Atlanta Pediatric Scholars Program

描述(申请人提供)：有益于儿童健康的研究需要培养新一代儿科医生-科学家，他们准备在基础生物医学研究中独立工作。埃默里大学和亚特兰大儿童保健公司之间的一项新的合作研究企业正准备满足这一需求。埃默里儿童儿科研究中心已经激发了社区的巨大热情、资源、设施和新发现。我们提出了一个名为亚特兰大儿科学者计划的儿童健康研究职业发展计划。来自伙伴机构的优势和资源，再加上在埃默里儿科部门内与儿童健康相关的一些学科工作的大量调查人员，为基础研究职业培训创造了理想的培训环境。过去几年，支持这一计划的基础设施已经到位，我们也制定了强有力的研究战略计划，以继续招聘和扩大我们的研究企业。已经设计了一个正规的课程，以教学培训和对指导的认真关注为特色，首要目标是培养优秀的、独立的内科科学家，解决儿科/儿童健康的基本问题。来自少数族裔和贫困背景的内科科学家的培训是该计划的一个特别重点，亚特兰大现有的优势和合作伙伴关系将促进这一培训。该计划将包括一个严格的跟踪和评估进展的系统。亚特兰大儿科学者计划是亚特兰大不断发展的专注于儿童健康的学术事业的重要组成部分，并准备为儿童健康相关研究的新领导者提供杰出的职业发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research benefitting the health of children requires training new generations of pediatric physician-scientists who are prepared for independent careers in basic biomedical research. A new collaborative research enterprise between Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is poised to meet this need. The Emory-Children's Pediatric Research Center has already generated tremendous community enthusiasm, resources, facilities, and new discoveries. We propose a Child Health Research Career Development Program entitled the Atlanta Pediatric Scholars Program. Strengths and resources from partner institutions, combined with a critical mass of investigators working in a number of child health-related disciplines within the Emory Department of Pediatrics, create an ideal training environment for basic research career training. The infrastructure to support this program has been put in place over the past several years, and a robust research strategic plan is in place to continue recruitment and expansion of our research enterprise. A formal curriculum has been designed featuring didactic training and careful attention to mentoring, with the overarching goal of producing outstanding, independent physician-scientists attacking fundamental problems in pediatrics/child health. Training of physician-scientists from minority and underprivileged backgrounds is a particular focus of this program, and will be facilitated by existing strengths and partnerships in Atlanta. The program will include a rigorous system for tracking and assessing progress. The Atlanta Pediatric Scholars Program is an important component of a growing academic enterprise in Atlanta focusing on child health, and is poised to provide outstanding career development of new leaders in child health-related research.