Harvard Longwood Research Training In Vascular Surgery

描述(申请人提供)：该培训计划为学术临床医生和科学家提供为期两年的血管外科基础研究培训。它解决了血管外科医生缺乏适当的研究培训的问题，因为它适用于改善血管疾病的干预和治疗。在分子和细胞生物学、生物力学、凝血血栓形成、血管生成和高级预后研究方面的研究培训侧重于临床相关问题，如动脉粥样硬化、内膜增生、假体/宿主相互作用和血栓形成。受训者学习密集的研究活动，并辅以研究设计、统计和已发表研究的评估课程。该计划由计划主任、联合主任和导师实施并密切监督，他们拥有良好的同行评议研究记录，并被选中参与当前的研究活动，并被证明致力于培训研究人员。个人导师是根据学员的背景和研究兴趣从项目的教职员工中挑选出来的，学员在导师的密切指导下开展自己的项目。促进了实验室之间的合作和专业知识的共享。实验室培训可以通过哈佛医学院、卫生保健政策与研究部和哈佛大学文理学院的研究生水平培训来补充，选课与实验室工作是相辅相成的。完成该计划后，受训者能够进行独立研究，并拥有获得竞争性同行评审拨款所需的科学和研究背景；他们拥有在加入医学院教职时提供翻译专业知识所需的能力和知识。学员的选择是基于候选人在学术实践和研究方面所展示的能力和职业选择。申请者是完成两年、三年或五年(即符合董事会资格)的研究生外科培训的住院医生，或拥有博士学位但具有零至三年博士后工作经验的人。受训者承诺接受两年的培训；希望受训期较短的受训者不被考虑。只有那些职业目标是外科科学家或科学家，对与血管外科相关的基础研究或结果研究有浓厚兴趣的申请者才是合适的。在临床培训计划期间申请奖学金的候选人必须提供证据，证明他们在完成研究培训后将被重新纳入该计划。受训人员不参与任何临床活动，除非与研究有关。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This training program provides two years of basic research training in vascular surgery for academic clinicians and scientists. It addresses the absence of adequate research training for vascular surgeons as it applies to improving interventions and therapeutics of vascular disease. Research training in molecular and cell biology, biomechanics, coagulation thrombosis, angiogenesis and advanced outcomes research is provided with a focus on clinically relevant problems such as atherogenesis, intimal hyperplasia, prosthetic/host interactions and thrombosis. Trainees pursue a program of intense research activity supplemented with course work in research design, statistics, and evaluation of published research. The program is conducted and closely supervised by the program director, co-director and mentors who have well-established records of peer- reviewed research, and who were selected both for the current research activities and their proven commitment to train research fellows. Individual mentors are chosen from the program's faculty on the basis of the background and research interest of the individual trainee, and the trainees carry out their own projects under the close guidance of their mentor. Collaboration between laboratories and sharing of expertise is fostered. Laboratory training can be supplemented by graduate level training at Harvard Medical School, the Department of Health Care Policy and Research and Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, with course selection complementing laboratory endeavors. Upon completion of the program, trainees are capable of independent research and possess the scientific and research background needed to obtain competitive peer- reviewed grants; they have the abilities and knowledge necessary to provide translational expertise as they join medical school faculties. Selection of the trainees is based on candidates' demonstrated ability and career choice of academic practice and research. Applicants are resident physicians who have completed two, three or five years (i.e. board eligible) of post-graduate surgical training or those who have a PhD with zero to three years of postdoctoral experience. Trainees commit to two years of training; trainees desiring a shorter training period are not considered. Only those applicants with career goals as surgeon-scientists or scientists, with a keen interest in basic research or outcomes research related to vascular surgery, are compatible. Candidates pursuing a fellowship during a program of clinical training must provide evidence that they will be accepted back into that program upon completion of their research training. Trainees are not involved in any clinical activities unless research related.