Koch Institute Faculty Recruitment for an MD/PHD Physician-Scientist

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请由2007年接替麻省理工学院癌症研究中心(CCR)的麻省理工学院大卫·H·科赫综合癌症研究所(KL)提交。需要资金聘请一名医学博士/博士内科科学家，他将在KL内建立一个终身教职跟踪的独立研究职位，并在地区医院维持临床活动。在过去的35年里，CCR和现在的KL一直是NCI指定的癌症中心，由NCI癌症中心支持拨款支持。最近从CCR过渡到KL是为了承认该中心内的癌症研究已经成为 越来越多的学科，涉及麻省理工学院理工学院的几名教职员工。KL将安置在一座新楼内，目前正在建设中，计划于2010年12月完工。新大楼将有相同数量的癌症科学家和工程学教师(包括拥有MD、博士和MD/博士学位的人)致力于癌症和与癌症相关的问题。科赫研究所通过其物理布局、科学和行政组织及其总体使命，将积极推动癌症研究和开发以及合作研究项目的跨学科方法。此外，为了充分利用对转化性癌症研究显著增加的重视，科赫研究所与几个临床肿瘤学中心共同开发了资助研究计划。这项申请要求提供资金聘请一名内科科学家，以进一步扩大科赫研究所内的转化型癌症研究范围，并向地区临床中心提供更多的外联服务。此人将为癌症新陈代谢领域的研究做出贡献，并将参与这一领域和其他领域的翻译研究。这项申请要求在头两年支持建立这个研究人员的实验室；麻省理工学院将提供另外两年的支持。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by the applicant): This application is being submitted by the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Kl), which succeeded the MIT Center for Cancer Research (CCR) in 2007. Funds are requested to hire an MD/PhD physician-scientist, who will establish a tenure-track, independent research position within the Kl as well as maintain clinical activities at an area hospital. Over the past 35 years, the CCR and now the Kl have been an NCI-designated Cancer Center supported by an NCI Cancer Center Support Grant. The recent transition from the CCR to the Kl was made in recognition of cancer research within this Center has become increasingly multi-disciplinary, involving several MIT faculty members from departments in both the Schools of Science and Engineering. The Kl will be housed in a new building, which is currently under construction and scheduled to be completed in December 2010. The new building will have an equal number of cancer scientists and engineering faculty (including those with MD, PhD and MD/PhD degrees) working on cancer and cancer-related problems. Through its physical layout, its scientific and administrative organization and its over-arching mission, the Koch Institute will actively stimulate interdisciplinary approaches to cancer research and development and collaborative research projects. Moreover, to take full advantage of the markedly increased emphasis on translational cancer research, the Koch Institute has developed funded research initiatives with several clinical oncology centers. This application requests funds to hire a physician-scientist to increase further the extent of translational cancer research within the Koch Institute as well as to provide additional outreach to area clinical centers. This individual will contribute to research in the area of cancer metabolism and will participate in translational research in this and other areas. This application request funds to support the establishment of this investigator's laboratory over the first two years; MIT will provide an additional two years of support.