Training Researchers in Clinical Integrative Medicine (TRIM) - NOSI supplement

项目总结/摘要 中西医结合，包括冥想，瑜伽，太极，按摩和其他方式被广泛使用， 希望获得健康福利的美国人。然而，这些做法对健康影响的证据表明， 有重要的局限性。“中西医结合研究培训”（TRIM）奖学金的目标是 培养优秀的前和博士后行为和社会科学家，医生，和其他合格的健康 专业人员设计和进行严格的临床和转化研究，为研究做准备 在综合医学的职业生涯。该计划有四个博士后职位和两个博士前职位。 UCSF Osher中西医结合中心提供了一个特殊的环境， 计划，TRIM旨在利用广泛的培训机会， 嵌入在丰富的UCSF研究环境中。目前的补充旨在进一步推动 TRIM计划的目标，增加了一个综合保健医生，莉娜帕迪亚，ND，谁拥有 在TRIM计划中获得先进研究技能的杰出潜力，从而影响 综合健康研究。我们为Padya博士制定了一项研究和培训计划，其中包括 获得高级临床研究硕士学位，并在NCCIH上与TRIM教师密切合作 R34研究全身热疗治疗抑郁症自14年前成立以来，TRIM 保持着吸引非常合格的候选人的记录，这些候选人集体具有相当大的 对中西医结合研究领域的影响。22名博士后研究员中有10人完成了 培训后获得K职业发展奖。TRIM程序提供了一个 跨学科的临床和研究环境;由经验丰富的研究人员提供强有力的指导; 在临床，生物学和心理学研究方法的高级培训;特别关注 与综合医学研究特别相关的研究方法问题;广泛的培训 提高研究再现性的方法;进行原创性研究的机会; 研究伦理;以及接触各种综合方法，以病人护理涉及所有年龄组， 从幼年到老年跨专业的TRIM教师坚定地致力于指导，并已 11名核心成员和10名附属成员代表内科，家庭医学，心理学，神经科学， 分子生物学、人类学、生物统计学、心理神经内分泌学、妇女健康、儿科学、健康 服务研究、医学伦理和精神病学。TRIM教师提供专家和全面的指导， 以及为每个学员的个人学习量身定制的必修和选修学术活动 目标.该计划坚定地致力于解决健康公平和多样性，公平， 包括其教师和学员;作为一个指标，在过去四年中，43%的博士前研究员是 少数民族在医学领域的代表性不足。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Integrative medicine, including meditation, yoga, tai chi, massage, and other modalities are widely used by Americans in the hope of obtaining health benefits. Evidence for the health effects of these practices, however, has important limitations. The goal of the “Training for Research in Integrative Medicine” (TRIM) fellowship is to train outstanding pre- and postdoctoral behavioral and social scientists, physicians, and other qualified health professionals to design and conduct rigorous clinical and translational research in preparation for research careers in integrative medicine. The program has four postdoctoral positions and two predoctoral positions. The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine provides an exceptional context in which to offer the program, and TRIM is designed to leverage the extensive training opportunities available as a result of being embedded in the rich UCSF research environment. The current supplement is aimed at further advancing the goals of the TRIM program by adding an integrative health practitioner, Leena Padya, ND, who has outstanding potential to gain advanced research skills in the TRIM program and thereby impact the field of integrative health research. We have developed a research and training plan for Dr. Padya that includes getting a Master’s degree in advanced clinical research, and working closely TRIM faculty on an NCCIH funded R34 study of whole body hyperthermia for depression. Since its inception 14 years ago, TRIM has maintained a record of attracting extremely well qualified candidates who collectively have had a substantial impact on the field of integrative medicine research. Ten of 22 post-doctoral fellows who have completed training have gone on to receive K career development awards. The TRIM program provides an interdisciplinary clinical and research environment; strong mentoring by an experienced research faculty; advanced training in clinical, biological, and psychological research methodologies; special attention to research methodology issues that are particularly relevant to integrative medicine research; extensive training in methods to enhance reproducibility in research; opportunities to conduct original research; training in research ethics; and exposure to diverse integrative approaches to patient care involving all age groups from early childhood through old age. The interprofessional TRIM faculty is strongly committed to mentoring and has 11 core and 10 affiliated members representing internal medicine, family medicine, psychology, neuroscience, molecular biology, anthropology, biostatistics, psychoneuroendocrinology, women’s health, pediatrics, health services research, medical ethics, and psychiatry. TRIM faculty provide expert and comprehensive mentoring, as well as required and optional academic activities that are tailored to each trainee’s individual learning objectives. The program is strongly committed to addressing issues of health equity and diversity, equity, and inclusion among its faculty and trainees; as one metric, 43% of pre-doctoral fellows in the last four years are underrepresented minorities in medicine.