Medical Scientist Training Program Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：罗切斯特大学在培养医生科学家方面有着悠久的历史，许多校友为生物医学研究做出了贡献，并在学术医疗中心担任领导职务。有一个持续和不断增长的需要，为医生科学家，谁担任一个独特的作用，将研究发现转化为临床，并把临床经验的实验室工作台。罗切斯特MSTP的主要目标是为未来的医生科学家的严格和有效的培训提供一个独特的综合环境。这是通过沉浸在基础科学和临床接触通过所有程序年结合一段时间的重点研究导致博士学位。学位提供在广泛的领域，利用大学的高度协作和跨学科的环境，包括基础生物医学科学，重点是特定的器官系统，生物医学工程，生物统计学，流行病学和卫生服务研究的人口为基础的学位，以及基于学院的计划，如生物学和化学。正如本申请中所述，我们的机构环境继续通过优秀的教师，资源和基础设施的增长来改善，从而大大扩大了培训机会。最近，这包括临床转化科学研究所（CTSI）的发展，部分由2006年授予的CTSA支持。CTSI提供了无数的机会，提高MSTP，包括资助插槽的博士年MD-PhD培训和新的博士课程转化生物医学科学。医学院继续其对MSTP的承诺，将每年的入学名额从2-3个增加到8个，并支持新的举措，以加强培训和招聘活动。我们成功地用对生物医学研究充满热情、积极主动的学生填补了这些空缺;自2001年以来，我们的项目规模增加了一倍。再加上罗切斯特大学的承诺，这笔更新资金将确保这些人发展技能和见解，在生物医学研究的这个充满活力的时代，启动和领导从科学到人类健康的翻译。相关性：社会对从事临床病人护理和科学研究工作的医生-科学家有很大的需求。罗切斯特大学的MSTP为未来的医生科学家提供了对医学的深入了解和严格的研究经验，使他们能够从事填补学术医学重要职位的职业，并将研究发现转化为健康改善。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Rochester has a long history of training physician-scientists, with numerous alumni contributing to biomedical research and assuming leadership positions at academic medical centers. There is a continued and growing need for physician-scientists, who serve a unique role in translating research discoveries to the clinic and bringing clinical experiences to the laboratory bench. The main objective of the University of Rochester MSTP is to provide a unique and integrated environment for the rigorous and efficient training of future physician-scientists. This is accomplished by immersion in basic science and clinical exposure through all program years combined with a period of focused research leading to the PhD. Degrees are offered in a wide range of areas that take advantage of the University's highly collaborative and interdisciplinary environment, including basic biomedical sciences with emphasis on specific organ systems, Biomedical Engineering, population based degrees in Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Health Services Research, and College-based programs such as Biology and Chemistry. As described in this application, our institutional environment continues to be invigorated by growth in outstanding faculty, resources and infrastructure, resulting in significant expansion of training opportunities. Most recently, this includes development of a Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI), supported in part by a CTSA granted in 2006. The CTSI provides myriad opportunities that enhance the MSTP, including funded slots for the PhD years of MD-PhD training and a new PhD program in Translational Biomedical Science. The medical school continues its commitment to the MSTP, increasing the number of incoming slots from 2-3 to 8 each year and supporting new initiatives to enhance training and recruitment activities. We have been successful in filling these slots with highly motivated students who are passionate about biomedical research; the net effect is a doubling of our program size since 2001. Coupled with the University of Rochester's commitment, funds from this renewal will ensure that these individuals develop the skills and insights to initiate and lead the translation from science to human health during this dynamic era of biomedical research. RELEVANCE: There is a great societal need for physician-scientists who work at the interface of clinical patient care and scientific investigation. The MSTP at the University of Rochester equips future physician-scientists with an in depth understanding of medicine and a rigorous research experience, allowing them to pursue careers that fill important positions in academic medicine and translate research discoveries to health improvement.