Training in the Pharmacological Sciences

弗吉尼亚大学博士前药理科学培训项目（PSTP）的使命是培养科学人才 使用药理学策略进行调查，以解决重要的生物医学问题。通过这个应用程序，我们 申请资金，以支持7名博士前学员，他们将被任命为培训补助金，在他们的第二个 第三年的学习。PSTP课程包括严格的教学指导和三项研究 在第一年的轮换与论文导师在当年2月的选择。在第二 一年，学生开发一个独立的研究项目，并采取书面和口头的进步，以候选人资格 考试接下来的三年主要是一个侧重于合作的研究项目， 出版物最终在书面论文和研讨会。PSTP不可或缺的活动是， 受训人员：a）了解负责任的研究行为（RCR）和实验室安全，B）培养以下技能 严谨性和可重复性，c）在评估期间接受并提供反馈，d）发展职业兴趣，包括 使用个人发展计划，e）提高书面和口头沟通技巧，f）学习关键的 通过期刊俱乐部和研讨会进行分析。PSTP的研究是跨学科的，包括中介 代谢，神经科学，传染病，免疫学，膜生物物理学，药物发现和设计， 和蛋白质组学PSTP设在药理学系，几乎所有学员都是 药理学博士生，偶尔也有神经科学博士生。PSTP导师 是25名教师来自8个不同的学术部门在整个UVA的研究企业。这些教师 由PSTP指导委员会评估卓越的研究，指导技能和承诺， 多样性教师在接受PSTP学员之前必须参加导师培训。监督 PSTP计划由指导委员会在专家内部咨询委员会的协助下实现。的 PSTP建立在药理学科学45年以上的卓越教育基础上， 在UVA的其他地方。从历史上看，PSTP的导师包括2位诺贝尔奖获得者。约8名学生 每年从约200名申请者中招募，经过严格的整体申请程序， 亲自面试。来自代表性不足的少数民族群体的学生现在占全国学生总数的20%左右。 总的来说，总的F：M比约为2：1。URM候选人，那些来自弱势背景的人， 残疾学生积极寻求外展计划，如一个非常成功的本科生 夏季研究培训计划（SRIP）。UVA PSTP毕业生在学术界备受追捧， 工业和公共服务，因为他们作为研究科学家的卓越表现。

The mission of UVA’s predoctoral Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (PSTP) is to foster scientific inquiry using pharmacologic strategies to address important biomedical questions. With this application, we request funds to support 7 predoctoral trainees, who will be appointed to the training grant during their second and third years of study. The PSTP curriculum includes rigorous didactic instruction and three research rotations during the first year with selection of a thesis advisor in February of that year. During the second year, students develop an independent research project and take a written and oral advancement to candidacy examination. The following three years consist largely of a research project focusing on collaboration and publication culminating in a written dissertation and seminar. Integral to the PSTP are activities that enable trainees to: a) understand responsible conduct of research (RCR) and laboratory safety, b) develop skills in rigor & reproducibility, c) receive and give feedback during evaluation, d) develop career interests, including use of Individual Development Plans, e) improve written and oral communication skills, and f) learn critical analysis via journal clubs and seminars. Research in the PSTP is inter-disciplinary and includes intermediary metabolism, neuroscience, infectious disease, immunology, membrane biophysics, drug discovery and design, and proteomics. The PSTP is based in the Department of Pharmacology and nearly all trainees are Pharmacology PhD students with an occasional Neuroscience program PhD student. The PSTP preceptors are 25 faculty drawn from 8 different academic departments across UVA’s research enterprise. These faculty are evaluated by the PSTP Steering Committee for research excellence, mentoring skills, and commitment to diversity. Faculty are required to compete mentor training before accepting a PSTP trainee. Oversight of the PSTP program is achieved by the Steering Committee aided by an expert Internal Advisory Committee. The PSTP builds on 45+ years of educational excellence in the Pharmacological Sciences that has no equivalent elsewhere at UVA. Historically, the PSTP mentors have included 2 Nobel laureates. Approximately 8 students are enrolled annually from a pool of ~200 applicants after a rigorous, holistic application process culminating with in-person interviews. Matriculants from under-represented minority (URM) groups now represent ~20% of the total, with an overall F:M ratio of ~2:1. The URM candidates, those from disadvantaged backgrounds and students with disabilities are actively sought in outreach programs such as a highly successful undergraduate Summer Research Training Program (SRIP). UVA PSTP graduates are highly sought-after in academia, industry, and public service due to their excellence as research scientists.