BCD Research Infrastructure Enhancement Program

BCD 研究基础设施增强计划

• 批准号: 6887268
• 负责人: DAVID S. CARLSON
• 金额: $ 141.33万
• 依托单位: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-22 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6887268
• 关键词: continuing education; cooperative study; craniofacial; dental personnel; dentistry; dentistry education; disease /disorder prevention /control; education evaluation /planning; growth /development; health science research support; postgraduate education; role model; teacher

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the Infrastructure Improvement Grant is to strengthen the research infrastructure of Baylor College of Dentistry (BCD) by recruiting and developing outstanding faculty in tenure track positions and by developing the core infrastructure necessary to make this faculty successful with respect to basic, translational, and clinical research grants. These objectives will be accomplished through collaboration with the Institute of Biosciences and Technology (IBT) and leveraging of the federal funds through significant matching funds. A Critical Needs Assessment found that BCD has strengths with respect to basic science faculty, advanced clinical and Ph.D. programs, and research facilities, including a new Research Sciences Building that will come on-line in 2004 and 2005. However, BCD lacks a critical mass of successful research faculty and mentors in the basic sciences, especially in the areas of translational and clinical research, with sustained extramural grant funding. Based on a review of areas of strengths, it was decided that BCD should emphasize the research theme of developmental biology and genetics of the craniofacial complex, with special emphasis on the causes, prevention, and treatment of craniofacial deformities that might be expressed early in development and during the postnatal growth period. The Institutional Enhancement Plan is based primarily on formal collaboration with the IBT, and includes: (1) recruitment of Dr. Richard Finnell as a Magnet Investigator and four additional outstanding senior IBT scientists as research mentors; (2) recruitment of a new chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at BCD as a second Magnet Investigator; (3) recruitment of three junior faculty to BCD; and (4) comprehensive faculty exchanges. The Implementation Plan is already underway with recruitment of all IBT faculty and naming of the ESPAC. Detailed Letters of Institutional Commitment are provided from the President of the HSC, Dean of the Dental School, and the President of the Baylor Oral Health Foundation.

描述(由申请人提供)：基础设施改善助学金的目标是通过招聘和发展终身教职跟踪职位上的优秀教员，并通过发展必要的核心基础设施，使该教员在基础、翻译和临床研究助学金方面取得成功，来加强贝勒牙科学院(BCD)的研究基础设施。这些目标将通过与生物科学与技术研究所(IBT)的合作以及通过大量配套基金利用联邦基金来实现。关键需求评估发现，BCD在基础科学教师、高级临床和博士项目以及研究设施方面具有优势，包括将于2004年和2005年投入使用的一座新的研究科学大楼。然而，BCD缺乏一大批成功的基础科学研究人员和导师，特别是在翻译和临床研究领域，缺乏持续的外部赠款资助。根据对优势领域的审查，决定BCD应强调头面部复合体的发育生物学和遗传学的研究主题，特别强调可能在发育早期和出生后生长期表现出的头面部畸形的原因、预防和治疗。机构增强计划主要基于与IBT的正式合作，包括：(1)招聘Richard Finnell博士为磁学调查员，并额外招聘4名杰出的IBT资深科学家作为研究导师；(2)招聘BCD生物医学科学系的一名新主任作为第二名磁学调查员；(3)为BCD招聘三名初级教员；以及(4)全面的教员交流。实施计划已经在进行中，招聘了所有IBT教员，并命名了亚太空间委员会。详细的机构承诺书由HSC主席、牙科学校院长和贝勒口腔健康基金会主席提供。