Multidisciplinary Research Training in Cancer Imaging

癌症影像多学科研究培训

• 批准号: 7869308
• 负责人: RONALD R. PRICE
• 金额: $ 47.26万
• 依托单位: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-16 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7869308
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application proposes to continue and improve opportunities being provided to postdoctoral trainees through a unique training program in cancer imaging research. The objectives of the initial funding cycle have been met and exceeded. We have recruited and filled all available training slots with high-quality candidates. We have added new laboratories, new coursework and have further strengthened the mentoring faculty. This multidisciplinary program selects strong postdoctoral medical, cancer-biology and imaging science candidates with significant prior research experience. The program trains candidates to become independent investigators who can bring to bear new imaging methods on basic cancer research. Trainees utilize the wide variety of imaging and cancer biology resources available at Vanderbilt University and Meharry Medical College. Imaging resources are available through the Departments of Radiology at Vanderbilt and Meharry, the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) and the Vanderbilt/Keck Free Electron Laser Facility. Cancer biology research resources are available through the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) and the Cancer Center at Meharry (CCM). Individual trainee research projects are integrated with ongoing NIH funded research of the mentoring faculty. Each trainee is assigned two or more mentors representing the disciplines of imaging sciences and cancer biology. A specialized curriculum was developed under the first funding cycle, producing two new formal courses in imaging physics and cancer biology, a new imaging seminar, and a cancer imaging journal club. Developments which have further strengthen the program are the creation of VUIIS with new imaging laboratories and nine new mentoring faculty and the development of two additional courses. The curriculum has been modified to include a laboratory rotation schedule, a required course in biostatistics and earlier training in NIH grant writing skills and career development. The program is further supplemented through numerous existing courses offered by six cooperating departments. The program leadership consists of three co-directors reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the training. Ronald R. Price, Ph.D. coordinates the curriculum components specific to the imaging sciences. Lynn Matrisian, Ph.D. coordinates the curriculum components related to the biological sciences and Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. coordinates minority recruitment and training components specific to physician scientists. The program provides three years of intensive research training in the application of imaging methods to basic cancer research and prepares individuals to be active participants in a multidisciplinary team of cancer researchers. To date three trainees have completed the program and have gone on to productive careers in science.

描述(由申请者提供)：这项申请建议通过一个独特的癌症成像研究培训计划，继续并改善为博士后学员提供的机会。初步筹资周期的目标已经达到并超过。我们已经招聘了所有可用的培训职位，并用高素质的候选人填补了空缺。我们增加了新的实验室，新的课程，并进一步加强了指导教师队伍。这一多学科计划挑选具有重大研究经验的优秀博士后医学、癌症生物学和成像科学候选人。该计划培训候选人成为独立的调查人员，他们可以将新的成像方法应用于基础癌症研究。学员利用范德比尔特大学和梅哈里医学院提供的各种成像和癌症生物学资源。成像资源可通过Vanderbilt和Meharry放射科、Vanderbilt大学成像科学研究所(VUIIS)和Vanderbilt/Keck自由电子激光设备获得。癌症生物学研究资源可通过范德比尔特·英格拉姆癌症中心(VICC)和梅哈里癌症中心(CCM)获得。个别受训人员的研究项目与国立卫生研究院资助的指导教师正在进行的研究相结合。每个学员都被指派了两名或更多的导师，代表成像科学和癌症生物学的学科。 在第一个供资周期下开发了一个专门的课程，制作了两门关于成像物理和癌症生物学的新的正式课程，一门新的成像研讨会，以及一家癌症成像杂志俱乐部。进一步加强该方案的发展是创建了VUIIS，配备了新的成像实验室和9名新的指导教师，并开发了两门额外的课程。对课程进行了修改，纳入了实验室轮换时间表、生物统计学必修课以及更早的国家卫生研究院补助金撰写技能和职业发展培训。该方案通过由六个合作部门提供的许多现有课程进一步补充。项目领导由三名联合主任组成，反映了培训的多学科性质。罗纳德·R·普莱斯博士负责协调与成像科学相关的课程内容。Lynn Matrisian博士协调与生物科学相关的课程组成部分，Valerie Montgomery Rice医学博士协调少数族裔招募和专门针对内科科学家的培训组成部分。该计划提供为期三年的强化研究培训，将成像方法应用于基础癌症研究，并为个人成为多学科癌症研究人员团队的积极参与者做好准备。到目前为止，已有三名学员完成了该项目，并在科学领域取得了丰硕的成果。