Interdisciplinary Training in Rheumatic Diseases

 描述(申请人提供)：这份修改后的申请寻求对范德比尔特大学风湿病跨学科培训T-32的持续支持。该计划已经完成了第一个5年周期。该计划寻求对2个博士后和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病的理解和治疗。我们的教员为博士后和博士后实习生创造了一个互动的发现环境，为临床和基础研究架起了桥梁。跨学科的方法与精心安排的指导过程相结合，为受训者提供了广阔的视角，并使他们有机会对单一实验室无法解决的问题进行临床翻译。该计划中的导师具有高度的互动性，并在研究小组之间保持广泛的合作努力。这些互动在该计划中创建了四个研究兴趣小组：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；以及肌肉骨骼生物学。该计划旨在满足希望将基因组学或蛋白质组学等先进技术应用于风湿病的个人的职业目标，并支持希望将这些进步转化为改善医疗保健的个人的职业生涯。除了针对院系和讲师的实验室教学外，每个受训人员还通过跨学科课程接受风湿病研究培训。联合的研究论坛、期刊俱乐部和共享的核心设施促进了超越单个实验室或部门的互动。该计划的实习生由教职员工积极指导，并通过以前的学生和计划中的高级研究员的“同行指导”进行指导。 申请书的修订涉及招聘、甄选和监测受训人员的进度。该计划将提供MSCI和公共卫生硕士学位授予途径。对该司设施的重大机构投资和优秀新员工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.