National Pharmacology Directors of Graduate Programs Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：我们在分子、细胞和有机体水平上的科学知识的整合对于影响人类疾病至关重要。随着我们对分子和细胞过程的深入了解，许多博士培训项目的重点已经从综合（整个动物或系统）生物学，包括人类生物学转移了。缺乏了解综合生物学或人类生物学，包括药物代谢和药代动力学的现有科学工作人员，以及对将发现转化为疗法的独特挑战的认识，将推迟在分子和细胞水平上将发现应用于人类疾病。受过药理学训练的科学家是这一必要劳动力的重要组成部分。本次会议讨论了与培训药理学家相关的关键问题，并计划应对培训计划的感知和实际下降。本次会议的目的是确定药理学博士培训项目面临的共同问题和机会，并讨论如何最好地满足这些问题。本次会议的目标听众是药理学或其他生物医学科学研究生培训项目的负责人。这次会议将为这些科学家提供一个独特的机会来交流信息，并与帮助塑造这一学科的行业、政府和学术界的领导人进行互动。培训项目主任和其他对培训感兴趣的科学家之间的持续对话被确定为期望的主要成果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The integration of our scientific knowledge at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels is critical to impacting disease in humans. As our insight into molecular and cellular processes has grown, emphasis in many Ph.D. training programs has shifted away from integrated (whole animal or systems) biology, including the biology of humans. The lack of an available scientific workforce with an understanding of integrated or human biology, including drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, and an appreciation of the unique challenges of converting discoveries into therapies will delay the application of discoveries at the molecular and cellular levels to human disease. Scientists trained in the discipline of Pharmacology form an important part of this necessary workforce. This meeting addresses critical issues related to training Pharmacologists and has been planned in response to a perceived and real decline in training programs. The goals of this meeting are to identify common problems and opportunities that face Ph.D. training programs in Pharmacology and to discuss how best to meet them. The target audience for this meeting is Directors of Graduate Training Programs in Pharmacology or other biomedical sciences. This meeting will provide a unique opportunity for these scientists to exchange information and to interact with leaders in industry, government, and academia who help shape this discipline. A continuing dialogue among Directors of training programs and other scientists with an interest in training is identified as a desired major outcome. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Pharmacology is the scientific discipline that studies the actions of drugs and is dedicated to the design of new drugs and therapies that move scientific discoveries from the laboratory into the clinic. This meeting is the only meeting for directors of pharmacology training programs that is dedicated to improving the education of students in pharmacology programs. Efforts resulting from this meeting will result in an increase in both the quality and quantity of students trained in pharmacology and will aid in the transfer of scientific knowledge to patient care.