UROLOGIC TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS

该计划培训项目旨在培训两个泌尿科 基础科学研究中的外科医生和博士后研究员 与泌尿科相关的。我们计划培养两名医学博士临床科学家 和四名博士后科学家在应用的头五年 与相关泌尿系统疾病相关的基础研究。我们的首要目标是 就是帮助这些聪明的年轻科学家从 作为独立调查人员的职业生涯的监督研究培训 解决泌尿科的重要问题。 学员的整体研究重点是分子生物学。 神经上皮功能、癌症和炎症。教职员工是 资历很高，而且所有的主要导师都有校外研究 支持和丰富的培训经验。完成培训后 编程人员将了解如何设计、实施和 完成实验以回答离散的生物学问题。那个家伙 将因此接受培训，而不仅仅是在复杂的实验室中 分子生物学、生物化学、免疫学和细胞学方法学 生物学，更要在思维过程中应用到未来 实验项目。所有学员都将有机会参加 该校基础科学系开设的正规学术课程 匹兹堡大学。所有受训人员将在 主要导师的实验室，他们都是校外助学金- 资助资深科学家使用经过深思熟虑并得到充分证明的 修改师徒制。中央集训 技术包括学徒和学徒之间每周一对一的会议 导师加上每周两次长达一小时的研究培训研讨会，网址为 它监督由四到五名导师组成的小组委员会，他们的特别 技能补充主要导师，兼任监督和指导 实习生的研究计划。这种严密的监督允许 高效、友好、协作的研究和培训同时进行。 个别研究员选择一位主要导师和高管 培训委员会将设立一个奖学金监督委员会 教师共同导师提供必要的专家培训以补充 首席导师的才华。平权行动招聘将 成为征聘和甄选过程中不可或缺的组成部分。这个 实习生设施可以为更多的研究员提供服务，而不是由此提供资金 培训方案。所有的培训都可以在超过 提供55,000平方英尺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.