Multidisciplinary Neonatal Training Grant

描述(由申请者提供)：此申请请求支持2个医生培训职位的3和4岁的新生儿研究员，这将使他们发展所需的知识，理解和技能，追求独立的研究事业的学术新生儿。两个主要的学术研究途径将提供给学员，每个途径将与包含必修课程作业的特定课程相关联：途径I基础研究、医生-科学家(实验室研究指导)和途径II.临床研究、医生-科学家(临床研究指导)，其中包括卫生保健政策和医学信息学指导部分。该方案有两个研究轨道，隶属于新生儿学部，该学部包括：5名临床研究医师兼科学家(其中2名为硕士)；2名基础研究医师兼科学家；10名博士；以及新生儿-围产期研究所(NPRI)。NPRI包括65名高级研究人员，其中40人是由NIH资助的，并利用杜克大学发现的学术实力和深度来支持该项目在发育生物学、临床科学和卫生保健研究方面的正式培训。NPRI内部的外部资助研究目前支持四个广泛的研究领域：1)早期心脏/颅骨/面部发育；2)新生儿肺发育/修复；3)胎儿和新生儿的神经损伤和修复；以及4)与NICHD新生儿网络和杜克临床研究所联合进行的新生儿临床研究。此外，这笔赠款还提出了一个独特的方案，其中包括在医学研究职业背景下学习卫生保健政策和医学信息学的课程。 申请的资金将为新生儿研究奖学金的研究年限提供关键支持，该奖学金目前在杜克大学医学中心培训6至7名研究员。这一独特的研究培训计划将提供根据个别研究员的需求和兴趣定制的结构化学习体验，每个研究员将与一名资深科学家合作，后者将担任导师。完成培训后，这位年轻的内科科学家将拥有作为独立研究员成功竞争的工具、知识、经验和信心。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests support for 2 physician training positions for 3rd and 4th year neonatology fellows, which will allow them to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to pursue independent research careers in academic neonatology. Two major academic research paths will be available to trainees, and each track will be associated with a specific curriculum containing required course work: Track I. Basic Research, Physician-Scientist (laboratory research mentorship), and Track II. Clinical Research, Physician-Scientist (clinical research mentorship) which includes Health Care Policy and Medical Informatics mentorship components. This program with its two research tracks resides with the Division of Neonatology which includes: five clinical research physician-scientists (two of whom are Masters trained); two basic research physician-scientists; ten Ph.D.s; and the Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute (NPRI). The NPRI includes sixty-five senior investigators, forty of whom are NIH funded, and draws upon the academic strength and depth found across Duke University needed to support the formal training for the program in developmental biology, clinical sciences and health care research. Extramurally funded research within the NPRI currently supports 4 broad areas of investigation: 1) early cardio/cranio/facia development; 2) neonatal lung development/repair; 3) neural injury and repair in the fetus and neonate; and 4) clinical neonatal research in conjunction with the NICHD Neonatal Network and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. In addition, this grant proposes a unique program with curricula for the study of Health Care Policy and Medical Informatics in the context of a medical research career. The requested funds will provide critical support for the research years of the neonatology fellowship, which currently trains six to seven fellows at Duke University Medical Center. The unique research training program with its separate Tracks will provide a structured learning experience tailored to the needs and interests of the individual fellow, with each fellow working with a senior scientist who will serve as mentor. Upon completion of the training program, the young physician-scientist will have the tools, knowledge, experience and confidence to compete successfully as an independent investigator.