Vanderbilt Kidney O'brien Center - Enrichment Program

摘要 教育和充实核心将提供一个教育和外展方案， 被视为VOKD的核心之一。我们的主要目标是提供广泛的 无障碍教育计划，将通过吸引 为研究肾脏疾病的机制和治疗提供新的科学知识。 在马克·德·凯斯特克博士的领导下，我们开发了一种创新的 与生物医学研究基地和核心紧密结合的多方面计划 VOKD结构中根深蒂固的专业知识。在这项提议中，我们将继续 发展和加强这一教育计划中成功和受欢迎的部分， 值得注意的是小鼠肾脏损伤研讨会和#年夏季研究培训计划 肾脏疾病(SRTP-KD)。然而，我们也计划发展一些新的教育和 为肾内科研究人员和非专业人士提供培训机会。其中包括：1) 开发一个新的、实用的翻译组织学研讨会，它将是 与组织学核心的Fogo、Yang和Zhang博士共同开发；2)a 基于Web的培训工具，通过我们的 VCKD网站；以及3)开发创新的社区参与和外联 程序。Adriana Hung博士和Kerri Cavanaugh博士将共同指导这个核心。洪博士的 主要职责将是帮助协调SRTP-KD，而卡瓦诺博士将主要 负责推动教育外展计划。

Abstract The Education and Enrichment Core will provide an education and outreach program that is seen as one of the centerpieces of the VOKD. Our primary goal is to provide a widely accessible educational program that will enhance kidney disease research by attracting new scientific expertise to study the mechanisms and treatment of kidney disease. Under the leadership of Dr. Mark de Caestecker we have developed an innovative and multifaceted program that is intimately integrated with biomedical research base and core expertise that is ingrained within the structure of the VOKD. In this proposal we will continue to develop and enhance the successful and sought after components of this educational program, notably the Mouse Kidney Injury Workshop and the Summer Research Training Program in Kidney Disease (SRTP-KD). However, we also plan to develop a number of new education and training opportunities both for the nephrology research and lay communities. These include: 1) the development of a new, hands on practical translational histology workshop, which will be developed in conjunction with the Drs. Fogo, Yang, and Zhang from the Histology Core; 2) a web-based training tool to enhance pre-clinical research rigor and reproducibility through our VCKD website; and 3) the development of an innovative community engagement and outreach program. Dr. Adriana Hung and Dr. Kerri Cavanaugh will co-direct this core. Dr. Hung's primary role will be to help coordinate the SRTP-KD, while Dr. Cavanaugh will be primarily responsible for facilitating the education outreach programs.