UAB-HudsonAlpha Genomic Medicine Training Program

 描述（由申请人提供）：UAB-HudsonAlpha基因组医学研究培训计划建立在北亚拉巴马这两个机构的成功合作伙伴关系和互补优势的基础上。我们的计划将培养来自MD，PhD和MDPhD背景的博士后研究员，专注于临床研究中的基因组医学。我们提出了一个2 - 3年的计划，每年招收3 - 4名来自医学博士（医学遗传学和其他医学专业）和临床导向的博士申请人的学员，为9 - 10名学员的稳定水平。我们的计划将强调在30个教师实验室（10个来自HudsonAlpha，20个来自UAB）之一的研究，沿着在基因组学，定量科学和基因组医学的ELSI考虑领域的基本和基本技能的收购。我们的计划的基本和创新的特点是（1）个性化的培训与指导委员会和能力的“护照”模型，认识到基因组医学的成功将整合来自不同学科的专业知识和背景;（2）“导师培训”功能，为年轻的教师在研究方面有很大的希望，但很少指导经验;以及（3）学员有机会获得与学生、非专业社区成员和社区医生进行教育推广的专业知识。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The UAB-HudsonAlpha Genomic Medicine Research Training Program builds on a successful partnership and complementary strengths of these two institutions in north Alabama. Our program will train postdoctoral fellows from MD, PhD, and MDPhD backgrounds, focusing on genomic medicine in clinical research. We propose a 2 - 3 year program, matriculating 3 - 4 trainees per year from MD (both medical genetics and other medical specialties) and clinically oriented PhD applicants, for a steady-state level of 9 - 10 trainees. Our program will emphasize research in one of 30 faculty laboratories (10 from HudsonAlpha, 20 from UAB) along with acquisition of basic and fundamental skills in the areas of genomics, quantitative sciences, and ELSI considerations for genomic medicine. Essential and innovative features of our program are (1) individualized training with a mentoring committee and "passport" model for competencies, recognizing that success in genomic medicine will integrate expertise and backgrounds from different disciplines; (2) a "mentors in training" feature for junior faculty members with great promise in research but little mentoring experience; and (3) the opportunity for trainees to gain expertise in educational outreach with students, members of the lay community, and community physicians.