Training Program/Rheumatic Diseases

描述(由申请人提供)：这是一个长期项目的续签申请，该项目旨在为医生和科学家提供风湿病研究方面的培训。该计划的基础是宾夕法尼亚大学成人和儿科风湿病学部，并利用宾夕法尼亚大学及其附属机构、费城儿童医院、维斯塔尔研究所和费城退伍军人医学中心在免疫学、生化和病理学方面广泛而深入的专业知识。要求对四名博士后研究员(医学博士、医学博士/博士或博士)和三名博士后学生进行培训。研究员是从一个庞大而有才华的人才库中招募的，其中包括完成临床风湿学培训的医生以及致力于风湿学相关问题的博士科学家。学生参加宾夕法尼亚大学竞争激烈的博士学位，以及生物医学研究生研究的MD/博士和VMD/博士相结合的项目，并完成严格的课程，以及论文委员会和导师对其进展的仔细审查。学生和博士后研究员都参加一个很棒的项目，包括座谈、研讨会、静修和讲座，并被要求在研讨会和期刊俱乐部发表演讲。与该计划相关的众多丰富活动为培训体验增添了巨大的价值。该项目成功地培养了年轻的科学家，他们在学术界和工业界对风湿学做出了重要贡献。宾夕法尼亚大学最近招聘了更多优秀的新教师，使该项目变得更加强大，并吸引了高素质的申请者。学员从与风湿病相关的广泛学科中选择导师，从最基本的免疫学家到临床流行病学家，使我们能够提供出色的经验，为学生和研究员发展自己的独立研究职业生涯的下一阶段做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for renewal of support for a longstanding program to provide training for physicians and scientists in rheumatic disease investigation. The program is based both in the Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology Divisions at the University of Pennsylvania and draws upon broad and deep expertise in immunology, biochemistry, and pathology at Penn and its affiliates, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The Wistar Institute, and the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. Training is requested for four postdoctoral fellows (MD, MD/PhD, or PhD) and three pre-doctoral students. Fellows are recruited from a large and talented pool and include physicians who have completed their clinical rheumatology training as well as PhD scientists working on problems related to rheumatology. Students are enrolled in Penn's highly competitive PhD and combined MD/PhD and VMD/PhD programs in Biomedical Graduate Studies, and complete rigorous coursework as well as careful scrutiny of their progress by thesis committees and mentors. Both students and postdoctoral fellows attend an excellent program of colloquia, seminars, retreats, and lectures, and are required to make presentations at seminars and journal clubs. Numerous enrichment activities associated with this program add great value to the training experience. The program has been successful in training young scientists who are making important contributions to rheumatology in academia and in industry. Recent recruitment of additional superb new faculty to Penn has made the program stronger and has attracted high quality applicants. Trainees choose mentors from a wide range of disciplines related to rheumatic diseases, from the most basic immunologists to clinical epidemiologists, allowing us to provide an outstanding experience that prepares students and fellows for the next phase in the development of their own independent research careers.