UNC-Clinician-Scientist Training Program in Cardiovascular Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校（UNC-CH）心血管医学临床医生-科学家培训计划旨在为希望从事学术临床医生-科学家职业的未来心脏病学家提供两年的集中研究培训。它主要侧重于为临床专业为心脏病学的医生提供基础科学和/或转化研究方面的额外培训，同时也为心脏外科医生或其他有兴趣在涉及心血管疾病的学术领域从事职业的医生提供便利。培训计划汇集了来自基础科学和临床学科的教师，其中包括几位在培训期间获得NRSA资助的导师。在目前的资助周期内，培训计划共资助了9名学员，包括3名医学博士、2名医学博士、2名理学硕士、3名医学博士和1名博士。有四名女性和五名男性。受训人员中有8人是医生，其中5人接受心脏病学临床培训，1人接受普通外科培训，1人接受风湿病学/过敏和免疫学培训，1人接受核医学培训。在接受培训成为心脏病专家的5个人中，其中2人拥有博士学位，4人在进入培训项目之前至少花了一年的时间专门从事基础科学研究。受训人员的工作取得了成功，并以令人印象深刻的速度在国家会议上发表了出版物和发言。2010年完成临床培训的1名医师开始学术生涯；由于培训项目相对较新，其他受训者都没有完成所有的临床和研究培训。在这一申请中，我们要求为心血管医学的临床医生-科学家培训计划提供第二个五年的资助。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Clinician-Scientist Training Program in Cardiovascular Medicine at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) is designed to provide two years of concentrated research training for future cardiologists who wish to pursue careers as academic Clinician-Scientists. It is primarily focused on providing additional training in basic science and/or translational research to physicians whose clinical specialty will be cardiology while also accommodating cardiac surgeons or other physicians interested in pursuing a career in an academic field involving cardiovascular disease. The Training Program brings together faculty from basic science and clinical disciplines and includes several mentors who were recipients of NRSA funding during their training. During the current funding cycle, the training program has supported a total of nine trainees including 3 MD, PhD, 2 MD, MSc, 3 MD and 1 PhD. There have been four women and five men. Eight of the trainees are physicians with five pursuing clinical training in Cardiology, one in General Surgery, one in Rheumatology/Allergy and Immunology and one in Nuclear Medicine. Of the five individuals who are training to be cardiologists, two of these physicians have a PhD and four spent at least one year of dedicated time pursuing basic science research prior to entering the Training Program. The trainees have been successful in their work and have published and made presentations at national meetings at an impressive rate. One of the physicians who finished clinical training in 2010 embarked upon academic career; because of the relative newness of the Training Program, none of the other trainees have completed all of their clinical and research training. In this application, we are requesting that the Clinician-Scientist Training Program in Cardiovascular Medicine be funded for a second five year period.