Columbia University Training Program in Lung Science

描述(由申请者提供)：该培训计划将满足培训医学和博士科学家的需要，这些科学家将在炎症性肺部疾病方面提供学术领导。该计划将是跨学科的，汇集了包括临床医生研究人员、流行病学家、细胞生物学家、免疫学家和生理学家在内的一系列研究人员，专注于肺部生物学。这种跨学科的关注将反映在我们的教师导师和他们的实习生进行的肺部疾病研究的广度上。学员将选择学习与肺部炎症或与肺部相关的疾病过程相关的基础研究或转化性研究。这项建议的目标是(A)鼓励训练有素的、以学术为导向的科学家在肺部、过敏和危重护理研究方面追求职业生涯，(B)确保这些受训人员发展在寻求独立研究支持方面具有竞争力所需的科学技能和协作互动，以及(C)发展技能和对与进行科学和道德健全的研究相关的复杂性的理解。为了实现这些目标，培训计划旨在充分利用CUMC的众多资源，包括基础和转化性肺研究方面的专家以及优秀的研究设施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The training program will address the need to train MD and PhD scientists who will provide academic leadership in inflammatory lung disease. The program will be interdisciplinary, bringing together a spectrum of investigators including clinician researchers, epidemiologists, cell biologists, immunologists, and physiologists to focus on lung biology. This interdisciplinary focus will be reflected in the breadth of the lung disease research performed by our faculty mentors and their trainees. Trainees will choose to study either basic or translational research relevant to lung inflammation or disease processes relevant to the lung. The goals of this proposal are (A) to encourage well-trained, academically-oriented scientists to pursue careers in pulmonary, allergy, and critical care investigation, (B) to ensure these trainees develop the scientific skills and collaborative interactions required to be competitive in seeking independent research support, and (C) to develop skills and understanding of the complexities associated with the conduct of scientifically and ethically sound research. To accomplish these objectives, the training program aims to make full use of the many resources available at CUMC including specialists in basic and translational lung research and excellent research facilities.