Indiana Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：这是印第安纳大学医学院医学科学家培训项目的一份新申请。我们的课程侧重于印第安纳大学医学院建立的卓越的跨学科研究领域的培训。我们项目的另一个创新方面是利用我们与普渡大学生物医学工程学院的强大研究和培训合作，包括对内科生物医学工程师的培训。在过去的10年里，印第安纳大学医学院和普渡大学生物医学工程研究项目的显著扩展为培养高度积极的学生成为医生和科学家提供了一个独特的、互动的和支持性的环境。医学院领导层广泛认可医师科学家在参与和将基础科学发现转化为临床的关键作用，这使得医学博士/博士学位项目在医学院所有培训项目中获得了最高的优先级。此外，该项目得到了医学院基础科学和临床部门的广泛支持。每个基础科学系和医学课程委员会都仔细审查和修订了各自项目的许多方面，以加强医学和研究培训的整合，并为医学院内的学者社区提供支持性基础设施。该计划的目标是培养具有最高专业价值的从事医学科学家，并准备在假设驱动，研究者发起的研究中追求临床研究者的职业生涯。凭借现有的资源，我们每年可以持续支持5名学生。我们向NIH寻求的支持是：(1)确认该计划是一个值得在MSTP网站上列出的实质性培训计划；(2)每年为2名学生提供财政支持，使我们能够将项目扩大到每年7名学生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a new application for a medical scientist training program from Indiana University School of Medicine. Our program is focused on training in interdisciplinary areas of research that Indiana University School of Medicine has established excellence. An additional innovative aspect of our program is the utilization of our strong research and training collaborations with faculty in biomedical engineering at Purdue University to include the training of physician-biomedical engineers. The significant expansion of research programs at both Indiana University School of Medicine and in biomedical engineering at Purdue University over the past 10 years provides a unique, interactive, and supportive environment to train highly motivated students to become physician-scientists. Broad recognition within the leadership of the School of Medicine regarding the critical role of physician-scientists in both participating and translating basic science discovery to the clinic, has resulted in the M.D. / Ph.D. program receiving the highest priority of all training programs within the School of Medicine. Further, this program has broad support from both basic science and clinical departments within the School of Medicine. Each basic science department and the medical curriculum committee have carefully reviewed and revised many aspects of their respective programs to enhance the integration of medical and research training and to provide a supportive infrastructure for this community of Scholars within the School of Medicine. It is the goal of this program to train engaging physician-scientists who have the highest of professional values, and who are poised to pursue careers as clinical investigators in hypothesis-driven, investigator - initiated research. With existing resources, we can consistently, support 5 students per year. The support that we seek from the NIH is: (1) an affirmation of this program as a substantive training program meritorious of listing on the MSTP website; and (2) financial support for 2 students per year to allow us to expand the program to 7 students per year.