Hypertension

加州大学圣地亚哥分校的培训计划致力于培养与高血压和与高血压相关的疾病相关研究领域的有才华的研究人员。这个高血压项目的目标是为研究生涯培训忠诚的研究人员，并为他们的第一个十年的学术研究做好准备。这是一项竞争性的延续申请，它汇集了利用各种研究学科的各种资金充足和有才华的调查人员。我们建议将实习生增加到四名博士前和四名博士后，共八个职位。所有受训人员在参加教学课程和系列研讨会的同时，还将获得基础研究方面的密集经验。有十个单独的调查小组在几个学科中提供培训。这些小组在过去表现出了重要的合作，并由三个与高血压研究相关的计划/项目拨款资助。专门提供几个学科的培训，包括细胞生物学、分子生物学、免疫学、基因组学、生物化学和生理学。博士前实习生主要来自加州大学圣迭戈分校非常成功的生物医学研究生项目和分子病理学研究生项目。博士后实习生是从大量合格的申请者中挑选出来的。招聘新的、有经验的和资金充足的培训计划教师加强了该计划，并增加了调查人员的互动和合作程度。加州大学圣迭戈分校的额外研究资金和新的研究大楼也提高了在这种研究环境中提高生产率的可能性。罗纳德·C·布兰茨博士将继续担任项目主任，并得到联席主任莫顿·普林茨博士的支持。

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract) The Training Program at the University of California, San Diego is committed to the task of preparing talented investigators in research fields relevant to hypertension and the diseases associated with this malady. The goal of this Hypertension Program is to train committed investigators for a research career and prepare them for their first decade of academic research. This is a competitive continuation application which brings together a variety of well funded and talented investigators utilizing a variety of research disciplines. We are proposing a modes increase in trainees to four predoctoral and four postdoctoral trainees for a total of eight positions. All trainees receive an intensive experience in basic research coupled to participation in didactic courses and seminar series. Training is offered in several disciplines with ten individual investigative groups. These groups have demonstrated significant collaboration in the past and are funded by three Program/Project grants relevant to hypertension research. Training is specifically offered in several disciplines including cell biology, molecular biology, immunology, genomics, biochemistry, and physiology. Predoctoral trainees are derived primarily from the highly successful Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program at UCSD. Postdoctoral trainees are selected from an ample pool of well-qualified applicants. Recruitment of new, experienced and well funded training program faculty have strengthened the program and increased the degree of investigator interaction and collaboration. Additional research funding and new research buildings on the UCSD campus also improve the likelihood of productivity within this research environment. Dr. Ronald C. Blantz will continue as Program Director supported by Dr. Morton Printz, Co-Director.