Institutional Training Program in Oral Health Research

描述（由申请人提供）： 该口腔健康机构综合研究培训计划的总体目标是培养牙科学者和教师，他们能够成为独立研究人员和富有成效的研究人员，能够成功竞争外部研究支持。我们相信，最好通过提供连续的研究培训机会来实现这一目标，其中包括：进入牙科学校之前的暑期经历、牙科学校期间将影响职业选择的短期培训、硕士和博士级别的培训以及博士后经历将影响毕业生作为研究人员和教师的发展，以及初级和中期教师的培训机会。我们将提供口腔健康研究四个主要领域的研究培训，这些领域都是强跨学科的，并汇集来自爱荷华大学五个学院和其他机构的研究人员。这些区域是：生物材料和组织工程（主任：克拉克·斯坦福博士）、龋齿学和氟化物研究（主任：詹姆斯·韦费尔博士）。颅面生物学（主任：Jeff Murray 博士）和口腔粘膜疾病（主任：Christopher Squier 博士）。参与这些研究项目的教师将担任我们学员的导师，并代表近 50 名在学生培训方面拥有出色记录的受资助研究人员。该培训项目将由 Christopher Squier 博士指导，他是一位资金雄厚的研究人员，一直活跃于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 John C. Keller 博士，他拥有近 20 年的牙科研究员、教育家和管理经验；他还将指导博士后培训部分。主任和副主任将由两名联合主任协助，珍妮特·古斯米勒博士（Dr. Janet Guthmiller）将负责牙科预科暑期研究和博士前牙科学生研究项目，克拉克·斯坦福博士（Dr. Clark Stanley）将担任教师发展短期研究培训项目主任。将设立一个由项目总监、副总监和联合总监组成的执行委员会，并由招聘和多元化小组委员会协助。计划咨询委员会将为董事管理本计划提供监督和协助。由口腔健康研究领域三位德高望重的学者组成的外部咨询委员会将对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.