Interdisciplinary Training in Rheumatic Diseases

 描述（由申请人提供）：此修订后的申请寻求对范德比尔特大学T-32风湿病跨学科培训的持续支持。该计划已经完成了第一个五年周期。该计划寻求2个博士前和3个博士后职位的支持。该计划的目标是为下一代研究人员提供必要的工具，以做出关键发现，并促进我们对复杂风湿性疾病的理解和治疗。我们的教师创造了一个发现的互动环境，为博士前和博士后学员的临床和基础研究架起了桥梁。跨学科的方法与精心策划的指导过程相结合，使学员具有广阔的视野，并有机会对单一实验室无法解决的问题进行临床翻译。该计划的导师是高度互动的，并保持广泛的合作努力之间和研究小组。这些互动在程序中创建四个研究兴趣组：先天和适应性免疫;血管生物学和炎症;临床和卫生服务研究;和肌肉骨骼生物学。该计划旨在满足那些希望将先进技术（如基因组学或蛋白质组学）应用于风湿性疾病的个人的职业目标，以及支持那些希望将这些进步转化为改善医疗保健的个人的职业生涯。除了部门和导师特定的实验室教学，每个学员通过跨学科课程接受风湿病研究培训。联合研究论坛、期刊俱乐部和共享核心设施促进了各个实验室或部门之外的互动。在该计划的受训者积极指导教师和通过“同行指导”的前学生和高级研究员在该计划。 对申请的修订涉及受训人员的征聘、甄选和监测进展情况。MSCI和MPH的学位授予途径将提供给该计划。对该部门设施的重大机构投资和优秀新教员的招聘进一步加强了该计划的未来。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This amended application seeks continued support for the T-32, Interdisciplinary Training in Rheumatic Diseases at Vanderbilt University. The program has completed its first 5 year cycle. The program seeks support for 2 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral positions. The goal of the program is to provide the next generation of investigators with the tools necessary to make critical discoveries and to advance our understanding and treatment of complex rheumatic disorders. Our faculty have created an interactive environment of discovery that bridges both clinical and basic research for pre and post-doctoral trainees. An interdisciplinary approach is coupled with a carefully orchestrated mentoring process so that trainees are provided with a broad perspective and they are exposed to opportunities for clinical translation of problems that cannot be solved by a single laboratory. The preceptors in the program are highly interactive and maintain extensive collaborative efforts between and among the research groups. These interactions create four Research Interest Groups within the program: Innate and Adaptive Immunity; Vascular Biology and Inflammation; Clinical and Health Services Research; and Musculoskeletal Biology. The program is organized to meet the career goals of individuals who want to apply advanced technologies, such as genomics or proteomics to rheumatic disease as well as to support the careers of individuals who want to translate these advances to improve health care. In addition to Departmental and preceptor-specific laboratory instruction, each trainee receives rheumatic disease research training through an interdisciplinary curriculum. Combined research forums, journal clubs and shared core facilities promote interactions beyond individual laboratories or divisions. Trainees in the program are actively mentored by both faculty members and through "peer mentoring" by former students and senior fellows in the program. Revisions in the application address recruiting, selection and monitoring progress of trainees. Degree granting pathways for MSCI and MPH will be available to the program. Significant institutional investment in the Division's facilities and the recruitment of outstanding new facult further strengthen the program for the future.