Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Short-Term Institutional Rese

描述（由申请人提供）：缺乏训练有素的研究型儿科肺病学家，他们准备开发新的方法来预防、诊断和治疗儿童呼吸系统疾病。这一有限的成熟的研究人员进一步受到越来越少的年轻医生科学家的威胁，他们选择专门从事儿科肺部和睡眠医学。各级培训是辛辛那提儿童医院的一个重要优先事项，该医院已建立了广泛的计划，将MD、PHD和MD/PhD研究员和教师培养成独立的临床和基础科学研究人员。辛辛那提儿童医院医学中心（CCHMC）的儿科肺部分部具有独特的优势，可以使学生对儿科肺部和睡眠医学感兴趣。CCHMC的肺部研究具有非常强大和多样化的临床和基础科学研究项目，睡眠障碍中心是美国少数几个拥有认证的儿科睡眠奖学金项目的儿科项目之一，该项目具有广泛的研究重点。这项提案将提供一个为期10周的夏季研究奖学金为7至8名学生从所有美国医学和骨科学校，其中代表性不足的群体将被招募。拟议的方案将有一个组织良好的方法来选择学员和导师，以及一个有效的手段来评估学员的进展。来自多个部门的26名医学博士，博士和医学博士/博士的教师在研究和指导方面取得了成功的记录，可供学员使用。所有研究人员都在NHLBI重点研究领域获得了充足的资金。该计划包括有机会进行基础和临床研究项目，每周举行会议，指导在肺部和睡眠医学中负责任地进行研究和具体的临床和研究课题。学生在夏季开始时和夏季研讨会结束时，以海报形式呈现他们提出的项目给同行和导师。我们在肺部和睡眠医学领域的研究项目的优势，结合热情的教师和组织良好的暑期课程，提供了一个很好的机会，吸引实习医生在职业生涯的早期和关键阶段，并增加他们希望进一步追求研究的可能性作为医生科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a shortage of well-trained research-oriented pediatric pulmonologists who are prepared to develop new approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat childhood respiratory diseases. This limited pool of well- established investigators is further threatened by a decreasing number of young physician scientists who choose to specialize in pediatric pulmonary and sleep medicine. Training at all levels is an important priority at Cincinnati Children's Hospital which has established extensive programs for developing MD, PHD and MD/PhD fellows and faculty into independent clinical and basic science investigators. The Pediatric Pulmonary Division at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) is uniquely positioned to interest students in both pediatric pulmonary and sleep medicine. Pulmonary research at CCHMC has very strong and diverse clinical and basic science research programs and the Sleep Disorder Center is one of the few pediatric programs in the United States that has a certified pediatric sleep fellowship program with an extensive research focus. This proposal will provide a 10 week summer research fellowship for 7 to 8 students from all US medical and osteopathic schools from which under-represented groups will be recruited. The proposed program will have a well-organized method of selection of trainees and mentors as well as an effective means of assessing the trainees' progress. A faculty of 26 MDs, PhDs and MD/PhDs from multiple departments with a proven record of success in research and mentoring are available to the trainees. All investigators are well-funded in NHLBI- focused research areas. Included within the program are opportunities to pursue basic and clinical research projects with weekly meetings at which instruction in responsible conduct of research and specific clinical and research topics in pulmonary and sleep medicine are provided. Students present their proposed projects to peers and mentors at the beginning of the summer and at the end of summer symposium when the results are presented in a poster format. The strengths of our research programs in the areas of pulmonary and sleep medicine combined with an enthusiastic faculty and a well-organized summer program provides an excellent opportunity to attract physician trainees at early and critical stages in their careers and increase the likelihood they will want to further pursue research as physician-scientists.