Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：这是康涅狄格大学牙科医学院骨骼、颅面和口腔生物学机构培训计划作为T90/R90项目的延续申请。它的目的是帮助满足在与改善美国口腔、牙齿和颅面健康有关的研究方面受过训练的独立科学家的大量需求。该计划已经培训并将继续培训牙科学者，以满足学术牙科不断增长的需求，这些学者有能力成为临床医生和独立科学家，能够发起和维持资助的研究项目，了解多学科研究并为他们的研究向新方向发展做好准备。研究培训领域包括骨骼生物学、干细胞生物学、再生医学、口腔和颅面生物学以及临床和转化研究。培训项目的主要方向是：DMD/PhD（7-8年培训，5年培训支持；4名在岗学员，7名新增学员）、PhD（4-5年培训，3年支持；4名在岗学员，5名新增学员）、博士后研究（3年培训，4名在岗学员，6名新增学员）和非公民PhD学员（DDS学位）(4-5年培训，3-5年支持；0名在岗学员；要求增加2名受训人员)。我们将培训具有广泛背景的个人，包括拥有学士/学士学位的人，以及完成博士学位和/或牙科住院医师培训的人。为了给我们的学者/学员提供一个坚实的共同基础，我们制定了所有学员在所有培训领域所需的核心活动。除了提供重要的培训内容外，核心活动还为不同学科和不同培训阶段的受训者提供正式和非正式互动的机会。我们正在引入几个新的项目特点，以(i)确保实现培训里程碑，（ii）促进学员准备F和K奖，（iii）更好地整合临床和研究培训，为我们的DMD/博士，以加强过渡到学术生涯。健康中心在骨骼、颅面和口腔生物学方面拥有一支充满活力的教师队伍，在整个牙科医学院和医学院的教师之间有着非常成功的合作。生物医学科学博士课程的研究生教师和活跃的机构研究中心以及临床签名项目提供实验室，转化和以患者为导向的研究机会，为项目轨道提供多样化的培训环境，为学员的个人需求提供灵活性，并确保通过轨道的成功进展。该机构有积极的培训生招聘计划；其中一些是针对代表性不足的少数民族候选人的。我们将继续为每位候选人提供量身定制的培训，同时通过专题讨论会，研讨会，课程，临床研究中心和合作研究活动保持对骨骼，颅面和口腔生物学的关注，这些活动在个人轨道和计划的所有轨道中都得到了整合。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for the continuation of the Institutional Training Program in Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine as a T90/R90 program. It is intended to help meet the substantial need for independent scientists trained in research related to improving oral, dental and craniofacial health in the United States. The program has trained and will continue to train dental scholars to meet the growing needs of academic dentistry, who are competent as clinicians and independent scientists, who are able to initiate and maintain funded research programs, who understand multidisciplinary research and who are prepared for the evolution of their research into new directions. Areas of research training include skeletal biology, stem cell biology, regenerative medicine, oral and craniofacial biology and clinical and translational research. The major tracks of the training program are the DMD/PhD (7-8 yrs of training with 5 years of support from this training grant; 4 present trainees; 7 additional trainees requested), PhD (4-5 yrs of training with 3 years of support; 4 present trainees; 5 additional trainees requested), postdoctoral research (3 yrs; 4 present trainees; 6 additional trainees requested) and non-citizen PhD trainees (with DDS degrees) (4-5 years of training with 3-5 years of support; 0 present trainees; 2 additional trainees requested). We will be training individuals with a broad range of backgrounds, including those with BS/BA degrees to those who have completed PhD and/or dental residency training. To provide a solid, common foundation for our scholars/trainees, we have developed Core Activities required of all trainees in all training tracks. In addition to providing important training elements, the Core Activities provide opportunities for both formal and informal interactions between trainees in various disciplines and at various stages in their training. We are introducing several new program features to (i) insure training milestones are achieved, (ii) facilitate preparation of F and K awards by trainees and (iii) better integrate clinical and research training for our DMD/PhDs to enhance transition into an academic career. The Health Center has a dynamic group of faculty in Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology, with highly successful collaborations among faculty throughout the Schools of Dental Medicine and Medicine. The Biomedical Science PhD program graduate faculty and active institutional research centers and clinical signature programs provide laboratory, translational and patient oriented research opportunities that enable a diversified training environment for the program tracks, allow flexibility for the individual needs of trainees, and ensure successful progress through the tracks. The institution has vigorous trainee recruitment programs; several are directed towards under-represented minority candidates. We will continue to provide training that is tailored to each candidate, while maintaining a focus on skeletal, craniofacial and oral biology through symposia, seminars, courses, clinical research centers and collaborative research activities which are integrated both within individual tracks and amongst all the tracks of the program.