UROLOGIC TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS

该计划的培训项目旨在培养泌尿科 外科医生和博士基础科学博士后 与泌尿科有关。我们建议培养两名医学博士。临床科学家 和四名博士后科学家在前五年的应用 与相关泌尿系统疾病相关的基础研究。我们的首要目标 是帮助这些聪明的年轻科学家从 作为独立调查员的职业生涯的监督研究培训 解决泌尿学中的重要问题。 学员的总体研究重点是分子生物学， 神经上皮功能、癌症和炎症。该学院是 高素质，所有的主要导师都有校外研究 支持和丰富的培训经验。完成在职培训后 程序的研究员将了解如何设计，执行， 完整的实验来回答离散的生物学问题。这家伙 将因此受到训练，而不仅仅是在复杂的实验室里， 分子生物学、生物化学、免疫学和细胞学方法 生物学，而且在思维过程中应用于未来 实验方案。所有学员将有机会参加 大学基础科学系提供的正式学术课程 匹兹堡大学。所有学员将在 主要导师的实验室，他们都是校外资助的， 资助资深科学家使用经过深思熟虑和充分证明的 修改师傅/学徒制度。中央训练 技术结合每周一对一的学徒和 导师加一小时的研究培训研讨会，每周两次， 监督小组委员会的四个或五个导师，其特别 技能辅助主要导师，兼监督指导 实习生的研究计划这种严格的监督允许 高效、友好、协作的研究和培训同时进行。 研究员个人选择一名主要导师， 培训委员会将专门设立一个研究金监督委员会， 教师共同导师提供必要的专家培训，以补充 主要导师的才能平等权利行动征聘将 是征聘和甄选过程的一个组成部分。的 培训设施可以为更多的研究员提供服务，而不是由本基金提供资金。 培训提案。所有的训练都可以在超过 55，000平方英尺的设备齐全的实验室空间。

This program training project is designed to train both urologic surgeons and Ph.D. postdoctoral fellows in basic science research relevant to urology. We propose to train two M.D. clinician scientists and four postdoctoral scientists over the first five years in applied basic research relating to relevant urologic diseases. Our primary goal is to help these bright young scientists bridge the transition from supervised research training to careers as independent investigators addressing important questions in urology. The overall research focus of the trainees is molecular biology of neuro-epithelial function, cancer and inflammation. The faculty is highly qualified, and all the principal mentors have extramural research support and much training experience. Upon completion of the training program the fellow will understand how to design, carry out, and complete experiments to answer discrete biological questions. The fellow will thus be trained, not simply in the sophisticated laboratory methodology in molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, and cell biology, but also in the thought processes to apply to future experimental programs. All trainees will have the opportunity to take formal academic courses offered by the basic science departments of the University of Pittsburgh. All trainees will take place in the laboratories of the principal mentors who are all extramural grant- funded senior scientists using a carefully thought-out and well-proven modification of the master/apprentice system. The central training technique combines weekly one-on-one meetings between the apprentice and the mentor plus hour-long research training seminars twice weekly at which supervising subcommittees of four or five mentors, whose special skill supplement the principal mentor, concurrently monitor and guide the trainees' research program. This intense supervision permits efficient, friendly, collaborative research and training simultaneously. The individual fellows choose a principal mentor and the Executive Training Committee will tailor a fellowship supervising committee of faculty co-mentors to provide expert training necessary to supplement the talents of the principal mentor. Affirmative action recruitment will be an integral component of recruitment and selection process. The trainees facilities can serve more fellows than will be funded by this training proposal. All the training can be carried out in the more than 55,000 square feet of fully equipped laboratory space available.