Investigative Dermatology Training Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison

描述(由申请人提供)：威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校皮肤科的一个长期目标是为我们的学科培养科学领袖。为了实现这一目标，我们建议为明确致力于皮肤生物学学术生涯的博士后候选人建立个性化职业发展培训计划。将实施一项积极的计划，招募对皮肤病学学术表现出明确承诺的医学博士。该项目由一位知名的研究人员领导，他在另一家机构的皮肤生物学T32上担任了十多年的成功主任。该方案的组成部分是一个选择过程，强调先前研究经验的质量和独立调查的潜力。该项目建立在皮肤病生物学研究资金充足的基础上，研究人员包括13名研究人员，以及来自美国国立卫生研究院、国防部和退伍军人事务部的1400万美元年度直接费用。皮肤科有六名培训师，另外七名是来自其他部门的资深导师，他们有很好的培训记录和强调皮肤生物学的研究计划。许多人彼此之间以及与整个大学的教职员工都有合作关系。参与的教员使用最先进的技术在机械水平上研究皮肤病学中一些最复杂的问题。每名学员将被引导申请有指导的个人NRSA或K奖项。还将提供作为科学家的道德行为方面的正式培训，以及为公布结果而对数据进行批判性分析。此外，所有受训人员都将参加课程、讲习班、座谈会和数据介绍练习。为培养沟通技巧，受训人员须每月在6名部门私人助理及所有研究员(目前超过40名)出席的进行中工作会议上，以及在皮肤病研究学会的年会及/或其他全国性会议上，介绍他们的工作。总而言之，这个项目的目标是利用皮肤科和大学中受资助的研究人员的优势，提供可能导致皮肤病研究人员富有成效和独立职业生涯的经验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A long term goal of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Wisconsin- Madison is to produce scientific leaders for our discipline. To accomplish this goal, we propose to establish a Training Program for individualized career-building for post-doctoral candidates who have a definite commitment to an academic career in cutaneous biology. An aggressive plan to recruit MDs who have shown a clear commitment to academic dermatology will be implemented. The Program is led by an established investigator who was a successful director for more than ten years on a T32 in cutaneous biology at another institution. Integral to the Program is a selection process that emphasizes on quality of previous research experience and potential for independent investigation. This program rests on a foundation of well-funded research in the biology of skin diseases that includes 13 investigators and $14 million of annual direct cost from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Six trainers are within the Department of Dermatology and seven others are established mentors from other departments with strong training records and research programs emphasizing skin biology. Many have collaborative relationships with each other and with faculty across the University. Participating faculty employ state of the art technology to study some of the most complex problems in investigative dermatology at the mechanistic level. Each trainee will be guided to apply for mentored individual NRSA or K awards. Formal training will also be provided in the ethical conduct of being a scientist and critical analysis of data for publication of results. In addition, all trainees will participate in courses, workshops, symposia and data presentation exercises. To develop communication skills, trainees will be required to present their work once a month at work in progress sessions which are held where six PI's of the Department and all fellows (over 40 at this time) are present and at the annual meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology and/or other national meetings. In summary, the goal of this program is to capitalize on the strengths of the funded investigators in the Department of Dermatology, as well as the University, to provide experience that is likely to lead to a productive and independent career in investigative dermatology.