KUMC Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program (K12)

描述(由申请者提供)：这里描述的是女性生殖健康研究(WRHR)的培训计划，旨在未来5年内在堪萨斯大学医学中心(KUMC)的产科和妇科培养3名内科科学家。我们将充分利用堪萨斯大学整个系统的科学财富和基础设施。它的教职员工中有30多名受到外部资助的科学家，他们从事女性生殖健康的基础和翻译研究，正是这些科学家构成了KU WRHR学者的潜在导师池。事实上，生殖生物学是KUMC最重要的三个机构研究任务之一，产科和妇科主任得到了大学对学者发展的极好支持。拟议的计划将在该地区的主要学术健康中心增加接受过最先进女性生殖健康研究培训的初级教员，以学科间合作的方式刺激女性生殖健康研究，并为学者获得卓越的研究经验，从而实现成功、独立的研究生涯。培训和指导计划鼓励基础和临床科学职业，分为两个灵活但明确的阶段。在第一阶段(1-2年级)，没有完成研究生水平工作的基础科学学者将完成昆士兰大学生物医学跨学科研究生课程的核心博士课程。临床科学学者将完成科罗拉多大学临床研究计划，旨在增加致力于以患者为中心的研究的资助临床学者的数量。第一阶段的完成带来了第二阶段的完成，在这一阶段，学者们花了3年时间进行研究和撰写赠款/手稿。在整个过程中，他们都由一名在计划申请时挑选出来的主要导师和一个包括内部咨询委员会成员的指导团队进行指导。项目成功的定义是：学者在学术级别上的进步，毕业后独立资助研究的成就和项目反馈。如果我们的学者得到出版、资助、晋升、终身教职，建立独立的研究计划，并对妇女健康研究做出重大贡献，我们将取得成功。 相关性：这项K-12计划的主要目标是促进妇产科内科科学家的发展，并将他们的研究成果转化为临床实践，造福未来的社会。第二个目标是增加KUMC妇女健康研究中的内科科学家的数量，从而扩大内科科学家的临界质量，他们将成为我们未来的基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Described herein is a training program in Women's Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) designed to develop 3 physician-scientists in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Kansas University Medical Center (KUMC) over the next 5 years. We will take full advantage of the scientific wealth and infrastructure of the entire University of Kansas system. Among its faculty are more than 30 extramurally funded scientists pursuing basic and translational research in women's reproductive health, and it is these scientists that form the pool of potential mentors for the KU WRHR Scholars. Indeed, reproductive biology is among the top 3 institutional research missions at KUMC, and the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology has superb University support for Scholar development. The proposed Program will add junior faculty with state of the art research training in women's reproductive health to the region's main academic health center, stimulate women's reproductive health research in a collaborative fashion among disciplines, and secure an outstanding research experience for the Scholar leading to a successful, independent research career. The training and mentoring program encourages both basic and clinical science careers and is divided into two flexible but defined phases. In Phase I (years 1-2), basic science Scholars who have not done graduate level work will complete the core doctoral curriculum of the KU Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in the Biomedical Sciences. Clinical science Scholars will complete the KU Clinical Research Program designed to increase the number of funded clinical scholars committed to patient-oriented research. Phase I completion brings Phase ll, where the Scholar spends 3 years conducting research and writing grants/manuscripts. Throughout, they are mentored by a primary mentor selected at program application and a mentoring team that includes a member of the Internal Advisory Committee. Program success is defined by progression of Scholars through academic ranks, the achievement of independently funded research and Program feedback after graduation. We will be successful if our Scholars are published, funded, promoted, tenured, establish an independent research program, and make significant contributions to women's health research. RELEVANCE: The primary goal of this K-12 Program is to promote the development of physician-scientists in obstetrics and gynecology, and transfer the fruits of their research to clinical practice for the benefit of society in the future. A secondary goal is to increase the number of physician-scientists in women's health research at KUMC, thus expanding the critical mass of physician-scientists who will then serve as our future base.