Duke Center for Advancement of Child Health (CAtCH)

儿童健康研究职业发展奖（CHRCDA）计划在儿科系， 杜克大学医学中心，名为杜克儿童健康促进中心（CAtCH），旨在 促进儿科早期职业研究者成长为独立的医生-科学家， 在实验室和临床研究的尖端方法和谁追求长期的学术生涯 调查与儿童健康有关的重要问题。杜克大学儿科系有着悠久的历史， 培训医生科学家，包括以前的CHRCDA学者。该计划基于一个池 优秀的候选人通过强大的内部管道为早期职业医生科学家， 创新的方法，以增加在医学中代表性不足的群体的代表性， 课程，一个优秀的部门研究支持计划，经验丰富的Preceptors谁执行状态- 最先进的实验室和临床研究，创新的同行导师计划，以及出色的研究 环境主要研究者/项目负责人和培训负责人将获得协助 从研究重点小组领导人，内部咨询委员会，和外部咨询委员会， 选择学者，审查学者的进展，并确保该计划的最佳运作。三 学者将每年得到支持，每个学者将得到两到四年的支持。学者们将 具有医学博士学位或联合医学博士学位的个人，已完成儿科专科培训， 致力于基础，转化或临床研究的学术生涯。学者将被选中从 儿科系的初级教员，特别强调招聘妇女和个人 医学界代表性不足的群体。计划指导员来自四个广泛定义的领域 卓越的研究：1）“组学”发现，2）感染和炎症，3）儿童新兴技术 （4）科学成果。该计划的预测，从儿科和其他部门 杜克大学医学中心的所有部门，都以在研究方面的良好记录为特点， 资金和指导。学者们还将受益于一个结构化的同侪导师计划，一个广泛的赠款 写作课程，补充研究经验的教学课程，以及基于社区的指导 体验.学者将有机会获得广泛的职业发展资源和共享的研究 设施在杜克大学，包括核心设施的国家癌症研究所资助的综合 杜克大学普拉特工程学院基因组和计算生物学杜克中心癌症中心 分子生理学研究所、杜克临床和转化科学研究所和杜克临床 研究所等。该计划将经过彻底的内部和外部过程， 成果评价。杜克CAtCH将促进成功的，独立的医生，科学家的发展， 致力于使用创新的研究方法来促进儿童健康。

The Child Health Research Career Development Award (CHRCDA) Program in the Department of Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center, entitled Duke Center for Advancement of Child Health (CAtCH), is intended to foster the maturation of pediatric early-career investigators into independent physician-scientists who are skilled in cutting-edge methods of laboratory and clinical research and who pursue long-term academic careers investigating important issues related to child health. The Duke Department of Pediatrics has a strong history of training physician-scientists, including previous CHRCDA Scholars. The proposed Program is based on a pool of outstanding candidates strengthened by a robust internal pipeline for early-career physician-scientists, innovative approaches to increase representation of groups underrepresented in medicine, a strong didactic curriculum, an excellent departmental program of research support, experienced Preceptors who perform state- of-the-art laboratory and clinical research, an innovative Peer Mentor Program, and an excellent research environment. The Principal Investigators/Program Directors and the Training Director will receive assistance from Research Emphasis Group Leaders, an Internal Advisory Board, and an External Advisory Board in selecting Scholars, reviewing Scholar progress, and ensuring the optimal operation of the Program. Three Scholars will be supported each year, and each Scholar will be supported for two to four years. Scholars will be individuals with an MD degree or joint MD PhD degrees who have completed pediatric subspecialty training and are dedicated to an academic career in basic, translational, or clinical research. Scholars will be selected from junior faculty in the Department of Pediatrics, with particular emphasis on recruitment of women and individuals from groups underrepresented in medicine. The Program Preceptors are drawn from four broadly defined areas of research excellence: 1) ‘Omics’ Discovery, 2) Infection & Inflammation, 3) Technologies Emerging in Child Health and 4) Outcome Science. The Program Preceptors, from the Department of Pediatrics and other departments at Duke University Medical Center, are all characterized by a strong track record in research, funding, and mentoring. Scholars will also benefit from a structured Peer Mentor Program, an extensive grant writing curriculum, didactic courses complementing research experiences, and a community-based mentoring experience. The Scholars will have access to the extensive career development resources and shared research facilities at Duke University, including core facilities of the National Cancer Institute-funded Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and the Duke Clinical Research Institute, among others. The Program will undergo thorough internal and external process and outcome evaluations. Duke CAtCH will foster the development of successful, independent physician-scientists, committed to using innovative research methods to advance child health.