Training Program in Cardiovascular Research

描述（由申请人提供）： 本申请描述了在新英格兰医学中心（NEMC）和塔夫茨大学医学院（TUSM）创建心血管研究的主要综合研究培训计划的计划。 在过去的九年中，在心血管生物学的培训资源的巨大增长发生在我们的机构。 六个要素被集成在这个建议，以创建一个高度响应NHLBI的重点领域，这些方案的培训经验，强调多学科培训，和合作研究的机会。 这六个要素包括现有的NEMC-TUSM研究环境，分子心脏病学研究所，医学系心脏病学分部，NHLBI资助的缺血性心脏病SCOR，NEMC-TUSM高度发展的重点和培训资源，以及NEMC和TUSM部门之间广泛的现有合作互动。 研究机构对心血管研究者培训的承诺是明确而坚定的。 该项目将培养3名博士后。和/或博士研究员，每年3年（在3-5年达到9名学员/年的停滞），要么（a）心血管系统的基础细胞和分子研究，要么（B）转化心血管研究。 在过去的八年里，随着心血管生物学新的独立科学家的到来，基础和转化研究的巨大增长发生在NEMC和TUSM。 在此期间，NEMC-TUSM对心血管培训机会产生了巨大的地方和国家兴趣。 因此，目前有一个巨大的培训机会，但一个精心设计的心血管研究培训计划 不存在. 这里提出的方案是多学科的，暴露学员的合作研究，并把重点放在指导。 此外，它高度重视转化心血管研究，并采用了几种独特的方法，以确保充分代表多样性。 这个心血管研究培训计划是NHLBI寻求开发培训下一代心血管科学家的方法的典范。 (End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application describes a plan to create a major, integrated research training program in cardiovascular research at the New England Medical Center (NEMC) and Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM). Over the past nine years, enormous growth in the training resources for cardiovascular biology has occurred at our Institution. Six elements are integrated in this proposal to create a training experience highly responsive to the NHLBI areas of focus for such programs, emphasizing multidisciplinary training, and collaborative research opportunities. These six elements include the existing NEMC-TUSM research environment, the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, the Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine, the NHLBI-funded SCOR in Ischemic Heart Disease, the highly developed emphasis and resources for training at NEMC-TUSM, and the extensive existing collaborative interactions between NEMC and TUSM Departments. The commitment of the Institution to training Cardiovascular research investigators is clear and strong. This program will train 3 postdoctoral M.D. and/or Ph.D. fellows per year for 3 years (reaching a stasis of 9 trainees/year in years 3-5) in either (a) basic cellular and molecular research in the cardiovascular system, or (b) translational cardiovascular research. Tremendous growth in basic and translational research, with arrival of new, independent scientists in cardiovascular biology, has occurred at NEMC and TUSM in the past eight years. Enormous local and national interest in cardiovascular training opportunities have arisen at NEMC-TUSM during this time. Thus, there is an enormous training opportunity at present, but a carefully structured cardiovascular research training program does not exist. The program proposed here is multidisciplinary, exposes trainees to collaborative research, and places a major emphasis on mentoring. Furthermore, it places a high priority on translational cardiovascular research and incorporates several unique approaches to ensuring adequate representation of diversity. This Training Program in Cardiovascular Research is exemplary of the approach that the NHLBI seeks to develop to train the next generation of cardiovascular scientists. (End of Abstract)