Training in Neonatal Research

描述（由申请人提供）：迫切需要新训练的医生/科学家进入新生儿学的学术生涯。彩虹婴儿和儿童医院的新生儿科几十年来一直在培养研究生，以承担国内和国际新生儿科的领导角色。我们为T32项目在最初的资助周期中取得的成就感到自豪，其中包括将所有五名T32研究员安置在学术教职人员的职业生涯中，以及TGE申请人数的显著增加。在本提案中，我们将通过专注于我们在呼吸神经生物学，大脑发育，神经发育结局和炎症方面的现有科学优势，使学员能够解决新生儿发病率的广泛问题。我们有一个有成就的医学博士和博士指导教师在这三个主题领域的科学专业知识，包括基本的转化和以患者为导向的研究。我们将招收为期两年的集训生

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a profound need for newly trained physician/scientists to enter academic careers in Neonatology. The Division of Neonatology at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital has, for several decades, trained fellowship graduates to assume national and international leadership roles in Neonatology. We are proud of our accomplishments in the initial funding cycle of this T32 which include placement of all five T32 fellows in academic faculty careers, and a marked increase in the pool of TGE applicants. In this proposal we will enable trainees to address a broad spectrum of neonatal morbidities by focusing on our existing scientific strengths in respiratory neurobiology, brain development, and neurodevelopmental outcome and inflammation. We have an accomplished M.D. and Ph.D. mentoring faculty with scientific expertise in these three thematic areas, encompassing both basic translational and patient oriented research. We will recruit trainees to a two-year intensive research immersion under the mentorship of established investigators within one of these thematic areas. A mentorship committee may include "near peer" junior faculty preceptors to serve as trainee role models in addition to senior faculty mentors. As the primary mentor experience of the trainee is critical for success, we have chosen mentoring faculty with a strong track record for physician/scientist training, and will provide close monitoring of the trainee/mentorship relationship. Trainees will be exposed to a well-structured didactic program to provide all the necessary skills for academic career development. Optional curricular activities will be designed for the chosen field of basic science or epidemiologic research [e.g., award of a Master's of Science degree in Clinical Research]. Oversight will occur via both stringent Internal Steering Committee review and an External Review Committee of highly regarded academic leaders in Neonatology. New strategies have been initiated to recruit minority and otherwise disadvantaged candidates to ensure a diversity of trainees committed to a successful transition from fellowship to basic translational or patient-oriented research focused on improving neonatal health. In summary, we are poised to build upon the success of our prior T32 funding cycle by incorporating new experienced investigators into the existing pool of mentors, all of whom are focused on neurorespiratory maturation and inflammatory pathways that contribute to resultant morbidities.