TRAINING PROGRAM IN MUSCULOSKELETAL RESEARCH

描述（来自申请书）：该提案代表了凯斯西储大学医学院骨科系和风湿病科之间的合作，旨在培养骨科生物工程领域的博士生前候选人，以及风湿病学和骨科的特定目标领域的学术导向的研究生医生/博士后学员（MD， PhD和MD/PhD），包括免疫学，骨/软骨移植，骨/软骨代谢，组织生物力学和骨关节炎。培训通过深入参与研究项目和会议/研讨会进行，在这些会议/研讨会中进行基础科学研究以及将研究应用于临床问题。培训联合主任由指导委员会协助，指导委员会在整个项目期间定期正式审查培训计划和学员的进展情况。学院赞助各种参与临床和基础科学部门之间的互动，促进互动式实习研究。定期的实验室会议，正式的讲座，大型会议，研讨会和联合会议，以及参加适当的研究生课程，增加了实验室研究经验。培训计划的目标仍然是培养能够在肌肉骨骼疾病领域的实验室研究中做出重大贡献的学术专业人员。

DESCRIPTION (from the application): This proposal represents a collaborative interplay between the Department of Orthopaedics and the Division of Rheumatic Diseases at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine for training of predoctoral candidates in the field of orthopaedic bioengineering and academically-oriented graduate physicians/postdoctoral trainees (MD, PhD and MD/PhD) in specifically targeted areas of rheumatology and orthopaedics to include immunology, bone/cartilage transplantation, bone/cartilage metabolism, tissue biomechanics and osteoarthritis. Training occurs through intensive participation in a research project and conferences/seminars in which basic science research as well as the application of research to clinical problems are implemented. Training co-directors are assisted by a Steering Committee which formally reviews the program and progress of trainees on a regular basis throughout the project. Faculty sponsor interactions amongst the various participating clinical and basic science departments foster interactive trainee research. Regular laboratory meetings, formal lectures, grand rounds, seminars and conjoint conferences, as well as participation in appropriate graduate courses augment bench research experience. The goal of the training program continues to be development of academic professionals capable of making significant contri-butions in laboratory investigations in the field of musculoskeletal disease.