Vascular Surgery Research Training (VascTrain) Program

 描述（由申请人提供）：这是血管外科研究培训（VascTrain）计划的第一次更新申请。VascTrain计划最初成立于2010年，旨在加强血管外科学员和对血管疾病和治疗有特殊兴趣的非临床学员的临床相关基础和转化研究。该计划每年支持3个培训职位（共6个职位），其中两个职位指定为血管外科住院医师，第三个职位为来自其他地区的受训者。 外科专业或非MD博士后研究员。在这次延长申请中要求的职位数目和分布相同。培训学院由来自外科、整形外科、生物工程、医学、病理学、细胞生物学、分子遗传学和生物化学、药理学、骨科以及环境和职业卫生等多个部门的26名培训员组成。培训的重点是心血管疾病，旨在涵盖三个主要轨道：血管生物学和疾病发病机制/治疗，生物工程和再生医学，以及与比较有效性，结果和血管疾病流行病学相关的临床研究。虽然这些轨道似乎各不相同，但可以对培训进行定制，以纳入这些领域的相关内容。在临床研究轨道上，学员将获得临床研究硕士学位。认真挑选能够最好地支持每个受训者发展的导师团队将是受训者成功的关键。 在最初的资助周期中，VascTrain计划非常成功地招募了表现出良好生产力的优秀学员。该计划随着新培训教师的招聘而发展，这将进一步增强培训体验。培训计划将进行修改，以更好地发展翻译技能，将个性化设计的课程纳入研究中的负责任行为，并专注于MD和博士学员的独特职业发展技能。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the first renewal application for the Vascular Surgery Research Training (VascTrain) Program. The VascTrain program was initially established in 2010 to enhance clinically relevant basic and translational research in vascular surgery trainees and nonclinician trainees with a specific interest in vascular disease and treatment. The program supports 3 training positions each year (6 total positions) with two positions designated for vascular surgery residents and the third position for a trainee from other surgical specialties or a nonMD post-doctoral fellow. The same number and distribution of positions is being requested in this renewal application. The training faculty is composed of 26 trainers from a number of Departments including Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Bioengineering, Medicine, Pathology, Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Orthopedics and Environmental and Occupational Health. The focus of the training is on cardiovascular disease and is designed to cover three major tracks: Vascular Biology and Disease Pathogenesis/Therapeutics, Bioengineering and Regenerative Medicine, and Clinical Research related to comparative effectiveness, outcomes and vascular disease epidemiology. While these tracks appear to be distinct, training can be customized to incorporate related elements of these areas. In the clinical research track, the trainees will obtain a Masters of Clinical Research degree. Careful selection of a team of mentors that will best support the development of each trainee will be key to the success of the trainees. In the initial funding cycle, the VascTrain Program was very successful in recruiting excellent trainees to the program who have demonstrated good productivity. The program has evolved with recruitment of new training faculty that will further enhance the training experience. The training plan will undergo changes to better develop translational skills, incorporate individually designed curriculum in Responsible Conduct in Research, and focus on unique career development skills for the MD and PhD trainees.