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

描述（由申请人提供）：本文描述的是一项妇女生殖健康研究（WRHR）培训计划，旨在在未来5年内在堪萨斯大学医学中心（KUMC）的妇产科培养3名内科科学家。我们将充分利用整个堪萨斯大学系统的科学财富和基础设施。在其教职员工中，有30多名获得外部资助的科学家从事妇女生殖健康的基础和转化研究，正是这些科学家构成了堪萨斯大学生殖健康研究院学者的潜在导师。事实上，生殖生物学是KUMC排名前三的机构研究任务之一，妇产科主席得到了大学对学者发展的大力支持。该计划将为该地区的主要学术健康中心增加具有最先进的妇女生殖健康研究培训的初级教师，以学科间的合作方式促进妇女生殖健康研究，并确保学者获得杰出的研究经验，从而走向成功的独立研究生涯。培训和指导计划鼓励基础和临床科学事业，并分为两个灵活但明确的阶段。在第一阶段（1-2年），未完成研究生水平工作的基础科学学者将完成堪萨斯大学生物医学科学跨学科研究生项目的核心博士课程。临床科学学者将完成堪萨斯大学临床研究计划，该计划旨在增加资助临床学者的数量，致力于以患者为导向的研究。第一阶段的完成将带来第二阶段，在这一阶段，学者将花费3年时间进行研究并撰写赠款/手稿。在整个过程中，他们都由一名在项目申请时选定的主要导师和一个包括内部咨询委员会成员在内的指导团队指导。项目的成功取决于学者通过学术排名的进步，独立资助研究的成就以及毕业后的项目反馈。如果我们的学者发表论文，获得资助，晋升，获得终身职位，建立独立的研究项目，并为妇女健康研究做出重大贡献，我们将取得成功。

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.