UAB SOD's Institute of Oral Health Research Enhancement via Faculty Recruitment

描述（由申请人提供）：阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校（UAB）牙科学院（SOD）的申请是为了响应NIDCR的RFA-OD-09-005“恢复法案有限竞争：支持新教师招聘，通过生物医学研究核心中心（P-30）加强研究资源”。该RFA专门通过核心中心资助机制提供机构奖励，为新独立的研究人员提供“雇用资金，提供适当的启动包，并开发试点研究项目”。UAB SOD的目标是扩大和扩大该机构的多学科研究人员社区，“专注于与NIDCR战略使命相关的领域”，通过我们建立的“生物医学核心中心”-口腔健康研究所（lOHR）， UAB SOD正在寻求支持，以加强我们的研究密集型教师队伍。这一机制将允许lOHR雇用、提供启动包，并为新独立的研究人员开发试点研究项目，其目标是扩大SOD lOHR内的多学科研究人员，建立一个uab支持的试点中心“颅面和牙科疾病的发现、基因组学和治疗中心”（CDT-CADD）。特别是，我们将寻求扩大我们在牙科和颅面发育生物学和基因组学领域的师资队伍，这与NIDCR的战略计划有关。lOHR为来自不同学科的SOD和UAB教师提供支持和共享研究资源，以便建立一个联合的多学科方法来诊断，发现潜在的分子原因和开发颅面疾病和综合征的新疗法。为了实现我们的目标，我们将聘请三名新的科学家/临床科学家，他们在发育生物学，遗传学，蛋白质组学和/或基因治疗方面具有新兴的专业知识，为他们提供培育和支持的环境，确保他们成功的职业发展。新教师的研究启动资源将包括工资支持、所需的专业设备、动物住房成本以及启动研究的材料和用品。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This School of Dentistry (SOD) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) application is in response to the NIDCR's RFA-OD-09-005 "Recovery Act Limited Competition: Supporting New Faculty Recruitment to Enhance Research Resources through Biomedical Research Core Centers (P-30)". This RFA is specifically designed to provide institutional awards through the Core Center Grants mechanism to provide "funding to hire, provide appropriate start-up packages, and develop pilot research projects for newly independent investigators, with the goal of augmenting and expanding the institution's community of multidisciplinary researchers" focusing on areas relevant to NIDCR's strategic mission " The UAB SOD is seeking support for the enhancement of our research intense faculty through our established "Biomedical Core Center"-The Institute of Oral Health Research (lOHR). This mechanism will allow the lOHR to hire, provide start-up packages, and develop pilot research projects for newly-independent investigators, with the goal of expanding multidisciplinary researchers within the SOD lOHR to establishing a UAB-wide supported pilot center "Center for Discoveries, Genomics and Therapeutics of Craniofacial and Dental Diseases (CDT-CADD). In particular, we will be seeking to enlarge our cadre of faculty within the area of dental and craniofacial developmental biology and genomic as relevant to NIDCR's strategic plan. The lOHR provides support and shared research resources for SOD and UAB faculty from diverse disciplines in order to establish a joint multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis, discovery of the underlying molecular causes and development of novel therapeutics for craniofacial diseases and syndromes. In order to achieve our goal, we will hire three new scientists/clinician-scientists with emerging expertise in developmental biology, genetics, proteomics, and/or gene therapy providing them a nurturing and supportive environment ensuring their successful career development. Research start-up resources for the new faculty will include salary support, needed specialized equipment, animal housing costs and materials and supplies for initiating their research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This RFA application will strengthen the UAB SOD's Institute of Oral Health Research through the expansion of our scientific capacity within the focus area of craniofacial developmental biology and genomics of dental diseases through increasing our faculty workforce.