Postdoctoral Training in Cardiovascular Disease

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请要求为心血管疾病博士后培训计划的第三次竞争性更新提供资金。该计划旨在为心脏病学，外科和儿科的医生-科学家学员提供机会，成为心血管研究的独立研究者。学员将接触到一个多元化的教师群体，从初级教师到正教授，每个人都资金充足，具有出色的培训和出版记录。我们鼓励学员选择共同导师，以加强他们的跨学科培训。导师将指导四个主要领域的研究培训：1）血管生物学，包括动脉粥样硬化，血管生成和干细胞; 2）心肌细胞生物学，包括离子通道，药理学和组织和生物医学工程，3）免疫学和基因组学，包括移植和疾病标志物，以及4）转化，结果和临床研究，包括心血管疾病的人群差异，获得心脏护理和选择性治疗。非常重视培养具有广泛基础，跨学科知识和独特技能的医生科学家，对心血管生物学和生理学有很强的基本理解。该计划的通常持续时间为两年，根据个别学员选择的研究重点领域，可能会延长到三年。候选人是从我们的外科，心胸外科，成人和儿科心脏病，新生儿和儿科重症监护临床培训计划的优秀申请人中选出的，以及通过直接申请培训计划。特别努力加强我们对妇女和少数民族的招聘，部分是通过与哈莱姆医院的外科住院医师方案建立联系。培训计划和核心部门有完善的心血管研讨会系列和期刊俱乐部，联合实验室会议和务虚会，旨在促进合作和跨学科研究。此外，培训计划本身还赞助年度务虚会、研讨会和工作进展会议，以评估受训人员的进展。培训计划有一个有效的评估和反馈系统，以确保我们的研究员得到适当的培训。在整个计划和之后，学员被建议研究和职业发展，单独和通过辅导计划由副主任领导的培训生发展。该计划旨在利用哥伦比亚大学的许多现有优势，包括欧文临床和转化研究中心（CTSA），公共卫生，基因组中心，生物信息学，组织和生物医学工程和众多基础科学部门和强大的临床项目的梅尔曼学院，以及过去15年来在该计划中对医生-科学家进行研究培训的既定记录。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funding for the third competitive renewal of a postdoctoral training program in Cardiovascular Diseases. The program is designed to provide opportunities for Cardiology, Surgical and Pediatrics-based physician-scientist trainees to become independent investigators in Cardiovascular research. Trainees will be exposed to a diverse group of faculty, ranging from junior faculty to full- professor, each well-funded, with outstanding training and publication records. Trainees are encouraged to choose co-mentors, to enhance their multi-disciplinary training. Faculty mentors will direct research training in four primary areas: 1) Vascular Biology including atherosclerosis, angiogenesis and stem cells; 2) Cardiomyocyte biology, including ion channels, pharmacology and tissue- and biomedical-engineering, 3) Immunology and Genomics, including transplantation and disease markers, and 4) Translational, Outcomes and Clinical Research, including population disparity in cardiovascular diseases, access to cardiac care and selective therapy. Strong emphasis is given to training physician-scientists with broadly- based, interdisciplinary knowledge and unique skill sets, with a strong fundamental understanding of cardiovascular biology and physiology. The usual duration of the program is two years and depending upon the individual trainees' selected area of research focus may be extended to three years. Candidates are selected from a very large pool of outstanding applicants to our clinical training programs in Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Adult and Pediatric Cardiology, Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, as well as through direct applications to the training program. Special efforts are undertaken to enhance our recruitment of woman and minorities, in part through affiliation with Harlem Hospital's Surgical Residency program. The training program and the core departments have well-established cardiovascular seminar series and journal clubs, joint laboratory meetings and retreats that are designed to foster collaborations and interdisciplinary research. In addition, the training program itself sponsors an annual retreat, seminars and work-in-progress sessions to assess trainee progress. The training program has an efficient evaluation and feedback system to ensure appropriate training of our fellows. Throughout the program and afterwards, trainees are advised on research and career development, individually and through a mentoring program headed by an Associate Director for Trainee Development. The program is designed to take advantage of the many existing strengths of Columbia University, including the Irving Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CTSA), Mailman School of Public Health, Genome Center, Bioinformatics, Tissue and Biomedical Engineering and numerous basic science departments and strong clinical programs, as well as the established track record of research training of physician-scientists in this program for the past 15 years.