Institutional Career Development

健康研究正在经历巨大的变化，这是由突破性的技术创新推动的， 大数据的可用性越来越高，跨学科团队科学的日益突出， 健康研究资金。这个新的世界要求成功的研究人员有一个动态的和不断发展的 掌握广泛的学科，必须是热心的合作者和终身学习者。在波士顿 大学CTSI我们精心设计了一个创新的职业发展计划，以满足这些需求， 我们要求提供资金，以支持这一创新和综合方案。我们的愿景包括两个具体的 目的如下：1.建立一个系统，提供持续的全面指导和职业生涯 为学者提供从博士后培训到早期教师年的发展支持2.预期 学者将需要在未来的研究成功的技能，并提供这些在一个持续的方式 在课程中。 在BU及其附属机构有一个广泛的研究，现有的培训财富和多样性 课程，全面的课程，丰富的成就和投资导师，并关闭 基础科学家、临床医生和临床科学家之间的合作。在特殊的机构优势中， 促进初级教师的发展是一个充满活力的教师发展计划，试点奖励计划， 致力于核心资源和尖端技术。 该计划是针对我们的K社区的调查人员。它包括所有初级教师谁是在K程序： KL2学者，NIH K补助金获得者和初级教师与其他职业发展奖（包括奖项 由机构资金提供）。它还包括博士后研究员。我们职业发展的一个主要目标 该计划旨在为整个职业生涯的学者提供支持。对于初级教员， 职业发展支持，包括那些开始KL2支持，我们已经制定了PRIME计划 （Pathway to Research Independence and Mentoring Excellence）。这个项目提供指导， 互动教学，审查正在进行的工作和模拟赠款审查，以支持这些学者在 通过提交第一笔科学赠款，帮助他们早期的职业发展。我们的最终目标是创造 一支受过良好教育的翻译研究人员队伍，他们有能力和热情为改善 我们服务的社区的健康。

Health research is undergoing dramatic change fueled by groundbreaking technological innovations, the increasing availability of big data, growing prominence of cross-disciplinary team science and constraints on health research funding. This new world demands that successful researchers have a dynamic and evolving mastery of a broad set of disciplines and must be avid collaborators and lifelong learners. At the Boston University CTSI we have crafted an innovative career development program that addresses these needs and we request funding to support this innovative and integrated program. Our vision encompasses two specific aims as follows: 1. Build a system that provides continuous comprehensive mentoring and career development support for scholars from postdoctoral training through early faculty years 2. Anticipate the skills that scholars will need for future success in research and provide these in an ongoing fashion in the curriculum. At BU and its affiliates there is an extensive breadth of research, a wealth and diversity of existing training programs, a comprehensive curriculum, an abundance of accomplished and invested mentors, and close collaborations between basic scientists and clinicians and clinical scientists. Among special institutional strengths that foster the development of junior faculty are a vibrant faculty development program, pilot award program, and commitment to core resources and cutting-edge technologies. The program is targeted to our K community of investigators. It includes all junior faculty who are in K programs: KL2 scholars, NIH K grant recipients and junior faculty with other career development awards (including awards provided by institutional funds). It also includes postdoctoral fellows. A major goal of our career development program is to provide support to scholars across the continuum of their careers. For junior faculty with career development support including those beginning KL2 support, we have developed the PRIME Program (Pathway to Research Independence and Mentoring Excellence) program. This program provides mentoring, interactive instruction, reviews of works in progress and mock grant reviews to support these scholars during their early career development through submission of their first scientific grants. Our ultimate goal is to create a cadre of well-educated translational researchers who have the skills and passion to contribute to improving the health of the communities we serve.