Palliative Care Research Training Grant

 描述（由申请人提供）：这项来自华盛顿大学（UW）的新T32申请专注于一个新的重要研究领域-心脏，肺和血液疾病的姑息治疗研究。我们的人口老龄化和慢性病管理的进步相结合，创造了一个巨大的需求，以改善姑息治疗研究在不同的疾病。心脏、肺和血液疾病包括美国死亡和残疾的主要原因，与癌症相比，姑息治疗研究落后于其他领域。该应用程序与UW或其他地方现有的T32计划不同，专注于心脏，肺和血液疾病患者的姑息治疗研究培训。此外，由于姑息治疗中的健康差异已经有据可查，这个创新的培训计划侧重于了解和消除这些差异。该提案利用了多所学校（医学，护理，公共卫生和社会工作）和医学院内多个部门的特殊教师和学术环境;它还建立在与我们的NIH临床和转化科学奖（CTSA）的密切工作关系的基础上，将支持研究培训。项目主任J. Randall Curtis博士是姑息治疗研究的全国领导者，10年来一直获得NHLBI的K24指导奖。他也是新的UW姑息治疗卓越中心的主任，该中心将支持这一拟议的T32。我们制定了严格的研究培训计划，建立在四个核心原则基础上，为新的研究人员的独立职业做好准备：1）学员必须掌握一套明确的研究和写作技能，以便晋升为独立但合作的研究人员; 2）结构化和全面的研究指导对于留住科学领域的学员至关重要; 3）研究项目必须为每个学员量身定制，并设计成促进早期学术生产力的成功培训工具; 4）姑息治疗研究培训应提供跨学科互动的机会，促进团队科学。为了不断改进我们的培训计划，我们将使用定义明确的指标评估我们的培训和指导方法的有效性，并在必要时调整我们的方法。我们正在申请4个博士后培训名额，学员将完成为期两年的培训计划。该应用程序代表了一个重要的机会，以推进姑息治疗研究有关心脏，肺和血液疾病，并为未来创造一个研究队伍。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This new T32 application from the University of Washington (UW) focuses on a novel and important area of research - palliative care research for heart, lung, and blood diseases. Our aging population and advances in chronic disease management have combined to create an enormous need for improved palliative care research across diverse diseases. Heart, lung, and blood diseases encompass leading causes of death and disability in the US, and represent areas where palliative care research has lagged behind compared to cancer. This application differs from any existing T32 programs at UW or elsewhere by focusing on training in palliative care research for patients with heart, lung, and blood diseases. Additionally, because health disparities in palliative care have been well documented, this innovative training program focuses on understanding and eliminating these disparities. This proposal capitalizes on the exceptional faculty and academic environment across multiple schools (Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, and Social Work) and multiple Divisions within the School of Medicine; it also builds upon a close working relationship with our NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) that will support research training. Dr. J. Randall Curtis, the program director, is a national leader in palliative care research and has been the recipient of a K24 Award for mentoring from NHLBI for 10 years. He is also the Director of the new UW Palliative Care Center of Excellence which will support this proposed T32. We have developed a rigorous research training program built on four core principles to prepare new researchers for independent careers: 1) Trainees must master a defined set of research and writing skills necessary to advance to independent, yet collaborative investigators; 2) Structured and comprehensive research mentoring is critical to retaining trainees in science; 3) Research projects must be tailored to each trainee and designed to be successful training vehicles that facilitate early academic productivity; 4) Training in palliative care research shoul provide opportunities for interdisciplinary interactions and promote team science. To continuously improve our training program, we will assess the effectiveness of our methods for training and mentoring using well-defined metrics, and adjust our methods as necessary. We are requesting 4 post-doctoral training slots and trainees will complete a two-year training program. This application represents an important opportunity to advance palliative care research concerning heart, lung, and blood diseases, and to create a research workforce for the future.