Forsyth Postdoctoral Training in Oral Health Research

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案是Forsyth目前资助的Kirschstein-NRSA T32培训奖“口腔健康研究博士后培训计划”的竞争延续。该项目面向希望在基础、临床或以患者为导向的口腔健康研究方面获得博士后经验的牙医和博士。颅面发育/生物矿化、免疫生物学、口腔微生物-宿主相互作用和临床研究等方面都有专门的培训机会。鼓励重点领域之间，特别是临床研究与其他重点领域之间的项目联动。导师有与NIDR使命一致的杰出研究发表记录，得到NIH的大力支持（PI或co - 1平均为3.4个资助研究经费），并具有可观的博士后教育经验。广泛的协作和多学科互动是导师研究的特点。导师的这些多学科/合作研究工作将为受训者提供这种相互作用的例子，也应成为受训者发起类似的合作研究相互作用的跳板。增强博士后研究经验将包括临床研究设计的学期课程，免疫学，传染病和发育生物学的口腔健康目标课程，以及为当前T32项目开发的新开发的科学完整性课程（必修）。还提供利用网络和生物信息学工具进行研究方面的培训，以及在资助和职业发展方面的正式讲习班和非正式指导。学员将在福赛斯系列研讨会、口腔生物学讨论会、院系期刊俱乐部和博士后研究小组中发挥积极作用。领导力意识和培训将通过波士顿高中和哈佛大学牙科学生的暑期研究项目博士后实习生指导来促进。将采用若干战略来征聘受训人员，包括来自代表性不足的种族/族裔群体的候选人，这些候选人将得到特别鼓励。我们的目标是提供培训经验，将学员定位为能够成功竞争研究基金的主要研究者，能够有效地以口头和书面形式交流他们的想法，认识到合作和多学科研究的价值，并坚持科学诚信的最高标准。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is a competing continuation of Forsyth's currently funded Kirschstein-NRSA T32 training award entitled "Postdoctoral Training Program in Oral Health Research". This program is targeted to dentists and PhDs who desire a postdoctoral experience in basic, clinical or patient-oriented oral health research. Specific training opportunities are available in Craniofacial Development/Biomineralization, Immunobiology, Oral Microbial-Host Interactions, and Clinical Investigation. Linkage of projects between focus areas, especially between Clinical Investigation and other focus areas will be encouraged. Mentors have outstanding records of published research consistent with the NIDR mission, are well-supported by NIH (PI or Co-l on average of 3.4 funded research grants) and have appreciable experience in postdoctoral education. Extensive collaborative and multidisciplinary interactions are characteristic of mentors' research. These multidisciplinary/collaborative research efforts of mentors will provide trainees with examples of such interactions, and should also serve as a springboard for the trainee to initiate similar collaborative research interactions. Enhancements to the postdoctoral research experience will include semester-long courses in clinical research design, oral health targeted courses in Immunology, Infectious Disease, and Developmental Biology, and a newly developed course in Scientific Integrity developed for the current T32 program (required). Training in research use of the Web and bioinformatic tools is also offered, together with formal workshops and informal guidance in grantsmanship and Career Development. Trainees will take active roles in the Forsyth Seminar Series, Oral Biology colloquia, departmental journal clubs, and a postdoctoral research group. Leadership awareness and training will be facilitated by postdoctoral trainee mentoring of Boston high school and Harvard dental students in summer research projects. Several strategies will be used to recruit trainees including candidates from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups who will be specifically encouraged. Our goal is to provide training experiences that will position trainees to be principal investigators who can successfully compete for research funds, who effectively communicate their ideas both orally and in written form, who recognize the value of collaborative and multidisciplinary research, and who uphold the highest standards in scientific integrity.