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，该计划将提高学术妇产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，在学术医学的科学事业中具有竞争力和成功。 该计划将确定，招聘和培训WRHR学者在三到五年的计划单独定制的专业知识水平在入口。培训将主要由一名具有良好培训记录的资深科学家在实验室提供密切指导，并辅之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。具体而言，该方案将： 1.确定和选择有前途的产科医生/妇科医生作为WRHR学者。 2.使用既定的机制来确定培训的长度和深度，并评估进展情况。 3.提供深入的教学课程和分子医学的指导实验室经验。 4.提供理论和实践经验，申请校外基金过渡到 独立 5.提供一个环境，使每个学者都能成为独立的研究者。 妇产科系的一个核心设施将支持在研究员的科学方案中使用分子生物学、免疫学和成像技术，并进一步为学者转变为独立调查人员提供资源。每个学者都将被要求参加生物统计学课程和负责任的研究行为。 该计划将由一名计划主任在由六名科学导师组成的执行委员会的协助下进行日常管理。一个由六名内部成员和两名外部成员组成的咨询委员会将每年召开会议，审查学者们的进展情况。妇产科系和辛辛那提大学医学院都为该项目提供支持。 学者计划的主要重点是提高学者的基本研究技能和专业知识，并使他们熟悉现代科学技术和原理，随后他们可以将其应用于妇产科的临床问题。

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.