Women's Reproductive Health Research Scholars Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案的目的是更新和维持辛辛那提大学妇女生殖健康研究（WRHR）学者计划，该计划将提高学术产科和妇科的研究技能和专业知识。成为WRHR学者的产科医生/妇科医生将获得调查专业知识，从而在学术医学的科学事业中具有竞争力和成功。该项目将在一个三至五年的项目中确定、招募和培训世界资源研究所的学者，根据他们的入职专业水平量身定制。培训将主要由一名受过良好培训的资深科学家在实验室提供密切指导，并辅以研究生水平的课程。临床科学导师将确保学者的研究方向与临床问题和转化研究活动的相关性。具体来说，该计划将：

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this proposal is to renew and sustain the University of Cincinnati Women's Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Scholars' program which will enhance research skills and expertise in academic obstetrics and gynecology. The obstetrician/ gynecologists who become WRHR scholars will gain the investigative expertise to become competitive and successful in scientific careers in academic medicine. The program will identify, recruit and train WRHR scholars in a three to five year program individually tailored to level of expertise at entry. Training will be primarily provided by a close mentorship in the laboratory of a senior scientist with a proven track record of training, complemented by graduate level coursework. A clinical science mentor will ensure the relevance of the scholar's research direction to a clinical problem and to translational research activities. Specifically the program will: 1. Identify and select promising obstetrician/gynecologists as WRHR scholars. 2.Use an established mechanism for defining the length and depth of training and evaluating progress. 3.Provide in-depth didactic coursework and a mentored laboratory experience in molecular medicine. 4.Provide theoretical and practical experience in applying for extramural funds for transition to independence. 5.Provide an environment in which each scholar can become an independent investigator. A core facility in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology will support the use of molecular biology, immunologic and imaging techniques within the scientific programs of the fellows and further provide a resource for the transition of the scholars into independent investigators. Every scholar will be expected to take courses in biostatistics and the responsible conduct of research. The program will be administered on a day-to-day basis by a program director assisted by an executive committee comprised of six of the scientific mentors. An advisory committee with six internal members and two external members who are scientists of national repute will convene annually to review the Scholars' progress. Support for the program is provided by both the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. The primary emphasis of the scholars' program is to enhance the basic research skills and expertise of the scholars and familiarize them with modern scientific techniques and principles, which they can subsequently apply to a clinical problem in Obstetrics and Gynecology.