Child Neurologist Career Development Program

项目摘要/摘要 发育中的神经系统疾病很常见，大约有15%的人受到影响。为了提高 对于患有这种疾病的儿童(和成人)的生活，我们迫切需要一条增强的儿童管道 神经学内科医生-将推动必要的创新研究以改善 预防、诊断和干预。我们建议，在儿童神经科医生的续签申请中 职业发展计划(CNCDP-K12)，以我们现有的计划为基础，提供密集的、有指导的 致力于成为独立资助的内科科学家的儿科神经科医生的职业发展。这 NINDS资助的项目是神经科学学术发展奖(NSADA)的国家化版本， 授予个别机构的计划。虽然NSADA支持研究事业的发展 许多儿童神经学家，该计划在国家层面上一直未能实现，根据 获得个人K奖的资助学者的数量，可以说是因为它最多有10个具体的 机构。相比之下，CNCDP只有一名项目主任，其执行领导层由8人组成 高度合作的内科科学家和儿科神经学家，他们是该学科的国家领导者。CNCDP 有两个教职委员会：一个由15名成员组成的科学咨询和审查委员会(SARC)和一个由4名成员组成的国家委员会 咨询委员会(NAC)。组成这些委员会的教员，都是有成就的内科医生- 超过25%的科学家来自非儿科神经学学科，拥有不同的专业知识。SARC的审查 奖学金申请者/申请者，并担任机构外顾问。NAC向领导层提供 正在对该计划进行批判性评估。根据CNCDP，个别儿科神经科医生(在3年内 完成临床培训)可从美国任何学术机构申请。申请人必须证明 高质量和可行的研究项目，稳健的职业发展计划和制度环境 支持内科科学家的职业发展，并提供机构支持信，承诺适当 保护研究和职业发展的时间。年会是一个为期两天半的静修，所有教职员工都会参加， 资助的学者、申请者、NIH工作人员和其他人，构成了密集指导和职业生涯的机制 通过小组会议、一对一会议、学者介绍他们的工作(与 集中关注高质量的陈述和明确的目标)，以及其他促进职业发展的课程。 项目课程还通过网络研讨会/视频会议全年提供。在年会上， SARC审查了这些申请，并通常会推荐其中6个最有价值的项目，以获得3年的资助。一个 共有30名学者(90个奖学金年)将获得资助。CNCDP提供了高度结构化的监督 学者的进步以及机构和学者对项目要求的承诺。取得的成功 该计划将以学者和非资助申请者达到个人K的高比率来衡量 级别资助或同等资助额。

Project Summary / Abstract Disorders of the developing nervous system are common, affecting roughly 15% of the population. To improve the lives of children (and adults) with such disorders, we are in critical need of an enhanced pipeline of child neurology physician-scientists who will drive the innovative research necessary to lead to improvements in prevention, diagnosis and intervention. We propose, in this renewal application for the Child Neurologist Career Development Program (CNCDP-K12), to build upon our extant program, providing intensive, mentored career development for pediatric neurologists committed to being independently funded physician-scientists. This NINDS funded program is the nationalized version of the Neuroscience Academic Development Award (NSADA), a program granted to individual institutions. While the NSADA supported the research career development of numerous child neurologists, the program has under-delivered at the national level, as measured by the number of funded scholars to receive individual K awards, arguably due to its yoking to up to 10 specific institutions. By contrast, the CNCDP has a single Program Director with an Executive Leadership comprising 8 highly collaborative physician-scientist pediatric neurologists who are national leaders in the discipline. The CNCDP has 2 faculty committees: a 15 member Scientific Advisory & Review Committee (SARC) and a 4 member National Advisory Committee (NAC). The faculty members comprising these committees, all accomplished physician- scientists with over 25% from non-pediatric neurology disciplines, have diverse sets of expertise. The SARC reviews scholar applicants/applications and serves as extra-institutional advisors. The NAC provides to the leadership ongoing critical evaluation of the program. Under the CNCDP, individual pediatric neurologists (within 3 years of completion of clinical training) from any academic institution in the US can apply. The applicant must demonstrate a high quality and feasible research project, a robust career development plan, and institutional environment supportive of physician scientist career development, and an institutional letter of support committing appropriate protected time to research and career development. The Annual Meeting, a 2.5 day retreat attended by all faculty, funded scholars, applicants, NIH staff, and others, constitutes a mechanism for intensive mentoring and career development through small group sessions, one-on-one meetings, scholar presentations of their work (with intensive focus on quality presentations and articulating specific aims), and other career-enhancing curriculum. Program curriculum is also provided year-round through webinars/video conference. At the Annual Meeting, the SARC reviews the applications and recommends typically 6 of the most meritorious for 3 years of funding. A total of 30 scholars (90 scholar-years) are to be funded. The CNCDP provides highly structured oversight of the scholars' progress as well as institutional and scholar commitment to the program's requirements. Success of the program will be measured by a high rate of both scholars and non-funded applicants achieving individual K level funding or the equivalent.