Pulmonary Genetic Medicine Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)： 我们建议与斯隆-凯特林纪念医院的同事合作，在纽约市的威尔·康奈尔医学院启动一个肺遗传医学培训计划。该计划将包括6名实习生，每人为期1.5至3年。该计划利用现有资助的多研究人员合作，重点研究了解肺部疾病的遗传方法。在遗传医学系教授兼主任、肺部和重症监护医学部主任R.Crystal的指导下，该项目将包括23名教职员工。克里斯托博士将由3名联席董事、1个内部执行委员会、1个招聘和留用委员会以及1个外部咨询委员会协助。其目标是提供医学博士、医学博士/博士和医学博士/博士后实习生的多学科培训，重点是了解肺部疾病的遗传基础。培训包括4个领域：(1)基因组学和基因表达；(2)流行病学和表型；(3)统计遗传学和生物信息学；(4)伦理和监管事务。培训计划通过小组会议和个性化指导来补充传统的有指导的研究项目，以及专注于这些领域的必修和可选的教学讲座。此外，为了补充他们的主要导师，所有学员都将有一个由具有不同专业知识的高级和初级导师组成的个人咨询委员会，该委员会将每季度召开会议，审查培训里程碑的进展情况。培训计划还包括每周一次的个性化医学会议，学员在会上介绍他们的工作，并与其他学员和导师互动。最后，制定了确保职业指导和对实习生和教职员工进行正式评估的战略。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to initiate a Pulmonary Genetic Medicine Training Program at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, in collaboration with colleagues at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. The Program will include 6 trainees, each for 1.5 to 3 yr. The Program takes advantage of existing funded multi-investigator collaborations, focusing on genetic approaches to understanding lung disease. Under the direction of R. Crystal, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Genetic Medicine, Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, the Program will incorporate 23 faculty members. Dr. Crystal will be assisted by 3 Associate Directors, an internal Executive Committee, a Committee on Recruitment and Retention, and an External Advisory Committee. The goal is to provide MD, MD/PhD, PhD and MD/post-doctoral trainee's multi-disciplinary training focused on understanding the genetic basis of pulmonary disease. The training includes 4 areas: (1) genomics and gene expression; (2) epidemiology and phenotyping; (3) statistical genetics and bioinformatics, and (4) ethics and regulatory affairs. The Training Program complements traditional mentored research projects with group meetings and individualized mentoring, as well as required and optional didactic lectures focused on each of these areas. Also, to complement their primary mentor, all trainees will have a personal advisory committee, comprised of senior and junior mentors with diverse expertise that will meet quarterly to review progress towards training milestones. The Training Program also includes weekly Personalized Medicine meetings where trainees present their work and interact with other trainees and mentors. Finally, strategies are in place for insuring career mentoring and formal evaluation of trainees and faculty.