员将完成为期三个月的研究生研究培训计划，旨在让学员接触各种最先进的技术，并增强他们进行假设驱动和适当控制的研究研究的技能。临床调查和流行病学专业的学员将在关注结果和流行病学或临床研究之间做出选择。这些学员都将完成一门课程，最终获得生物统计学和流行病学公共卫生硕士学位或临床研究设计和统计分析理学硕士学位。除正规课程外，学员还将参加每周的临床和研究研讨会和每月的研究会议。指导研究将得到医学院、儿科、儿科肾科、普通儿科、内科肾科、肾脏流行病学和成本中心以及临床研究促进中心临床研究培训中心的资源支持。为了最大限度地发挥每个受训者发展成功学术生涯的潜力，并确保儿科肾病委员会的资格，受训者还将被要求向国家会议提交摘要，提交至少一份第一作者的研究手稿，并申请个人拨款。我们培训项目的前几届毕业生在儿科肾脏病的学术生涯中取得了良好的成绩。扩大和加强我们的培训计划将有助于缓解成功的儿科肾病专家和儿科内科科学家的严重短缺。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Pediatric Nephrology Training Program at the University of Michigan is designed to recruit the best post-doctoral trainees and to provide them with high quality research training in one of two major tracks, Basic Science or Clinical Investigation and Epidemiology in preparation for successful academic careers in Pediatric Nephrology. The Training Program will provide strong clinical Pediatric Nephrology training for M.D. trainees, combined with 2 or more years of intensive postdoctoral research training for M.D. and Ph.D. trainees using an individualized and closely-mentored research training program designed to best fit each trainee's skills and interests. In order to provide outstanding mentorship for the trainees in these two major research areas, the Training Program will be actively supported by 24 faculty from 7 different departments at the University of Michigan, all of whom have extensive research and mentoring experience within their area of expertise. The Training Program will also include an extensive didactic component tailored to each trainee's research interests. Trainees in the Basic Science track will complete a three-month Postgraduate Research Training Program designed to expose trainees to a variety of state-of-the-art techniques, as well as to enhance their skills in performing hypothesis-driven and appropriately controlled research studies. Trainees in the Clinical Investigation and Epidemiology track will choose between a focus on Outcomes and Epidemiology or Clinical Research. These trainees will all complete a course of study leading to either a Master of Public Health in Biostatistics and Epidemiology degree or a Master of Science in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis degree. In addition to their formal curriculum, the trainees will attend weekly clinical and research seminars and monthly research conferences. Mentored research will be supported by the resources of the Medical School, the Department of Pediatrics, the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, the Division of General Pediatrics, the Division of Nephrology in the Department of Internal Medicine, the Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center and the Clinical Research Training Core of the Center for the Advancement of Clinical Research. To optimize each trainee's potential for development of a successful academic career and to ensure Pediatric Nephrology Board eligibility, trainees will also be required to submit abstracts to national meetings, submit at least one first-authored research manuscript, and apply for individual grant funding. Previous graduates of our Training Program have an excellent record of developing successful academic careers in Pediatric Nephrology. Expansion and enhancement of our Training Program will help to alleviate the critical shortage of successful Pediatric Nephrologists and Pediatric Physician-Scientists.