Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration

匹兹堡大学寻求对多学科和创新的博士前培训的持续支持， 再生医学通过细胞方法组织工程和再生（CATER）培训计划。 CATER计划结合了教师和研究专业知识，从一个兼收并蓄的学科组，联合收割机组织 用分子和细胞方法进行工程改造，治疗人类疾病和再生。再生 医学是一个真正的多学科领域，汇集了来自人类生物学，工程学，医学， 设备，材料科学，发展，病理学，系统生物学和应用技术，专注于修复和 替换人体组织以恢复形式和功能。再生医学的一个重大挑战是 培养下一代掌握这些不同学科知识的专家。这就是 CATER计划的启动，使跨学科的培训超越了传统的 以部门为重点的研究培训计划。CATER博士前培训计划涵盖了这一点 再生医学研究和教育的多学科协作情绪，废除内部的筒仓 学科，仍然是CATER计划的标志。学生从学校录取进入CATER课程， 工程学院生物工程研究生课程或跨学科生物医学研究生课程 从医学院通常在他们的第二年基于成功的提名和学术评估 在再生医学方面的卓越和研究。虽然CATER学员在未来两年获得资助， 完成课程，开发研究项目，并成为一个强大的，互动和协作的社区的一部分， 他们仍然是CATER活动的一部分，直到他们的论文答辩和超越。CATER培训计划的目标是 提供了坚实的基础，在此基础上建立一个富有成效的和独立的职业生涯，在再生医学为人类 疾病和伤害。这一目标是通过高度协调和指导的跨学科培训计划实现的， 它结合了必修课和选修课，研究和专业培训机会，包括实习， 专业发展活动。已经资助了15年，CATER计划继续提供什么 我们相信，在再生医学成功的所有关键领域都有及时，创新和出色的培训。 CATER学员已成功地在学术界或工业界建立了研究项目，加入了工业界或政府 在监管领域，甚至进入了更多样化的职业，如知识产权法和联邦调查局。我们 我们相信，我们的计划将继续“迎合”我们的学员不断变化的需求，并朝着前进 再生医学作为一门学科的定义和深度。我们要求NIBIB继续支持6个培训时段 继续培训我们的下一代科学家实践再生医学，通过协调， 跨学科和严格的教学法;研究;和专业培训，通过CATER计划。

The University of Pittsburgh seeks continued support for multidisciplinary and innovative pre-doctoral training in Regenerative Medicine via the Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering & Regeneration (CATER) training program. The CATER program combines faculty and research expertise from an eclectic group of disciplines that combine tissue engineering with molecular and cellular approaches of therapies for human disease and regeneration. Regenerative medicine is truly a multidisciplinary field that brings together scientists from human biology, engineering, medical devices, material sciences, development, pathology, systems biology and applied technologies to focus on the repair and replacement of human tissues to restore form and function. A significant challenge in regenerative medicine is developing the next generation of experts with intellectual grasp of these diverse disciplines. This was the impetus behind the inception of the CATER program, which enabled cross-disciplinary training transcending the more traditional departmentally-focused research training programs. The CATER pre-doctoral training program embraces this multidisciplinary collaborative sentiment for research and education in regenerative medicine, abolishing silos within disciplines and remains the hallmark of the CATER program. The students matriculate into CATER program from the Bioengineering Graduate program in the School of Engineering or Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate program from the School of Medicine usually in their 2nd year based on successful nomination and evaluation for academic excellence and research in regenerative medicine. While CATER trainees are funded for the next 2 years as they accomplish coursework, develop research projects and become part of a robust, interactive and collaborative community, they remain part of CATER activities until their thesis defense and beyond. The goal of the CATER training program is to provide a solid foundation upon which to build a productive and independent career in regenerative medicine for human disease and injury. This goal is accomplished via a highly coordinated and mentored interdisciplinary training program, which combines required and elective courses, research and specialized training opportunities, including internships and professional development activities. Having been funded for 15 years, the CATER program continues to provide what we believe is timely, innovative and outstanding training in all key areas critical for success in regenerative medicine. CATER trainees have successfully established research programs in academia or industry, joined industry or government in regulatory domain, and have even gone on to more diverse professions like intellectual property law and FBI. We are confident that our program will continue to ‘cater’ to the evolving needs of our trainees and toward the advancing definition and depth of regenerative medicine as a discipline. We request continued support of NIBIB for 6 training slots to continue training our next generation of scientists practicing regenerative medicine, through coordinated, interdisciplinary and rigorous didactics; research; and professional training, via the CATER program.