Clinical Scientists Training in Addictions at MUSC

描述（由申请人提供）：这份来自南卡罗来纳医科大学（MUSC）的修订申请要求支持在MUSC建立药物滥用和成瘾指导临床科学家发展计划（K12）。拟议计划的总体目标是建立一个密集的指导临床研究培训和职业发展活动计划，以促进学者在药物滥用和成瘾领域的研究独立性。为了与NIDA的使命保持一致，拟议项目的一个主要目标是吸引和培训临床研究人员，以确保训练有素的科学家能够满足国家在成瘾领域的关键医疗保健需求。计划计划部分详细描述了拟议的计划，包括一个统一的核心课程，旨在实现以下六个目标：(1)增加成瘾知识基础；(2)提供基本的临床研究技能；(3)提高统计技能；(4)提高研究报告的表达能力；(5)提高科技写作技能；(6)提供专业发展机会。综合评估利用形成性和总结性技术，以及经常性的正式和非正式的方法来审查和评估学者的进展和项目的有效性。美国国立卫生研究院赞助的针对可卡因、处方阿片类药物、大麻、甲基苯丙胺、尼古丁和酒精成瘾的持续调查证明，MUSC在药物滥用和成瘾方面的研究培训和职业发展机会特别多。调查包括成瘾的生物学机制研究、行为实验室研究、心理治疗干预、药理学临床试验和神经影像学研究。临床药物滥用和成瘾研究领域的大量专业知识保证了我们吸引、培训和培养学者进行独立研究的能力。在MUSC建立NIDA K12项目将满足将成瘾研究培训潜力扩展到教员级受训者的迫切需要，并使我们能够与校园现有的博士前和博士后培训项目协同工作，以吸引和促进整个教育连续体中成瘾临床研究的职业发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This revised application from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) requests support to establish a Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program in Drug Abuse and Addiction (K12) at MUSC. The overall objective of the proposed program is to establish an intensive program of mentored clinical research training and career development activities that will promote Scholars' research independence in the area of drug abuse and addiction. In keeping with the mission of NIDA, a major aim of the proposed program is to attract and train clinical researchers to ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists will be available to address the Nation's critical health care needs in te area of addictions. The proposed program, described in detail in the Program Plan section, consists of a unified core curriculum designed to address the following six objectives: (1) Increase addiction knowledge base; (2) Provide fundamental clinical research skills; (3) Enhance statistical skills; (4) Enhance research presentation skills; (5) Improve scientific writin skills; and (6) Provide professional development opportunities. A comprehensive evaluation utilizing formative and summative techniques, as well as recurrent formal and informal approaches for reviewing and evaluating both Scholar progress and program effectiveness will be conducted. Research training and career development opportunities in drug abuse and addictions are exceptionally strong at MUSC, as evidenced by ongoing, NIH-sponsored investigations targeting cocaine, prescription opioids, cannabis, methamphetamine, nicotine, and alcohol addiction. Investigations include studies of the biological mechanisms of addiction, behavioral laboratory studies, psychotherapeutic interventions, pharmacologic clinical trials, and neuroimaging studies. The substantial expertise in the area of clinical drug abuse and addiction research assures our ability to attract, train and prepare Scholars for independent research. The establishment of the NIDA K12 program at MUSC would meet an urgent need to extend the addictions research training potential to faculty-level trainees and allow us to work synergistically with existing pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training programs on campus to attract and promote career development in clinical research focused on addictions throughout the educational continuum.