Training Program in Lung Biology and Disease

描述(由申请人提供)：这是一份在德克萨斯大学西南医学中心继续进行肺部生物学和疾病博士后培训计划的申请。培训将以博士后水平为指导，除了任何相关的临床培训外，研究性培训将持续两年。该建议源于儿科和内科部门之间的合作努力，这些部门参与了该研究所的肺部研究，因此是跨部门的核心。我们的培训队伍由来自16个不同临床和基础科学部门和中心的经验丰富的研究人员组成，形成了一支坚实、多样化的培训队伍，分为四个主题：1)肺血管疾病；2)间质性肺疾病；3)肺上皮细胞和分化障碍；以及4)免疫/炎症/败血症。除了以导师为基础的教学外，受训人员还将接受针对轨道和项目的全面教学课程。临床和基础科学实习生将由一个个性化的咨询委员会指导，该委员会同时有基础和临床科学导师，以拓宽实习生的视野，促进从板凳到床边的思考。重点将放在保持项目重点、创造性的实验设计、最先进的技术和仔细的早期职业指导上。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for continuation of the postdoctoral training program in lung biology and disease at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Training will be directed at the postdoctoral level, and the research training will be for two years in addition to any associated clinical training. The proposal is born out of a collaborative effort between divisions within the Pediatric and Internal Medicine departments involved in lung research at this institute, and is thus interdepartmental at its core. Our training faculty consists of experienced investigators representing 16 different clinical and basic science departments and centers, forming a solid, diverse training force, organized into four thematic tracks: 1) Pulmonary vascular disease; 2) Interstitial lung diseases; 3) Lung epithelial cell and differentiation disorders; and 4) Immunity/Inflammation/Sepsis. Besides mentor-based teaching, trainees will receive a comprehensive track- and project-specific didactic curriculum. Both clinical and basic science trainees will be guided by an individualized advisory committee that has both basic and clinical science mentors, to broaden the trainee's perspective and facilitate bench to bedside thinking. Emphasis will be placed on maintenance of project focus, creative experimental design, state of the art technology, and careful early career guidance.