Mentoring and Research in Integrative Medicine

描述(由申请者提供)：这是为加州大学(UCSF)医学教授、加州大学欧舍整合医学中心研究主任Frederick Hecht博士建议的K24奖项。赫克特博士是一名内科医生，接受过临床流行病学博士后培训。他是加州大学旧金山分校T32资助的整合医学研究培训(TRIM)奖学金计划的主任，也是NCCAM资助的CAM研究PO1卓越中心的首席研究员，该中心调查冥想的代谢和免疫学影响。他指导了25名博士后研究员和初级教师，发表了130多篇同行评议文章。有了这个K24，赫克特博士的目标是每年在TRIM项目中指导四名博士后和两名博士后研究员，其中一半时间担任主要导师。他将指导一个由5至7名初级教员组成的定期小组，并授予K奖。他将通过研究设计和生物统计学方面的高级研讨会来发展他的研究和指导能力。他组建了一支优秀的团队，在特定领域指导导师，并为学员提供额外的丰富，包括加州大学旧金山分校生物统计咨询服务主任Peter Bacchetti博士和加州大学旧金山分校医学伦理学项目前主任Bernard Lo博士。加州大学旧金山分校为赫克特博士和他的受训者的研究提供了极其丰富和支持的科学环境；包括NIH资助的第二大CTSA，它与赫克特博士的K24计划紧密结合在一起。赫克特博士的研究计划的具体研究目标是：目标1：测试身心干预对健康的益处。目的2：应用创新的方法测试中西医结合疗法的作用机制。目标3：开发和测试生活方式干预的综合医学新模式。目标4：在医疗服务不足的环境中发展综合医学研究模型。总体而言，赫克特博士的研究计划旨在将综合医学方法应用于我们一些最重要的慢性健康问题，包括肥胖、糖尿病和高血压。这个K24应用程序旨在提供指导和研究环境，以培养一支特别强大和多样化的研究人员群体，他们将在未来的综合医学研究中发挥主导作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a proposed K24 award for Dr. Frederick Hecht, Professor of Medicine at the University of California (UCSF), and director of research at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Hecht is an internist with postdoctoral training in clinical epidemiology. He is director of the T32-funded UCSF Training in Research in Integrative Medicine (TRIM) fellowship program, and principal investigator of an NCCAM funded Center for Excellence in CAM Research PO1 investigating the metabolic and immunologic effects of meditation. He has mentored more than 25 postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty and published over 130 peer-reviewed articles. With this K24, Dr. Hecht aims to mentor four postdoctoral and two predoctoral fellows in the TRIM program each year, serving as primary mentor for half. He will mentor a regular panel of five to seven junior faculty with K awards. He will develop his research and mentoring capabilities with advanced seminars on research design and biostatistics. He has assembled an outstanding team to mentor the mentor in specific areas and provide additional enrichment for trainees, including Dr. Peter Bacchetti, director of the UCSF Biostatistics Consult service, and Dr. Bernard Lo, former director of the UCSF Program in Medical Ethics. UCSF provides an extremely rich and supportive scientific environment for Dr. Hecht's research and that of his mentees; including the second largest NIH funded CTSA, which is closely integrated with Dr. Hecht's K24 plans. The specific research aims of Dr. Hecht's research program are: Aim 1: Test the health benefits of mind-body interventions. Aim 2: Apply innovative approaches to test the mechanisms of action of integrative medicine therapies. Aim 3: Develop and test new models of integrative medicine approaches to lifestyle interventions. Aim 4: Develop models of integrative medicine research in medically underserved settings. Overall, Dr. Hecht's research program aims to bring integrative medicine approaches to bear on some of our most important chronic health problems, including obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. This K24 application aims to provide mentoring and a research environment to develop an exceptionally strong and diverse group of researchers who will play leading roles in the future of integrative medicine research.