Neuroendocrine Investigators and Mentoring in the field of Alcohol Research

描述（由申请人提供）：Wand 博士是一位接受过临床前和临床研究培训的神经内分泌学家。他与一个多学科团队合作，并获得了激素、神经化学、遗传以及人类和啮齿动物实验室技能来追求他的研究议程。目前，Wand 博士是 4 项研究的首席研究员：2 项 R01、1R03 和 1 项 R37（无费用延期）。他还是其他 6 个 R01 奖项的共同研究员。在过去 12 年里，Wand 博士成功地成为 16 名医学博士和博士生的科学导师。他的三名学员在首次提交作品时就获得了 K23 奖项。所有 16 名学员都是自费从事学术工作或担任卫生政策职位。 Wand 博士因指导而获得奖项，并因为其培训项目带来多样性而获得约翰霍普金斯大学的最高奖项。 Wand 博士提议首先指导 5 名学员。他预计在该奖项的有效期内每年会指导大约 2 名额外的学员。他参加了多个项目，为寻找有前途的学员提供充足的机会进行指导。 Wand 博士的指导计划旨在为动物和人类研究学员提供酒精理论、研究设计、数据分析策略、临床前和临床研究中的伦理问题以及资助技能方面的共同知识基础。此外，每位学员都会接受与其特殊兴趣相符的更强化的个人培训。这些方面包括假设生成、协议开发和数据分析。对于人类研究者，他涵盖了人类受试者的考虑因素（包括获得知情同意的过程）、受试者招募、访谈、数据收集、数据清理、分析、演示和手稿准备。指导的主要目标是使学员能够培养写作和数据分析技能，以及熟悉新的研究技术。每位学员每季度都会收到对目标和进度的正式审查，以进行绩效评估和职业指导。每位学员每周都会进行一对一的会面，讨论研究进展并讨论数据、手稿和评论/章节以及任何其他相关问题。个人指导为培训计划奠定了基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dr. Wand is a neuroendocrinologist trained in both preclinical and clinical investigation. He works with a multidiscipline team and has acquired hormonal, neurochemical, genetic and human and rodent laboratory skills to pursue his research agenda. Currently Dr. Wand is principle investigator of 4 studies: 2 R01s, 1R03 and a R37 (no cost extension). He is also co- investigator on 6 other R01 awards. Dr. Wand has successfully been the scientific mentor for 16 MD and PhD trainees over the last 12 years. Three of his trainees received K23 awards on their first submission. All 16 trainees are in academics with their own funding or work in health policy positions. Dr. Wand has received awards for mentoring and Johns Hopkins University's highest award for bringing diversity to its training programs. Dr. Wand proposes to initially mentor 5 trainees. He anticipates mentoring approximately 2 additional trainees per year for the life of the award. He participates in multiple programs providing ample opportunities to identify promising trainees to mentor. Dr. Wand's mentoring program is designed to provide animal and human research trainees with a common knowledge base in alcohol theory, research design, data analysis strategies, ethical issues in pre-clinical and clinical research, and grantsmanship skills. In addition, each trainee receives more intensive individual training consistent with his/her special interests. These aspects include hypothesis generation, protocol development, and data analysis. For human investigators he covers human subjects considerations (including the process of obtaining informed consent), subject recruitment, interviewing, data collection, data cleaning, analysis, presentation and manuscript preparation. A primary goal of the mentoring is to enable trainees to develop writing and data analytic skills, as well as familiarity with new research technologies. Each trainee will receive quarterly formal review of goals and progress for performance evaluation and for career guidance. Each trainee meets weekly with one-on-one where he discusses research progress and goes over data, manuscript and reviews/chapters and any other pertinent issues. Individual mentorship provides the foundation for the training program.