Training of Academic Gynecologic Oncologists

描述(由申请者提供)：德克萨斯大学安德森癌症中心妇科肿瘤学系的这一培训计划的目的是培养学术妇科肿瘤学家。应聘者将拥有医学博士或医学博士/博士学位，并具有妇产科和妇科肿瘤学专业的董事会资格。此外，该计划致力于向在妇科肿瘤学学术领域代表性不足的群体提供研究机会，包括少数族裔个人和妇女。提供为期4年的培训计划。课程将包括24个月的研究培训，然后是24个月的妇科肿瘤学临床培训。将提供两种不同类型的研究培训：1)医生-科学家培训，学员将在实验室呆24个月；2)基于人群的研究培训，学员将在一名或两名教师导师的指导下花费24个月的时间；后一种培训可能包括一年的基于实验室的研究，然后是一年的基于人口的研究，或两年的基于人口的研究。此外，在培训计划的研究部分，每个研究员将被要求完成三门核心课程，并分别在生物医学研究生院或德克萨斯大学公共卫生学院获得高级学位--硕士学位或公共卫生硕士学位。这一培训计划的导师--拥有由外部同行评审资助的积极研究项目的医生科学家和研究科学家--致力于提供专注于妇科癌症的高质量研究体验。在癌症生物学、分子治疗学、生物统计学、癌症预防、肿瘤免疫学、分子和细胞肿瘤学、行为科学、癌症遗传学、健康差异、卫生服务研究和流行病学方面有广泛的研究机会。预计这一竞争激烈的培训项目的毕业生将成为该学科的未来领导者，并在制定未来几代妇科肿瘤学家的患者护理、研究和教育议程方面发挥重要作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this training program in the Department of Gynecologic Oncology of the The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is to produce academic gynecologic oncologists. Candidates will hold an M.D or M.D./Ph.D. degree and be board eligible in obstetrics and gynecology and the subspecialty of gynecologic oncology. Moreover, the program is committed to providing research opportunities to groups that are underrepresented in academic gynecologic oncology, including minority individuals and women. A 4-year training program is offered. The curriculum will include 24 months of research training followed by 24 months of clinical training in gynecologic oncology. Two different types of research training will be offered: 1) a physician-scientist track in which trainees will spend 24 months in the laboratory, and 2) a population-based research track in which trainees will spend 24 months under the direction of one or two of the faculty mentors; the latter track may include either one year of laboratory-based research followed by a year of population-based research or two years of population-based research. In addition, during the research portion of the training program, each fellow will be required to complete a core of three courses as well as obtain an advanced degree-either an M.S. degree or M.P.H. degree-in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences or the UT School of Public Health, respectively. The mentors in this training program-physician-scientists and research scientists with active research programs supported by external peer-reviewed funding-are committed to a high quality research experience focused on gynecologic cancers. A broad range of research opportunities are available in cancer biology, molecular therapeutics, biostatistics, cancer prevention, tumor immunology, molecular and cellular oncology, behavior sciences, cancer genetics, health disparities, health services research, and epidemiology. It is expected that graduates of this highly competitive training program will be future leaders in the discipline and play a major role in setting patient care, research, and educational agendas of future generations of gynecologic oncologists.