Cardiovascular Scientist Training Program

项目总结/摘要 本更新申请中描述的培训计划代表了培训学术人员的新范式 心脏病专家作为心血管科学家，基于UCLA星星（专业培训和高级 研究）计划结合临床专科培训与研究培训，导致博士学位。或 硕士学位。这个项目在加州大学洛杉矶分校已经存在了24年， 心血管科学家和研究人员。M.D.学员将完成2年的专科心脏病学 培训和3-4年的研究培训，满足博士学位的要求。在一个基本的程度 科学或卫生服务研究/成果/政策，或临床研究硕士，包括正式的 课程工作和研究导致成功的论文答辩。医学博士/博士受训人员接受2年的岗位培训， 博士研究培训，包括选修课程工作。请设6个职位，以支助 仅研究培训部分。培训教师由35名高级教师和11名辅助教师组成 教师。只有资深导师可以担任主要研究导师，他们来自8个团体： 加州大学洛杉矶分校心血管研究实验室，加州大学洛杉矶分校动脉粥样硬化研究单位，加州大学洛杉矶分校细胞和 分子心脏病学单位，广泛的干细胞研究中心，加州大学洛杉矶分校访问计划（一个多- 管理博士学位的部门计划生命科学培训），工程学院， 生物数学系，卫生服务研究，加州大学洛杉矶分校公共卫生学院和兰德公司 研究生院支持教师不作为主要的导师，但在提高学生的能力方面发挥着关键作用。 整体的研究环境和促进从基础到临床竞技场的转化研究。的 学院的研究项目每年由5000多万美元的直接费用支持， 外部消息来源将心内科专科培养与博士生培养相结合。 培训（或已经拥有博士学位的人的同等博士后培训），加州大学洛杉矶分校心脏病学星星 该计划为毕业生提供了严格的研究背景，以翻译无与伦比的 将分子健康科学的进展转化为现代分子医学。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The training program described in this renewal application represents a new paradigm for training academic cardiologists as cardiovascular scientists, based on the UCLA STAR (Specialty Training and Advanced Research) Program combining clinical subspecialty training with research training leading to a Ph.D. or Masters degree. This program has been in existence here at UCLA for 24 years and has trained over 44 cardiovascular scientists and researchers. M.D. trainees will complete 2 years of subspecialty cardiology training and 3-4 years of research training that fulfills the requirements for a Ph.D. degree in one of the basic sciences or Health Service Research/Outcomes/Policy, or a Masters of Clinical Research, including formal course work and research leading to successful thesis defense. M.D./Ph.D. trainees undergo 2 years of post- doctoral research training, including elective course work. Six positions are requested, to provide support for the research training component only. The training faculty consists of 35 senior preceptors and 11 supporting faculty. Only senior preceptors may serve as primary research mentors, and they come from 8 groups: the UCLA Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, the UCLA Atherosclerosis Research Unit, the UCLA Cellular & Molecular Cardiology Unit, the Broad Stem Cell Research Center, the UCLA ACCESS Program (a multi- departmental program administering Ph.D. training in life sciences), the School of Engineering, the Biomathematics Department and, for health services research, the UCLA School of Public Health and RAND Graduate School. Supporting faculty do not act as primary mentors, but play a key role in enhancing the overall research environment and fostering translational research from the basic to the clinical arena. The research programs of the faculty are supported by over 50 million dollars in direct costs annually from extramural sources. By integrating cardiology subspecialty training with the formal recruitment of Ph.D. training (or equivalent post-doctoral training for those already having a Ph.D.), the UCLA Cardiology STAR Program provides graduates with the rigorous research background essential to translate the unparalleled advances in molecular health sciences into modern molecular medicine.