Clinical Scholars in Cardiovascular Science

描述(由申请人提供)： 肯塔基大学心血管科学临床学者培训计划旨在培养杰出的临床学者，以领导心血管医学领域的多学科研究。在过去的几年里，由于大量的机构承诺，我们已经建立了一种垂直整合的方法，将基础、翻译和临床心血管科学集中在四个方面：血栓形成和炎症；动脉粥样硬化和动脉瘤；心脏肥厚和心力衰竭；以及血管细胞对应激的反应。我们计划利用我们在心血管科学方面的优势，提供独特的多学科培训计划，横向整合医学、护理和药剂学等学科的学员。我们的目标是增加临床研究人员的渠道，他们将弥合基础科学进步与临床医学应用之间的差距。具体地说，我们的目标是：1)在与心血管研究相关的基础科学方面提供严谨而扎实的研究教育2)在高度跨学科的环境中为转化科学和临床科学培养新的研究人员3)提供关于高质量实验室管理和科学的高效和道德行为的培训4)为了创造一个将孵化学者和导师的环境，并建立一个相互交织的指导团队的创新和培养结构来实现我们的目标，我们设计了该计划以临床医生(MD、Pharmd、RN/PhD)为重点，他们处于职业生涯的早期博士后阶段。该计划将结合密集的指导研究经验，将基于实验室和基于临床的方法与严格的心血管科学课程相结合。一个由经验丰富的调查人员组成的委员会将通过提供洞察和监督来增强研究经验。学者将接受“生存技能”和BE的补充培训，这是我们心血管社区的积极参与者。完成课程后，我们预计学员将拥有作为一名以患者为导向或翻译人员的独立职业生涯所需的经验和能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Kentucky Training Program for Clinical Scholars in Cardiovascular Science is designed to prepare exceptional clinical scholars to assume leadership positions directing multidisciplinary research in the field of cardiovascular medicine. In the last several years, as a consequence of substantial institutional commitment, we have assembled a vertically-integrated approach of incorporating basic, translational and clinical cardiovascular science in four concentrations: Thrombosis and Inflammation; Atherosclerosis and Aneurysm; Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure; and Vascular Cell Response to Stress. We propose to leverage our cardiovascular science strengths to provide a unique multidisciplinary training program that horizontally integrates trainees across the disciplines of Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Our goal is to increase the pipeline of clinical investigators who will bridge the gap between basic science advances and their application to clinical medicine. Specifically, our aims are: 1) To provide a rigorous and solid research education in the basic sciences related to cardiovascular research 2) To prepare new researchers for translational and clinical science in a highly interdisciplinary environment 3) To provide training in the efficient and ethical conduct of high quality laboratory management and science 4) To create an environment that will incubate scholars and mentors with an innovative and nurturing structure of interlaced mentoring teams To accomplish our goal, we have designed the Program to focus on clinicians (MD, PharmD, RN/PhD) who are at the early postdoctoral stage of their careers. The Program will combine an intensive mentored research experience that blends laboratory-based and clinically-based methods with a rigorous curriculum in cardiovascular science. A committee of experienced investigators will enhance the research experience by providing insight and oversight. Scholars will receive supplemental training in "survival skills" and be , active participants in our cardiovascular community. Upon completion of the program, we anticipate that the trainees will have the experience and capabilities necessary to initiate an independent career as a patient- oriented or translational investigators.