UCLA Dental Specialty PhD Program

项目总结 成立于2018年，加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)牙科的首要目标 加州大学洛杉矶分校口腔医学院内的专业博士项目(DSPP)是为了促进研究事业 培养高生产力、早期职业生涯的牙医-科学家，并促进他们向独立的过渡 能够应对牙科专业内部的复杂挑战并推动牙科发展的研究人员 医药。加州大学洛杉矶分校的超氧化物歧化酶渴望通过为学员配备 这些经历使他们成为批判性思考者、有效的沟通者以及富有同情心和技能的人 能够在快速发展的医疗保健环境中提供以患者为中心的护理的临床医生。为此， 加州大学洛杉矶分校DSPP在之前的资助期间成功招聘并保留了两名杰出的DSPP学者 他们在与口腔健康相关的研究中做出了显著贡献，其中一位是女性。为了支持 UCLA DSPP，UCLA SOD建立了出色的研究生牙科培训计划，包括 七个研究生医学教育(GME)支持的牙科专业住院医师计划。拟建的K12 研究培训既包括博士研究，也包括初级指导下的临床专业研究 分别为研究导师和临床专科导师。DSPP奖学金获得者将完成为期3年的 由GME计划资助的临床专科培训块，然后是由GME计划资助的4.5年博士培训块 被K12奖授予。认真做好临床专科培养与博士生研究工作的结合 建立有凝聚力的指导团队，在博士项目期间持续的临床工作，协调投入 以及关于选择研究重点、纳入关键的真实任务、不断取得进展的指导 监测和既定的冲突解决计划。将努力实现资源的多样化 在DSPP学者中的代表性，并从历史上被边缘化的社区招募候选人， 包括来自加州大学洛杉矶分校超氧化物歧化酶和德克萨斯A&M大学牙科学院的候选人。这个 加州大学洛杉矶分校DSPP将提供有效的、基于证据的教学方法，为所有DSPP学者提供公平和 全纳学习体验。最后，学者将进入加州大学洛杉矶分校SOD支持的过渡年 进行博士后研究，以促进他们向独立研究职业的过渡。在当前 更新，加州大学洛杉矶分校DSPP寻求推进正在进行的努力，以增加牙科学校的临界质量 为临床和科学做出卓越贡献的教职员工，确保未来 牙医-科学家，并建立包括具有独特技能的临床医生-科学家的协作网络 应对以患者为中心的挑战并改变牙科的未来。

PROJECT SUMMARY Established in 2018, the overarching goal of the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) Dental Specialty PhD Program (DSPP) within the UCLA School of Dentistry (SOD) is to promote the research career development of highly productive, early-career dentist-scientists and to facilitate their transition to independent investigators capable of addressing complex challenges within the dental profession and of advancing dental medicine. The UCLA SOD aspires to transform dental education and research by equipping trainees with experiences that prepare them to be critical thinkers, effective communicators, and compassionate, skilled clinicians capable of delivering patient-centered care in a rapidly evolving health care environment. To this end, the UCLA DSPP successfully recruited and retained two outstanding DSPP Scholars in the prior funding period who have made notable contributions in research related to oral health, one of which is female. To support the UCLA DSPP, the UCLA SOD has established outstanding postgraduate dental training programs that include seven Graduate Medical Education (GME)-supported dental specialty residency programs. The proposed K12 research training includes both PhD research and clinical specialty-oriented research guided by primary research mentors and clinical specialty mentors, respectively. The DSPP Scholars will complete a 3-year clinical specialty training block funded by the GME program followed by a 4.5-year PhD training block funded by the K12 award. Integration of the clinical specialty training and PhD research will be ensured through careful construction of cohesive mentorship teams, sustained clinical effort during the PhD program, coordinated input and guidance on selection of the research focus, inclusion of a critical authentic task, continual progress monitoring, and an established conflict resolution plan. Efforts will be made to achieve diversity of representation among DSPP Scholars and to recruit candidates from historically marginalized communities, including candidates from within the UCLA SOD and from the Texas A&M University College of Dentistry. The UCLA DSPP will provide effective, evidence-based pedagogy, providing all DSPP Scholars an equitable and inclusive learning experience. Finally, Scholars will enter the transition year supported by UCLA SOD to conduct postdoctoral research to facilitate their transition to an independent research career. In the current renewal, the UCLA DSPP seeks to advance ongoing efforts to increase the critical mass of dental school faculty who contribute to both clinical and scientific excellence, ensure diverse representation among future dentist-scientists, and construct collaborative networks involving clinician-scientists equipped with unique skills to address patient-oriented challenges and to transform the future of dentistry.