Comprehensive Training in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences

描述（由申请人提供）：口腔和颅面科学（CTOC）综合培训计划十年来一直支持口腔健康科学的研究生和博士后培训。该更新提案整合了俄亥俄州州立大学健康科学中心正在进行的成功培训计划，在牙科学院的主持下，以满足口腔健康和颅面研究方面训练有素的基础和临床研究人员的需求。在过去的十年中，培训计划，如双学位DDS/博士和临床医生科学家计划，已经在牙科学院开发，以培养跨学科研究的学术临床医生。这一努力得到了CTSA支持的OSU医学中心临床和翻译科学中心（CCTS）的发展以及OSU各级管理部门对临床和翻译研究培训的大力支持的支持。该提案结合了牙科和健康科学中心学院的多个项目，以创建一个综合的跨学科培训计划。培训机会包括：1）口腔生物学博士学位的博士前培训。计划和两个跨学科的研究生课程在综合生物医学科学和神经科学研究生课程; 2）双学位培训的DDS/博士和MD/博士学位; 3）博士后培训，包括博士后和临床医生/科学家计划。每个计划的目标是发展广泛的研究经验，以吸引和留住高素质的研究人员在口腔健康和颅面科学的学术生涯。CTOC的一个中心特点是招募了在这些课程中获得高水平成功的优秀候选人;该计划还为当前教师提供了与CCTS合作的宝贵培训机会。共有39人（14名目前的受训人员）和（25名以前的受训人员）接受了化学品技术选择方案的培训。9名前学员在学术界任职，3名博士后研究员，5名已进入住院医师专业培训计划。总之，该培训计划提供了基于人类疾病机制的创新跨学科科学课程，以及口腔科学的广泛而灵活的课程，再加上经验丰富的跨学科教师的长期指导，以培养训练有素的科学家和临床科学家从事学术研究。 公共卫生相关性：该计划的目标是培养下一代口腔健康和颅面研究的基础和临床研究人员。该计划拥有独特的灵活的研究生课程，以及完善的跨学科研究计划，在一个高度互动的健康科学中心，提供高质量的研究培训和职业发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Comprehensive Training in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences (CTOC) program has been supporting graduate and postdoctoral training in the oral health sciences for ten years. This renewal proposal integrates ongoing successful training programs within the Ohio State University Health Sciences Center, under the auspices of the College of Dentistry, to address the need for the well-trained basic and clinical research faculty in oral health and craniofacial research. Over the last decade, training programs, such as the dual degree DDS/PhD and Clinician Scientist programs, have been developed in the College of Dentistry to train academic clinicians in interdisciplinary research. This effort has been bolstered by the development of a CTSA-supported Center for Clinical and Translation Sciences (CCTS) in the OSU Medical Center and strong support for training in clinical and translational research across all levels of OSU administration. This proposal incorporates multiple programs within the College of Dentistry and Health Sciences Center to create an integrated interdisciplinary training program. Training opportunities include: 1) pre-doctoral training in the Oral Biology Ph.D. program and two interdisciplinary graduate programs in Integrated Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience Studies Graduate Program; 2) dual degree training for the DDS/PhD and MD/PhD degrees; 3) postdoctoral training, including post PhD and Clinician/Scientist programs. The goal of each program is to develop an extensive research experience to attract and retain highly qualified researchers in academic careers in the oral health and craniofacial sciences. A central feature of the CTOC has been the recruitment of strong candidates who will find high levels of success in these programs; the program also provides valuable training opportunities for current faculty in conjunction with the CCTS. Thirty-nine individuals (14 current trainees) and (25 former trainees) have been trained in the CTOC program. Nine former trainees have appointments in academia, 3 are postdoctoral fellows, and 5 have entered residency programs for specialty training. In summary, this training program offers an innovative interdisciplinary science curriculum based on the mechanisms of human disease, and an extensive and flexible curriculum in oral sciences, coupled with the long-term mentorship of experienced interdisciplinary faculty, to produce highly trained scientists and clinician scientists for careers in academic research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The goal of this program is to train the next generation of basic and clinical research faculty in oral health and craniofacial research. This program boasts a uniquely flexible graduate curriculum, and well-established interdisciplinary research programs, in a highly interactive health sciences center, to provide high quality research training and career development.