Postdoctoral Training in the Radiation Scinces

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请申请资金，以继续在斯坦福大学医学院非常成功的辐射科学项目，题为“放射科学博士后培训”。该培训计划满足了为研究这一关键要素的下一代研究人员提供培训的关键需求 临床癌症治疗。斯坦福大学没有其他培训项目涉及辐射科学，全国范围内的培训项目也寥寥无几。该计划为我们的教师，特别是那些非学位授予系(如放射肿瘤学和病理学)的教师提供了招聘和指导顶尖博士后研究员的机会。该项目的目标是为其博士后实习生提供最好的培训，使他们成为辐射和癌症研究领域的成功和独立的领导者。该计划通过为每位博士后实习生提供广泛而全面的课程、大量的教育资源(包括专门针对辐射生物学、物理学和肿瘤学的研讨会、讲座、会议和研讨会)、由跨7个系、具有丰富指导经验的16名杰出导师组成的教员以及斯坦福医学院内无与伦比的研究环境来实现这一目标。此外，博士后实习生审核有助于他们研究和实现职业生涯的课程 目标。我们的博士后实习生成为独立的科学家。他们学习如何有效地编写赠款，并获得自己的个人资金。他们还学习广泛的专业技能，如实验室管理和指导，以便在当今的就业市场上更成功地竞争。该计划的一个关键优势是其对放射科学的真正多学科方法，包括分子生物学、遗传学、细胞生物学、计算生物学和生物信息学、比较肿瘤学、发育生物学和肿瘤生物学，以及用于癌症诊断和治疗的生物技术开发。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funds to continue the highly successful Radiation Sciences program at the Stanford University School of Medicine, entitled "Postdoctoral Training In The Radiation Sciences." This training program meets a crucial need in providing training for the next generation of researchers investigating this critical element of clinical cancer therapy. No other training program at Stanford, and indeed few around the country, addresses the radiation sciences. This program provides our faculty, especially those in non-degree granting departments (e.g., Radiation Oncology and Pathology), the opportunity to recruit and mentor top-notch postdoctoral fellows. The goal of this program is to provide the very best training for its postdoctoral trainees so that they may become successful and independent leaders in the field of radiation and cancer research. The program accomplishes this goal by providing each postdoctoral trainee with a broad and comprehensive curriculum, a vast array of educational resources including seminars, lectures, conferences and workshops specifically geared towards radiation biology, physics, and oncology, a faculty comprised of 16 exceptional preceptors spanning 7 departments with extensive experience in mentoring, and an unparalleled research environment within the Stanford School of Medicine. In addition, postdoctoral trainees audit courses that will aid them in their research and achieving their career goals. Our postdoctoral trainees become independent scientists. They learn to write grants effectively and to obtain their own individual funding. They also learn extensive professional skills such as lab management and mentoring to more successfully compete in today's job market. A key strength of the program is its true multidisciplinary approach to the radiation sciences incorporating such fields as molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, computational biology and bioinformatics, comparative oncology, developmental biology, and tumor biology, as well as biotechnology development for use in cancer diagnosis and therapeutics.