Multidisciplinary Training Program in Human Imaging

该提案的目标是开发一个多学科人体成像（MDHI）研究培训计划，该计划整合了医生，成像科学家和医学物理学家团队的研究活动，这些团队致力于基础科学和以患者为导向的临床研究，以满足主要是西班牙裔南德克萨斯州社区的特殊健康需求。我们通过三个具体目标来实现这一目标：（1）为医生和成像科学家制定严格的招聘和指导计划，培训人类和/或人类疾病动物模型的生物医学成像，（2）通过延长新的住院医师/博士学位，扩大和建立在放射科学的odr研究生课程的成功（R-MD/PhD）跟踪人类成像，包括从Frederic C的研究成像核心产生的临床研究。巴特综合临床研究中心（GCRC）和（3）增加种族多样化的学生，特别是墨西哥裔美国人和其他西班牙裔群体，在人类行为的培训， 成像研究。该计划的一个显着特点是博士直接整合。研究生研究教育和临床住院医师培训在同一学术课程。来自多个医学院部门的住院医学博士/博士生加入了医学物理学和辐射生物学的现有研究生课程。MDHI的学生通过五个人类成像研究指导核心的合作，由一个成熟的研究人员网络（许多人获得了NIH的资助）进行指导。研究中心提供基础设施，在基础科学研究、转化研究和患者临床护理之间架起桥梁。候选人选择和咨询委员会（CSAC）由来自医学，研究生院和牙科学校的15名高级研究员组成，他们对应用生物医学成像研究方法有浓厚的兴趣。CSAC选择MDHI接受者，并评估学生和他们的初级教师导师的表现。由MDHI计划支持的学员将是设计和进行生物医学成像研究的专家，涉及研究人员和人类受试者之间的直接互动。MDHI计划通过促进研究和研究培训的综合协调计划，促进生物医学成像的基本发现，该计划可应用于广泛的生物过程，疾病和疾病以及跨器官系统。

The goal of this proposal is to develop a Multidisciplinary Human Imaging (MDHI) research training program that integrates the investigational activities of physician, imaging scientist and medical physicist teams working on basic science and patient oriented clinical investigations of the exceptional health needs of the predominantly Hispanic South Texas community. We accomplish this goal with three specific aims: (1) develop a rigorous recruiting and mentoring program for physicians and imaging scientists training in biomedical imaging of humans and/or animal models of human disease, (2) expand and build on the success of odr graduate program in Radiological Sciences by extension of the new Resident MD/PhD (R-MD/PhD) track in Human Imaging to include clinical studies arising from the Research Imaging Core of the Frederic C. Bartter General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) and (3) increase the numbers of ethnically diverse students, particularly Mexican-Americans and other Hispanic groups, trained in the conduct of human imaging research. A distinguishing feature of the program is direct integration of Ph.D. graduate research education and clinical resident training in the same academic curriculum. Resident MD/PhD students from multiple medical school departments join the pre-existing graduate program for medical physics and radiation biology. MDHI students are mentored by a network of established investigators (many with NIH funding) through collaborations fostered by five Human Imaging Research Mentorship Cores. The research cores i provide infrastructure that bridges the gulfs between basic science research, translational research and patient clinical care. The Candidate Selection and Advisory Committee (CSAC) consists of 15 senior investigators from the Medical, Graduate and Dental Schools with strong interest in applying biomedical imaging research methods. The CSAC selects MDHI recipients and evaluates the performance of both the students and their junior faculty mentors. Trainees supported by the MDHI Program will be expert in the design and conduct of biomedical imaging research involving direct interactions between investigators and human subjects. The MDHI Program promotes fundamental discoveries in biomedical imaging by fostering an integrated and coordinated program of research and research training that can be applied to a broad spectrum of biological processes, disorders and diseases and across organ systems.