Biomedical Alcohol Research Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：生物医学酒精研究培训计划将准备前和博士后博士，或合并MD/博士候选人，以及博士后研究员与MD，DVM和/或博士学位的研究职业侧重于酒精消费和滥用的生物医学后果。通过共同努力，来自路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心医学和公共卫生学院、杜兰公共卫生学院和国家灵长类动物研究中心的核心和支持教师将参加跨学科培训和指导酒精研究的不同领域，以及包括实验设计和统计分析、研究中使用动物和转化方法在内的专业培训。学员将在四个相互关联的主题下进行酒精研究项目：1）酒精/艾滋病; 2）酒精/神经免疫调节; 3）酒精/干细胞和祖细胞生物学; 4）酒精/神经行为相互作用。该培训计划旨在发展受训者的技术，分析和沟通技能，使他们能够通过对酒精消费和滥用的生物医学后果进行假设驱动的机械研究来推进知识。使用啮齿动物，非人类灵长类动物模型，以及临床和转化方法;学员将有广泛的科学领域，为研究培训提供机会。教学和教育计划，包括负责任的研究行为的研究将整合前和博士后实习生的发展。参加专业发展计划，旨在增加他们在酒精研究领域的知识基础，对实验设计和分析的理解，granecraft，进行研究的机构要求以及他们的书面和口头沟通技巧将进一步丰富他们的培训经验。五个博士预科生在博士，或MD，博士联合计划，和4博士后研究员（MD，DVM和/或博士）将在该计划每年。特别强调将放在招聘优秀的候选人为合并MD，博士课程。此外，将强调继续努力招聘，指导和保留来自不同文化，种族和培训背景的研究员，特别是那些在生物医学研究领域代表性不足的研究员。该计划的目标是提供指导和重点培训，使新兴的MD和博士科学家能够熟悉与酒精消费相关的生物医学问题，并获得进行高质量，有竞争力的研究的工具。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Biomedical Alcohol Research Training Program will prepare pre- and post-doctoral PhD, or combined MD/PhD candidates, and postdoctoral fellows with MD, DVM and/or PhD degrees for research careers focused on the biomedical consequences of alcohol consumption and abuse. Through joint efforts, Core and Support Faculty from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Schools of Medicine and Public Health, and Tulane School of Public Health, and National Primate Research Center will participate in interdisciplinary training and mentoring on diverse areas of alcohol research, and specialty training including experimental design and statistical analysis, use of animals in research, and translational approaches. Trainees will pursue alcohol research projects under four interrelated themes 1) Alcohol/HIV Disease; 2) Alcohol/ Neuro-immune-modulation; 3) Alcohol/Stem Cell and Progenitor Cell Biology; and 4) Alcohol/ Neurobehavioral interactions. The Training Program is designed to develop trainee's technical, analytical, and communication skills that will allow them to advance knowledge by conducting hypotheses-driven mechanistic research on the biomedical consequences of alcohol consumption and abuse. Using rodent, non-human primate models, as well as clinical and translational approaches; trainees will have a broad range of scientific areas to provide opportunities for research training. Didactic and educational programs including the study of responsible conduct of research will integrate pre- and post-doctoral trainee development. Participation in a professional development program that is designed to increase their knowledge base in the alcohol research field, understanding of experimental design and analysis, grantsmanship, institutional requirement to conduct research as well as their written and oral communication skills will further enrich their training experienc. Five pre-doctoral trainees in the PhD, or MD, PhD combined program, and 4 postdoctoral fellows (MD, DVM and/or PhD) will be in the Program each year. Particular emphasis will be placed in recruitment of outstanding candidates for the combined MD, PhD program. Furthermore, efforts to continue our recruitment, mentoring, and retention of fellows from diverse cultural, ethnic, and training background, particularly those that are under-represented in the biomedical research field will be emphasized. The goal of the program is to provide mentorship and focused training so that emerging MD and PhD scientists can become familiar with the biomedical problems related to alcohol consumption and acquire the tools to do high quality, competitive research.