Research Training in Natural Product Complementary and Alternative Medicine

天然产物补充和替代医学研究培训

• 批准号: 8414581
• 负责人: RICHARD B VAN BREEMEN
• 金额: $ 22.93万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8414581
• 关键词: Biological Factors; Complementary and alternative medicine; Research Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Out of more than 100 colleges of pharmacy in the United States, the College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago is the third oldest and, founded in 1859, is even older than the University of Illinois itself. The UIC College of Pharmacy is ranked third nationally for overall research expenditures by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and is currently ranked seventh in NIH funding. Despite enrolling an average of 120 graduate students at any one time, there is no training grant at the UIC College of Pharmacy. One of our most prestigious programs in natural products research and graduate education is the Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmacological Sciences (PCRPS), which was founded by the late Prof. Norman Farnsworth. This program emphasizes interdisciplinary collaborative research and graduate education in the area of natural products. The PCRPS incorporates our graduate program in Pharmacognosy, which is one of just two such programs in the United States, our postdoctoral training program in Pharmacognosy, and our Medicinal Chemistry graduate and postgraduate education focusing on natural products. The UIC College of Pharmacy is also home to the UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research, which is the longest continuously NIH-supported Botanical Center. Founded by Prof. Farnsworth, the UIC Botanical Center is now directed by Prof. van Breemen and is focused on evaluating the safety and efficacy of botanical dietary supplements used by women as alternatives to estrogen replacement therapy at menopause. The UIC Botanical Center has been a focus of graduate and postgraduate education in natural products research. Our pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees move on to leadership positions in academia, industry and government here in the United States and internationally. Training young scientists for careers in natural products research is a core mission of our College of Pharmacy, the PCRPS, and the Botanical Center and will be the focus of this training grant. The Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy have an outstanding league of faculty to serve as mentors to the new trainee appointments presented in this application.

描述(申请人提供)：在美国100多所药学学院中，伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校的药学学院是历史第三悠久的 该校成立于1859年，比伊利诺伊大学还要古老。UIC药学院在美国药学院协会的总体研究支出方面排名全国第三，目前在NIH的资助中排名第七。尽管每次平均招收120名研究生，但UIC药学院没有培训补助金。我们在天然产品研究和研究生教育方面最负盛名的项目之一是药理学合作研究项目(PCRPS)，该项目由已故的诺曼·法恩斯沃斯教授创立。该项目强调自然产品领域的跨学科协作研究和研究生教育。PCRPS纳入了我们的生药学研究生项目，这是美国仅有的两个此类项目之一，我们的生药学博士后培训项目，以及我们的药物化学研究生和研究生教育，专注于天然产品。UIC药学院也是UIC/NIH植物膳食补充剂研究中心的所在地，这是NIH持续支持的最长的植物中心。UIC植物学中心由Farnsworth教授创立，现在由van Breeman教授领导，专注于评估女性在更年期使用的植物膳食补充剂作为雌激素替代疗法的安全性和有效性。UIC植物学中心一直是天然产品研究的研究生和研究生教育的焦点。我们的博士后和博士后学员将在美国和国际上担任学术界、工业界和政府的领导职务。培训年轻科学家从事天然产品研究是我们药学院、PCRPS和植物中心的核心使命，也将是这笔培训拨款的重点。药用化学与生药学系拥有一支杰出的教师队伍，作为本申请表中新的实习生任命的导师。