Indiana Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program

印第安纳州医学科学家/工程师培训计划

• 批准号: 9308979
• 负责人: Raghavendra G Mirmira
• 金额: $ 37.94万
• 依托单位: INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9308979
• 关键词: Engineering; Indiana; Medical; Scientist; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nationally, trends suggest that there are diminishing numbers of academic physician investigators. Thus, there is a need to train a cadre of future scientists who can link their research to clinical care to address the trends, causes, and treatment of disease. The Indiana University Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program (MSTP) was conceived to meet this need, and this application represents the first competitive renewal of the Indiana MSTP since its funding almost 4 years ago. A unique and notable aspect of our program is the integration of faculty within the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University to include the exceptional training of physician engineers. The aim of the Indiana Medical Scientist/Engineer Training Program is to provide interdisciplinary, integrated medical and scientific research training to develop students into engaging physician investigators who are poised to pursue careers in hypothesis-driven research that advances human health. With the support from a large, dedicated endowment to the program, the new PI of this application (Dr. R. Mirmira, himself a graduate of an MSTP) and his Co-Director (Dr. M. Harrington) have taken important and progressive steps to enhance physician scientist training, including the introduction of clinical experiences during graduate training, expansion of seminars/enrichment activities, and institution of formal internal and external feedback policies to implement programmatic changes. In close collaboration with the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University, we have designed and implemented a flexible curriculum that provides in-depth training for students in a specific area of science and/or engineering relevant to human disease. Our program emphasizes coursework that broadens research training at the bench with quantitative skills, provides opportunities for public speaking provides a range of enriching extracurricular opportunities, and allows for integration of medicine and science/engineering throughout all years of training. Defined oversight mechanisms are in place to track the progress of trainees throughout the program. With the help of our outreach activities and the MSTP designation, our program notoriety has grown tremendously, as evidenced by a 400% increase in our applicant pool over the past 10 years and the remarkable diversity of our current student pool (23% underrepresented or with documented disabilities and 44% from out-of-state). In this competitive renewal application, we will build upon our successes and to make the necessary programmatic adjustments going forward to ensure that our trainees continue to be prepared to become future scientists and engineers who pioneer advances in medical practice through research.

描述（由申请人提供）：在全国范围内，趋势表明，有学术医生研究人员的数量减少。因此，有必要培养一批未来的科学家，他们可以将他们的研究与临床护理联系起来，以解决疾病的趋势，原因和治疗。该印第安纳州大学医学科学家/工程师培训计划（MSTP）的构想，以满足这一需求，这一应用程序代表了印第安纳州MSTP的第一个有竞争力的更新，因为它的资金近4年前。我们计划的一个独特和值得注意的方面是普渡大学韦尔登生物医学工程学院的教师整合，包括医生工程师的特殊培训。印第安纳州医学科学家/工程师培训计划的目的是提供跨学科，综合医学和科学研究培训，培养学生成为从事医生调查谁是准备追求事业的假设驱动的研究，促进人类健康。在一个大的，专门的捐赠计划的支持下，这个应用程序的新PI（博士R。Mirmira，他自己是MSTP的毕业生）和他的联合主任（M。哈灵顿）采取了重要和渐进的步骤，以加强医生科学家的培训，包括在研究生培训，扩大研讨会/丰富活动，并正式的内部和外部反馈政策，以实施方案的变化机构的临床经验。在与普渡大学生物医学工程韦尔登学院密切合作，我们设计并实施了一个灵活的课程，为学生提供深入的培训，在科学和/或工程相关的人类疾病的特定领域。我们的计划强调课程，扩大了研究培训在板凳上定量技能，提供公开演讲的机会，提供了一系列丰富的课外机会，并允许在所有培训年的医学和科学/工程的整合。制定了明确的监督机制，以跟踪学员在整个计划中的进展。随着我们的推广活动和MSTP指定的帮助下，我们的程序的恶名已经大大增长，在过去10年中，我们的申请人池增加了400%，我们目前的学生池的显着多样性（23%代表性不足或有记录的残疾和44%来自州外）证明。在这种竞争性的更新应用程序，我们将建立在我们的成功，并作出必要的程序调整前进，以确保我们的学员继续准备成为未来的科学家和工程师谁通过研究在医疗实践中的先驱进步。