Training in Oral and Craniofacial Biology

口腔和颅面生物学培训

• 批准号: 8101165
• 负责人: Sharon M. Gordon
• 金额: $ 55.32万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8101165
• 关键词: Biology; Oral; Training; craniofacial

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the comprehensive training program in Oral and Craniofacial Biology is to train highly skilled, interactive basic and clinical scientists who can successfully address the expanding research opportunities in dental, oral and craniofacial research. At the University of Maryland, we have demonstrated the ability to provide an environment of flexible but integrated training opportunities in dental, oral and craniofacial research. By offering a broad selection of training options which serves a diverse population of college, dental, PhD and combined DDS-PhD students as well as junior and mid-career faculty, we plan to accomplish our primary objective of developing independent investigators in basic, clinical, and translational research. Secondary objectives are to train individuals to become important contributors to larger multidisciplinary research teams and to generate an appreciation of the need for continued oral health research in all of our students. The training program capitalizes on the unique geographic proximity between major medical centers in the City of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. and includes an expert faculty of more than 60 established scientists to provide mentoring for students and dental faculty. Training is organized around four major thematic areas of strength in clinical and basic research. These thematic areas of expertise are Hard Tissue and Neoplastic Diseases, Infectious and Autoimmune Diseases, Oral and Craniofacial Chronic Sensory Disorders, and Oral and Craniofacial Motor Disorders. Primary emphasis is placed on cross-disciplinary approaches that involve integration of basic, translational and clinical research in each trainee program. Toward this end we are initiating new partnerships with the School of Medicine. We plan to offer a new curriculum of formal clinical training for postdoctoral dentists and we are consolidating our graduate education into a system of campus-wide interdepartmental graduate programs in basic and translational science. Our program design includes a horizontal organization in which basic and clinical research trainees interact across disciplines and a vertical organization which provides more experienced trainees the opportunity to train younger scientists. We are particularly dedicated to enhanced training opportunities for underrepresented minorities and women in research relevant to improvement of oral health and better treatment of oral diseases.

描述（由申请人提供）：口腔和颅面生物学综合培训计划的总体目标是培养高技能，互动的基础和临床科学家，他们可以成功地解决牙科，口腔和颅面研究中不断扩大的研究机会。在马里兰州的大学，我们已经证明有能力提供一个灵活的环境，但在牙科，口腔和颅面研究综合培训机会。通过提供广泛的培训选择，为大学，牙科，博士和联合DDS-PhD学生以及初级和中级职业教师的多样化人群提供服务，我们计划实现我们在基础，临床和转化研究中培养独立调查员的主要目标。次要目标是培养个人成为更大的多学科研究团队的重要贡献者，并在我们所有的学生中产生持续口腔健康研究的必要性的赞赏。该培训计划利用了巴尔的摩市和华盛顿，华盛顿特区的主要医疗中心之间独特的地理位置，并包括60多名知名科学家的专家教师，为学生和牙科教师提供指导。培训围绕临床和基础研究的四大优势主题领域组织。这些专业领域的主题是硬组织和肿瘤疾病，传染病和自身免疫性疾病，口腔和颅面慢性感觉障碍，口腔和颅面运动障碍。主要重点放在跨学科的方法，涉及基础，转化和临床研究在每个实习生计划的整合。为此，我们正在与医学院建立新的伙伴关系。我们计划为博士后牙医提供正式临床培训的新课程，我们正在巩固我们的研究生教育，使其成为基础科学和转化科学的跨部门研究生课程体系。我们的计划设计包括一个横向组织，其中基础和临床研究学员跨学科互动，以及一个纵向组织，为更有经验的学员提供培训年轻科学家的机会。我们特别致力于为代表性不足的少数民族和妇女提供更多的培训机会，以改善口腔健康和更好地治疗口腔疾病。