Palliative Care Research Training Grant

 描述(由申请人提供)：华盛顿大学(UW)的这份新的T32申请专注于一个新的和重要的研究领域-心、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共同创造了对改善各种疾病的姑息治疗研究的巨大需求。在美国，心脏、肺和血液疾病是导致死亡和残疾的主要原因，也是姑息治疗研究落后于癌症的领域。这一应用程序与威斯康星大学或其他地方现有的任何T32计划不同，因为它侧重于为心、肺和血液疾病患者提供姑息治疗研究方面的培训。此外，由于姑息治疗中的健康差距已经被很好地记录下来，这一创新的培训计划侧重于了解和消除这些差距。这项建议充分利用了医学院内多个学院(医学、护理、公共卫生和社会工作)和多个分部的杰出教员和学术环境；它还建立在与NIH临床和翻译科学奖(CTSA)的密切工作关系基础上，该奖项将支持研究培训。该项目主任J·兰德尔·柯蒂斯博士是姑息治疗研究的全国领导者，10年来一直获得NHLBI颁发的K24良师奖。他也是新的华盛顿大学卓越姑息治疗中心的主任，该中心将支持这项拟议的T32。我们基于四个核心原则制定了严格的研究培训计划，为新的研究人员的独立职业生涯做好准备：1)受训人员必须掌握一套明确的研究和写作技能，才能晋升为独立而又协作的研究人员；2)结构化和全面的研究指导对于留住受训人员来说是至关重要的；3)研究项目必须为每个受训人员量身定做，并设计为成功的培训工具，以促进早期的学术生产力；4)姑息关怀研究方面的培训应提供跨学科互动的机会，并促进团队科学。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，并根据需要调整我们的方法。我们要求提供4个博士后培训名额，学员将完成为期两年的培训计划。这项应用是推进心脏、肺和血液疾病姑息治疗研究的重要机会，并为未来创造一支研究队伍。

 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.