University of Iowa Institutional Training Program in Oral Health Research

描述(申请人提供)：本申请的目的是在25年的研究培训成功的基础上，在爱荷华州大学牙科和颅面健康研究方面提供各种补充培训机会，以培养一批研究技能将迎接21世纪口腔健康研究挑战的牙科学者。其目的是：1)提供卓越的跨学科教学培训；2)提供严谨的研究指导经验，包括持续的审查和评论；3)为口腔健康研究的学术生涯培养博士后实习生。拟议的计划主要关注牙科毕业生，但认识到基础科学家在口腔健康研究中也发挥着重要作用；因此，它也将为非牙医提供培训机会。R90组成部分反映了非公民牙医在我们的口腔健康研究项目中具有并将继续发挥的日益重要的作用。提供培训的研究领域反映了爱荷华大学牙科学院、健康科学学院和其他学院的优势，涵盖了从生物材料和组织工程到口腔粘膜疾病、从龋齿和氟化物研究到颅面遗传学和健康服务研究的全翻译范围。具体地说，我们建议为牙医和非牙医提供口腔科学博士学位(或跨学科遗传学计划，或分子和细胞生物学计划，视情况而定)，或继续博士后培训。此外，还将有机会获得由该大学临床和翻译科学研究所(CTSA)赞助的翻译和临床调查证书。由来自不同学科的35名经验丰富、才华横溢的项目教员组成的团队可为学员提供指导。培训将由一名经验丰富的主任和副主任监督，并由学院领导班子协助。将设立内部和外部咨询委员会以及征聘和多样性委员会，以协助征聘和支助任职人数不足的少数群体。总而言之，该项目汇集了富有成效、资金充足的导师，以及博士后和博士后实习生，他们所处的环境是：机构致力于发展杰出的跨学科研究培训，相关学科培训的良好机构记录，以及一流的教育和研究设施。其结果将是发展一支口腔健康研究人员队伍，使其能够在各自学科的尖端发挥作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This purpose of this application, building on 25 years of research training success, is to provide a variety of complementary training opportunities in dental and craniofacial health research at the U. of Iowa to develop a cohort of dental scholars whose research skills will meet the challenges of oral health research for the 21st century. The aims are to: 1) provide outstanding interdisciplinary didactic training; 2) provide rigorous research mentoring experiences involving ongoing review and critique; and 3) prepare post-doctoral trainees for academic careers in oral health research. The proposed program has a major focus on dental graduates, but recognizes that basic scientists also play important roles in oral health research; thus, it will also offer training opportunities for non-dentists. An R90 component reflects the increasingly important role that non-citizen dentists have, and will continue to have, in our oral health research programs. The research areas in which training is offered reflect the strengths of the College of Dentistry, the health science colleges, and other colleges at the University of Iowa, and range across the full translational spectrum from biomaterials and tissue engineering to oral mucosal disease and from caries and fluoride research to craniofacial genetics and Health Services Research. Specifically, we propose to offer training for dentists and non-dentists to pursue a PhD in Oral Sciences (or in the interdisciplinary Genetics Program, or in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, as appropriate), or to pursue post-doctoral training. In addition, there will be an opportunity to obtain a Certificate in Translational and Clinical Investigation under the auspices of the University's Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CTSA). A group of 35 experienced and talented program faculty from a variety of disciplines is available to mentor trainees. Training will be supervised by an experienced Director and Associate Director, assisted by a Faculty Leadership team. There will be internal and external advisory committees and a Committee on Recruitment and Diversity to assist with recruitment and support of under- represented minorities. In summary, the program brings together productive, well-funded mentors, with pre- and post- doctoral trainees in an environment with strong institutional commitment to developing outstanding interdisciplinary research training, a fine institutional record of training in relevant disciplines, and excellent educational and research facilities. The outcome will be the development of a cadre of oral health researchers equipped to function at the cutting edge of their disciplines.