Institutional Training Program in Oral Health Research

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请要求续订我们的T32院校口腔健康综合研究培训计划。二十多年来，在NIDCR的培训支持下，我们已将牙科学者和教职员工培养成独立的研究人员和富有成效的研究人员。我们的经验表明，最好是通过提供一系列研究培训机会来实现这一点，其中包括：进入牙科学校之前的暑期经历，将影响职业选择的牙科学校期间的短期培训，将对毕业生作为研究人员和教师的发展产生影响的MS和博士水平的培训和博士后经验，以及为初级教师提供发展其研究技能的培训机会。我们每年将为10名短期和最多8名长期受训人员提供口腔健康研究的四个主要领域的研究培训，这些领域都具有很强的跨学科性质。这些领域是：生物材料和组织工程，龋病和氟化物研究，颅面生物学和口腔粘膜疾病。有代表翻译和临床研究以及生物统计的交叉活动。教师导师代表了38名经验丰富的研究人员，他们在学生培训方面有出色的记录。该项目由克里斯托弗·斯奎尔博士指导，他活跃在口腔健康研究和培训领域超过25年。他还指导硕士、博士和博士后培训部分。副主任将是珍妮特·古斯米勒博士，她拥有牙周病和博士学位，是一名获得董事会认证的牙周病医生。她将负责牙科预科暑期研究和博士后牙科学生研究项目。主任兼副主任将由克拉克·斯坦福博士协助，他将担任教师发展短期研究培训计划的主任。有一个执行委员会，由计划主任、副主任和联席主任组成，并由招聘和多样性顾问提供协助。计划咨询委员会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受人尊敬的学者组成，就该计划的进展和方向提供审查和建议。美国学术牙科教育工作者和研究人员的严重短缺造成了前所未有的挑战，这对牙科教育和口腔健康研究的活力都产生了影响。我们提供全面的培训计划，旨在培养牙科学者的研究技能，使他们能够应用生物医学科学的进步，以改善国家的口腔健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests renewal of our T32 Institutional Comprehensive Research Training Program in oral health. For more than twenty years, under the auspices of NIDCR training support, we have developed dental scholars and faculty into independent researchers and productive investigators. Our experience indicates that this is best accomplished by providing a continuum of research training opportunities that include: summer experiences before entering dental school, short-term training during dental school that will influence career choice, training at the MS and PhD level and postdoctoral experience that will have an impact on the development of graduates as researchers and faculty, and training opportunities for junior faculty to develop their research skills. We will offer research training for ten short-term and up to eight long-term trainees per year in four major areas of oral health research that are all strongly interdisciplinary. The areas are: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Cariology and Fluoride Research, Craniofacial Biology and Oral Mucosal Diseases. There are crosscutting activities representing translational and clinical research and biostatistics. The faculty mentors represent 38 experienced researchers with outstanding records of student training. The program is directed by Dr. Christopher Squier, who has been active in oral health research and training for over 25 years. He also directs the MS, PhD and postdoctoral training components. The Associate Director will be Dr. Janet Guthmiller who holds DDS and PhD degrees and is a board-certified periodontist. She will have responsibility for the pre-dental summer research and the predoctoral dental student research programs. The Director and Associate Director will be assisted by Dr. Clark Stanford, who will be Director of the short-term research training program for faculty development. There is an Executive Committee consisting of the Program Director, Associate Director and co-Directors, assisted by Consultants on Recruitment and Diversity. A Program Advisory Committee provides oversight and assistance to the Directors in the administration of this Program. An External Advisory Committee, consisting of three respected scholars in the area of oral health research, provides reviews and advice on progress and direction of the Program. A serious shortage of both educators and researchers in academic dentistry in the US creates an unprecedented challenge that has consequences for both dental education and the vitality of oral health research. We offer a comprehensive range of training programs designed to develop dental scholars whose research skills will enable them to apply the advances in biomedical science that are occurring at an ever increasing rate to improving the oral health of the nation.