Institutional Training Program in Oral Health Research

描述(由申请人提供)： 该机构口腔健康综合研究培训计划的总体目标是培养牙科学者和教师，他们能够成为独立的研究人员和富有成效的研究人员，能够成功地竞争外部研究支持。我们认为，最好的办法是提供一系列研究培训机会，其中包括：进入牙科学校之前的暑期经历、在牙科学校期间将影响职业选择的短期培训、硕士和博士水平的培训以及将对毕业生作为研究人员和教师的发展产生影响的博士后经历，以及初级和中期教师的培训机会。我们将在口腔健康研究的四个主要领域提供研究培训，这些领域都是高度跨学科的，并将来自爱荷华大学五所学院和其他机构的研究人员聚集在一起。这些领域是：生物材料和组织工程(主任：克拉克·斯坦福博士)、龋病和氟化物研究(主任：詹姆斯·韦菲尔博士)。颅面生物学(导演：Jeff Murray博士)和口腔粘膜疾病(导演：Christopher Squier博士)。参与这些研究项目的教师将作为我们受训人员的导师，代表近50名在学生培训方面有出色记录的受资助研究人员。培训项目将由克里斯托弗·斯奎尔博士指导，他是一名资金雄厚的研究员，活跃在口腔健康研究和培训领域超过25年。他还将指导硕士和博士培训部分。副主任将是约翰·C·凯勒博士，他作为牙科研究员、教育家和行政人员有近20年的经验；他还将领导博士后培训部分。主任和副主任将由两名联席主任协助，珍妮特·古斯米勒博士将负责牙科暑期前研究和博士前牙科学生研究项目，克拉克·斯坦福博士将担任教师发展短期研究培训项目的主任。将有一个由方案主任、副主任和联合主任组成的执行委员会，他们将得到招聘和多样性小组委员会的协助。计划咨询委员会将在本计划的管理方面向董事提供监督和协助。一个外部咨询委员会，由口腔健康研究领域的三位备受尊敬的学者组成，将就该计划的进展和方向提供年度审查和建议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall aims of this Institutional Comprehensive Research Training Program in oral health are to develop dental scholars and faculty who can become independent researchers and productive investigators capable of competing successfully for external research support. We believe that this is best accomplished by providing a continuum of research training opportunities that will include; summer experiences before entering dental school, short term training during dental school that will influence career choice, trainings at the MS and PhD level and post doctoral experience that will have an impact on the development of graduates as researchers and faculty, and training opportunities for junior and mid-career faculty. We will offer research training in four major areas of oral health research that are all strongly interdisciplinary and bring together investigators from five colleges at the University of Iowa and from other institutions. The areas are; Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (Director: Dr. Clark Stanford), Cariology and Fluoride Research (Director: Dr. James Wefel). Craniofacial Biology (Director: Dr. Jeff Murray) and Oral Mucosal Diseases (Director: Dr. Christopher Squier). The faculty who are involved in these research programs will serve as mentors to our trainees and represent almost fifty funded researchers with outstanding records of student training.The training program will be directed by Dr Christopher Squier, a well-funded investigator who has been active in oral health research and training for over 25 years. He will also direct the MS and PhD training components. The Associate Director will be Dr. John C. Keller, who has almost twenty years experience as a dental researcher, educator and administrator; he will also direct the post-doctoral training component. The Director and Associate Director will be assisted by two Co-directors, Dr. Janet Guthmiller, who will have responsibility for the pre-dental summer research and the predoctoral dental student research programs, and Dr. Clark Stanford, who will be director of the short-term research training program for faculty development. There will be an Executive Committee consisting of the Program Director, Associate Director and Co-Directors and they will be assisted by a Sub-committee on Recruitment and Diversity. A Program Advisory Committee will provide oversight and assistance to the Directors in the administration of this Program. An External Advisory Committee, consisting of three highly respected scholars in the area of oral health research, will provide annual reviews and advice on progress and direction of the Program.