Research Training in Pediatric Nephrology

小儿肾脏病学研究培训

• 批准号: 8703086
• 负责人: CARLTON MATTHEW BATES
• 金额: $ 13.91万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8703086
• 关键词: Childhood; Nephrology; Research Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks to obtain NIH funding to train pediatric nephrology fellows at the University of Pittsburgh/Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) to become successful clinician scientists. Presently fewer than 5% of the membership of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology have active R01 grants and few Divisions have more than one or two NIH funded Pediatric Nephrologists. Furthermore, there are few dedicated pediatric nephrology T32 training grant positions available to train fellows. Given current financial difficulties, it has also been difficult for Medical Schools and Departments of Pediatrics to commit resources to training fellows to do research. Taken together, there are often inadequate resources and few mentors available to train pediatric nephrologists to do basic, translational, or clinical research. The resulting paucity of pediatric nephrology fellows that develop successful careers in research dramatically impedes progress in deciphering pathophysiology and ultimately treatments for kidney diseases that affect children. The objective of this program is to train Pediatric Nephrology fellows to become clinician researchers. There will be four positions, two for PGY5 and two for PGY6 Pediatric Nephrology medical fellows. Fellows will be selected during their PGY4 year and with the guidance of the Program Director and Executive Committee, they will select a research mentor and convene a Mentoring Committee. The fellows will then participate in the program during their PGY5 and 6 years. This training program is uniquely positioned in that there are four (soon to be five) NIH-funded Pediatric Nephrology faculty members in this division (three of which are qualified to be trainers). This is also one of the largest Pediatric Nephrology divisions in the country with seven (soon to be eight faculty) with a robust clinical program that will enhance fellow recruitment. There is also an extreme wealth of high quality, NIH funded kidney/urinary tract research beyond our division at the University of Pittsburgh, including investigators in the College of Medicine and the College of Public Health. Moreover, the University of Pittsburgh ranks 5th in NIH awards obtained from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), much of which is in areas of kidney and urinary tract diseases. All of the faculty trainers in this program also have a significant track record of mentoring pre and post-doctoral trainees. The research areas are very diverse and include trainers focused on basic, translational, and clinical research. The environment is also very supportive and includes coursework and even optional degrees for fellows (e.g. Fundamentals of Biomedical Science courses for basic science and Certificate in Clinical Research, Masters in Clinical Research, or Masters of Public Health for clinical/translational science). The training program is also very focused on increasing the diversity of trainees and on education regarding the responsible conduct of research. In summary, the breadth of the research opportunities, training track record, and outstanding environment make this institution an excellent place to train research based Pediatric Nephrology fellows.

描述(由申请者提供)：此申请旨在获得美国国立卫生研究院的资金，以培训匹兹堡大学/匹兹堡儿童医院(CHP)的儿科肾病研究员，使其成为成功的临床科学家。目前，只有不到5%的美国儿科肾病学会成员拥有有效的R01资助，很少有分会有超过一到两名由NIH资助的儿科肾病学家。此外，几乎没有专门的儿科肾病T32培训补助金职位可供培训研究员。鉴于目前的财政困难，医学院和儿科也很难将资源用于培训研究员进行研究。总而言之，培训儿科肾科医生进行基础研究、转化性研究或临床研究的资源往往不足，导师也很少。因此，在研究领域取得成功的儿科肾病研究员的匮乏，极大地阻碍了破译病理生理学以及最终治疗影响儿童的肾脏疾病方面的进展。该计划的目标是培养儿科肾病研究员成为临床研究人员。将有四个职位，两个为PGY5，两个为PGY6儿科肾病医学研究员。研究员将在他们的PGY4年中被挑选出来，在项目主任和执行委员会的指导下，他们将选择一位研究导师并召开一个指导委员会。然后，这些研究员将在他们的PGY5和6年中参与该计划。这一培训计划的独特之处在于，该部门有四名(即将成为五名)由NIH资助的儿科肾病教员(其中三名有资格成为培训师)。这也是全国最大的儿科肾病科室之一，拥有7个(即将成为8个教员)，其强大的临床计划将促进研究员的招募。除了我们在匹兹堡大学的部门，还有非常丰富的高质量的、由NIH资助的肾脏/尿路研究，包括医学院和公共卫生学院的研究人员。此外，匹兹堡大学在国家糖尿病、消化和肾脏疾病研究所(NIDDK)颁发的NIH奖项中排名第五，其中大部分是肾脏和尿路疾病领域的奖项。该项目中的所有教师培训师在指导博士后和博士后实习生方面也有重要的记录。研究领域非常多样化，包括专注于基础研究、翻译研究和临床研究的培训人员。环境也非常有利，包括课程作业，甚至研究员的选修学位(例如，基础科学的生物医学基础课程和临床研究证书，临床研究硕士，或临床/转化科学的公共卫生硕士)。培训方案还非常注重增加受训人员的多样性，以及关于负责任的研究行为的教育。总而言之，广泛的研究机会、培训记录和出色的环境使该机构成为培训以研究为基础的儿科肾病研究员的绝佳场所。