Research Training in Natural Product Complementary and Alternative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：在美国100多所药学院中，位于芝加哥的伊利诺伊大学药学院是第三古老的 它成立于1859年，甚至比伊利诺伊大学本身还要古老。UIC药学院在美国药学院协会的整体研究支出中排名第三，目前在NIH资助中排名第七。尽管在任何时候平均招收120名研究生，但UIC药学院没有培训补助金。我们在天然产物研究和研究生教育中最负盛名的项目之一是药理学科学合作研究项目（PCRPS），该项目由已故教授诺曼·法恩斯沃思创立。该计划强调跨学科的合作研究和研究生教育领域的天然产物。该PCRPS结合了我们的生药学研究生课程，这是在美国只有两个这样的程序之一，我们的生药学博士后培训计划，以及我们的药物化学研究生和研究生教育的重点是天然产物。UIC药学院也是UIC/NIH植物膳食补充剂研究中心的所在地，该中心是NIH持续支持时间最长的植物中心。由Farnsworth教授创立的UIC植物中心现在由货车Breemen教授领导，专注于评估女性在更年期使用植物膳食补充剂作为雌激素替代疗法的安全性和有效性。UIC植物中心一直是天然产物研究的研究生和研究生教育的重点。我们的博士前和博士后学员将在美国和国际上的学术界，工业界和政府中担任领导职务。培训年轻科学家在天然产物研究的职业生涯是我们的药学院，PCRPS和植物中心的核心使命，将是这个培训补助金的重点。药物化学和生药学系有一个优秀的教师联盟，作为本申请中提出的新实习生任命的导师。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Out of more than 100 colleges of pharmacy in the United States, the College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago is the third oldest and, founded in 1859, is even older than the University of Illinois itself. The UIC College of Pharmacy is ranked third nationally for overall research expenditures by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and is currently ranked seventh in NIH funding. Despite enrolling an average of 120 graduate students at any one time, there is no training grant at the UIC College of Pharmacy. One of our most prestigious programs in natural products research and graduate education is the Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmacological Sciences (PCRPS), which was founded by the late Prof. Norman Farnsworth. This program emphasizes interdisciplinary collaborative research and graduate education in the area of natural products. The PCRPS incorporates our graduate program in Pharmacognosy, which is one of just two such programs in the United States, our postdoctoral training program in Pharmacognosy, and our Medicinal Chemistry graduate and postgraduate education focusing on natural products. The UIC College of Pharmacy is also home to the UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research, which is the longest continuously NIH-supported Botanical Center. Founded by Prof. Farnsworth, the UIC Botanical Center is now directed by Prof. van Breemen and is focused on evaluating the safety and efficacy of botanical dietary supplements used by women as alternatives to estrogen replacement therapy at menopause. The UIC Botanical Center has been a focus of graduate and postgraduate education in natural products research. Our pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees move on to leadership positions in academia, industry and government here in the United States and internationally. Training young scientists for careers in natural products research is a core mission of our College of Pharmacy, the PCRPS, and the Botanical Center and will be the focus of this training grant. The Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy have an outstanding league of faculty to serve as mentors to the new trainee appointments presented in this application.