KUH-TN Networking Core

克利夫兰肾脏、泌尿外科、血液学培训网络（KUH-TN）网络核心的总体目标 开发支持直接对等通信和近对等指导的系统和流程， 所有由该奖项的TL 1部分直接支持的学员，包括机构学员 已经得到其他NIH培训机制的支持，如奖学金（FS），职业发展奖 (Ks)，短期培训赠款（T35），教育计划赠款（R25），和KUH-TN TL 1校友。这 应用程序提出了一个创新的培训计划，旨在建立一个强大的对等支持系统， 近同行的指导网络，由我们的教师培训师培养，具有长期的教学经验， 真正的热情支持初级研究事业。克利夫兰提供了独特的能力， 这种强大的网络，由于接近所谓的“健康技术走廊”，这是一个3英里 这条大道拥有170多家生物医学，医疗保健和技术公司，以及主要的 医疗保健和2- 4年制教育机构。这些实体包括克利夫兰诊所，大学 克利夫兰医疗中心、MetroHealth医疗中心、生物科学孵化器，包括生物企业 以及克利夫兰诊所创新公司、凯斯西储大学和克利夫兰州立大学。因此，在本发明中， 克利夫兰的健康和生物医学机构和公司在地理上很近， 通过公共交通连接。 拟议的研究计划旨在建立一个实践社区，将学员，导师和潜力联系起来。 计划申请人，并促进旨在维持专业网络的社区外展计划。 这些目标将通过三种战略方法来实现，即同侪支持和近同侪指导 网络：1）创建一个坚实的虚拟和面对面的实践社区，确保快速沟通 和共享意识，将以简单和非正式的方式培养信任，并将增加整体共享的身体， 2）创建和维护一个从高中开始的近同行管道 通过在地区高中和本科建立外展计划， 机构，建立在U2 C机构，克利夫兰市之间的现有网络的伙伴关系， 学区（CMSD），当地社区学院和其他区域科学和文化中心;以及3） 通过培养学员的集体能力，发展学员作为同侪和近同侪导师的技能。这些 活动的结构不仅仅是在克利夫兰KUH-TN成员之间建立联系网络 而是为了产生一个共同的兴趣领域，这将激发他们对转化研究的热情， 有兴趣解决对患有K-，U-和H-使命疾病的人最重要的结果， 爱他们。

The overall goal for the Cleveland Kidney, Urology, Hematology Training Network (KUH-TN) Networking Core is to develop systems and processes that support direct peer communication and near-peer mentoring amongst all trainees supported directly by the TL1 component of this award, and including those institutional trainees already supported by other NIH training mechanisms, such as Fellowships (Fs), Career Development Awards (Ks), Short-term Training Grants (T35s), Education Program Grants (R25s), and KUH-TN TL1 alumni. This application proposes an innovative training plan and aims to build a robust peer-to-peer support system and near-peer mentoring network, nurtured by our faculty trainers' with longstanding teaching experience and genuine enthusiasm in supporting junior research careers. Cleveland offers unique capabilities for maintaining such robust network, due to the proximity of what is called the “Health-Tech Corridor”, which is a 3-mile thoroughfare that houses more than 170 biomedical, healthcare, and technology companies, together with major healthcare and 2- and 4- year education institutions. These entities include the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, MetroHealth Medical Center, bioscience incubators, including Bioenterprise and Cleveland Clinic Innovations, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University. Thus, Cleveland health and biomedicine institutions and companies are geographically close, and conveniently connected by public transit. The proposed research plan aims to create a community of practice that will link trainees, mentors and potential program applicants, and to promote community outreach programs designed to sustain a professional network. These goals will be achieved by three strategic approaches to peer-to-peer support and near-peer mentoring network: 1) create a solid virtual and in-person community of practice that will ensure rapid flow of communication and shared awareness, will foster trust in a simple and informal way, and will increase the overall shared body of knowledge developed across the network; 2) create and maintain a near-peer pipeline from high school through a terminal degree, by establishing outreach programs at regional high schools and undergraduate institutions, building on the existing web of partnerships between the U2C institutions, the Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD), local community colleges, and other regional science and cultural centers; and 3) develop trainees' skills as peer and near-peer mentors through cultivating their collective competence. These activities are structured not to merely build a network of connections among the members of Cleveland KUH-TN but rather to generate a shared domain of interest that will fuel their passion for translational research and sustain interest in addressing the outcomes most important to people with K-, U- and H-mission diseases and those that love them.