Training Program for Medical Scientists

描述（由申请人提供）：这是本申请的第一次竞争性更新，要求每年8、10、12、12和12个职位，由南卡罗来纳医科大学的医学科学家培训计划。由于该奖项而获得的资金将用于继续丰富该计划，加强我们的招聘工作并增加计划的规模。该机构，医学院和研究生院的财政和哲学承诺非常强大，并将继续下去。该项目成立于1980年，并稳步发展到目前的40名学生。与项目发展同步的是研究企业的大幅增长，在过去的5年里，外部支持翻了一番。这个项目的目标是培养临床科学家，成为学术医学的领导者。该项目有一个招聘计划，其中包括向12个州的MCAT成绩最好的人发送私人信件，这些州包括东南部各州、加利福尼亚州、伊利诺伊州和纽约州；招聘光盘、最新网页、800电话、《科学》杂志广告、负责招生的副院长、积极招聘受访者和招聘少数族裔申请人。受训者在进入医学院之前的夏天进入该项目，并参与研究轮转。他们完成了医学院的前两年，进入研究生院，进行并完成论文研究，然后返回医学院完成临床培训。在医学院的一年级和二年级之间，他们还进行轮换研究。培训计划的主要内容包括：拥有强大的培训师资队伍，拥有同行评审的校外资助，在癌症生物学、细胞信号传导、心血管生物学、神经科学、蛋白质组学、结构生物学和毒理学方面拥有丰富的专业知识，每月一次的研究系列研讨会，两年一次的商业会议，每年一次的学生研究日，邀请外部访客作为榜样，并赞助出席国家研究会议。总之，这个培训项目的受训者已经证明他们的科学成就获得了国家的认可，他们的研究获得了荣誉和奖励，他们的研究获得了NIH奖的pi，并在备受尊敬的学术机构担任教职或培训职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the first competing renewal for this application requesting 8, 10, 12, 12, and 12 positions per year for a Medical Scientist Training Program by the Medical University of South Carolina. Funds made available as a result of this award will be used for the continued enrichment of the program, enhancement of our recruitment efforts and increase the size of the program. The fiscal and philosophical commitment by the institution, the Colleges of Medicine and Graduate Studies is very strong and will continue. The program was founded in 1980 and has steadily grown to its current size of 40 students. Simultaneous with the growth of the program has been a substantial growth of the research enterprise, with a doubling of extramural support over the last 5 years. The goal of this program is to train clinician-scientists, to become leaders in academic medicine. The program has a recruitment plan that incorporates a combination of personal letters to the highest performers on the MCAT in 12 states that include, Southeastern states, California, Illinois and New York; a recruitment CD, an updated web page, an 800 number, advertisements in Science, Assistant Dean for Admissions, aggressive recruitment of interviewees and recruitment of minority applicants. Trainees enter the program the summer before starting medical school and participate in a research rotation. They complete the first two years of medical school, enter into their graduate school years and conduct and complete their dissertation research and return to medical school to finish their clinical training. Between the first and second years of medical school they also conduct a research rotation. Key elements of the training program include; a strong training faculty with peer reviewed extramural funding, a significant training record with considerable expertise in cancer biology, cell signaling, cardiovascular biology, neuroscience, proteomics, structural biology and toxicology, a monthly research seminar series, biannual business meetings, an annual student research day, invited outside visitors who serve as role models, and sponsored attendance to present their research at national research meetings. In summary, this training program's trainees have demonstrated that they have gained national recognition for their scientific achievements as demonstrated by receiving honors and awards for their research, PIs on NIH awards for their research and assuming faculty or training positions at highly respected academic institutions.