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

描述(由申请者提供)：阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校(UAB)牙科学院(SOD)的申请是对NIDCR的RFA-OD-09-005“恢复法有限竞赛：支持新教师招聘以通过生物医学研究核心中心加强研究资源(P-30)”的回应。该RFA是专门为通过核心中心拨款机制提供机构奖励而设计的，旨在为新独立的研究人员提供资金，提供适当的创业方案，并开发试点研究项目，目标是增强和扩大机构的多学科研究人员社区，专注于与NIDCR的战略使命相关的领域。UAB SOD正在通过我们建立的“生物医学核心中心”-口腔健康研究所(Lohr)寻求支持，以加强我们的研究热情的教职员工。这一机制将允许Lohr为新的独立研究人员招聘、提供启动包并开发试点研究项目，目标是扩大SOD Lohr内的多学科研究人员，以建立一个由UAB支持的试点中心“颅面部和牙科疾病发现、基因组和治疗中心(CDT-CADD)”。特别是，我们将寻求扩大与NIDCR的战略计划相关的牙科和颅面发育生物学和基因组领域的教职员工队伍。LOHR为来自不同学科的SOD和UAB教员提供支持和共享研究资源，以建立一个联合的多学科方法来诊断、发现潜在的分子原因并开发治疗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/临床医生-科学家，他们在发育生物学、遗传学、蛋白质组学和/或基因治疗方面拥有新兴专业知识，为他们提供一个培育和支持他们的环境，确保他们成功的职业发展。新教员的研究启动资源将包括工资支持、所需的专门设备、动物收容所费用以及启动研究所需的材料和用品。 公共卫生相关性：这项RFA应用将通过扩大我们在颅面发育生物学和牙科疾病基因组学重点领域的科学能力来加强UAB SOD口腔健康研究所，通过增加我们的教员队伍。

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.