Mentoring and Research in Patient-Oriented Integrative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：K24中期职业研究者奖为Chenchen Wang博士提供了一个令人兴奋的机会，与塔夫茨大学、布朗大学、哈佛大学和波士顿大学医学院的著名科学家合作，指导希望为补充和替代医学（CAM）中以患者为导向的研究做出贡献的新研究者。目前，王博士是塔夫茨大学医学院的副教授，塔夫茨补充和整合医学中心主任，拥有良好的研究，出版和指导记录。她是两个NIH资助的R 01项目的首席研究员，研究骨关节炎和纤维肌痛的身心干预的比较有效性和成本效益，以及军人的创伤后应激障碍王博士的长期目标是推进身心医学科学，以促进健康和愈合。她的近期目标是获得受保护的时间来培训下一代CAM科学家进行以患者为导向的研究，并扩大她针对慢性致残性疾病的创新，多方法，多学科临床和转化研究计划。王博士在有效指导具有不同背景的各级学员方面有着良好的记录，包括来自不同国家和学科的临床医生。她 CAM指导计划，以及她在身心干预方面的专业知识，已完全融入塔夫茨临床和转化科学研究所的研究和教学基础设施。结合优秀的资源和长期认可的多元化培训环境，这些被选中的学员将获得严格的科学方法，诚信，道德和资助申请的培训，以刺激高质量，转化和以患者为导向的研究与多学科团队。在NCCAM资助的R21和R 01研究的基础上，拟议的研究旨在：1）评估身心干预的比较有效性和成本效益; 2）阐明CAM治疗的神经生物学机制; 3）调查新型和成本效益CAM治疗的未满足需求; 4）创建CAM培训的综合跨学科方法; 5）为未来的R 01和其他程序应用开发科学和结构基础; 6）为新科学家提供机会，将CAM纳入主流机构和研究环境。因此，K24将为下一代研究人员促进多学科的以患者为导向的研究，以大幅推进中西医结合科学，并为所有人的健康，医疗保健和福祉做出贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The K24 Midcareer Investigator Award presents Dr. Chenchen Wang with an exciting opportunity to collaborate with renowned scientists at Tufts, Brown, Harvard, and Boston University Schools of Medicine to mentor new investigators who wish to contribute to patient-oriented research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Currently Dr. Wang is Associate Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and Director of the Tufts Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, with a strong record of research, publication, and mentoring. She is the Principal Investigator of two NIH-funded R01 projects studying comparative-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of mind-body interventions for osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder in military populations Dr. Wang's long-term goal is to advance the science of mind-body medicine to promote health and healing. Her immediate goals are to obtain protected time to train the next generation of CAM scientists in patient- oriented research and to expand her innovative, multi-method, multidisciplinary clinical and translational research programs for chronic disabling conditions. Dr. Wang has an established track record of effectively mentoring trainees at various levels with diverse backgrounds, including clinicians from different countries and disciplines. Her CAM mentoring program, as well as her expertise on mind-body interventions, has been fully integrated into the research and teaching infrastructure of the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Combined with outstanding resources and a long-recognized diverse training environment, these selected mentees will obtain training in rigorous scientific methodology, integrity, ethics, and grant applications necessary to stimulate high-quality, translational, and patient-oriented research with a multidisciplinary team. Building upon NCCAM-funded R21 and R01 studies, the proposed research aims to:1) Evaluate comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of mind-body interventions; 2) Elucidate neurobiological mechanisms of CAM therapies; 3) Investigate unmet needs of novel and cost-effective CAM treatments; 4) Create comprehensive interdisciplinary approaches in CAM training; 5) Develop the scientific and structural foundations for future R01 and other program applications; 6) Extend opportunities to new scientists to integrate CAM into mainstream institutions and research settings. This K24 will therefore promote multidisciplinary patient-oriented research for the next generation of investigators in order to substantially advance the science on integrative medicine and the contributions to health, health care, and well-being for all.