HYPERTENTION

描述（申请人的摘要）圣地亚哥加州大学的培训计划致力于培养高血压和与该疾病相关的疾病的研究领域的有才能的研究人员。 这个高血压计划的目标是培养致力于研究事业的研究人员，并为他们的第一个十年的学术研究做好准备。 这是一个有竞争力的继续申请，汇集了各种资金充足和有才华的研究人员利用各种研究学科。我们建议将实习生增加到四名博士前和四名博士后实习生，共八个职位。 所有受训人员都将获得基础研究方面的丰富经验，并参加教学课程和系列研讨会。 培训由10个独立的调查小组提供。 这些小组在过去已经证明了重要的合作，并由三个与高血压研究相关的计划/项目资助。 培训专门提供几个学科，包括细胞生物学，分子生物学，免疫学，基因组学，生物化学和生理学。 博士前学员主要来自UCSD非常成功的生物医学科学研究生课程和分子病理学研究生课程。 博士后学员是从大量合格的申请者中选拔出来的。 招聘新的，经验丰富的和资金充足的培训计划教师加强了该计划，并增加了研究者的互动和协作程度。 额外的研究资金和UCSD校园内的新研究大楼也提高了这种研究环境中生产力的可能性。 罗纳德C. Blantz将继续担任项目主任，由联合主任Morton Printz博士支持。

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract) The Training Program at the University of California, San Diego is committed to the task of preparing talented investigators in research fields relevant to hypertension and the diseases associated with this malady. The goal of this Hypertension Program is to train committed investigators for a research career and prepare them for their first decade of academic research. This is a competitive continuation application which brings together a variety of well funded and talented investigators utilizing a variety of research disciplines. We are proposing a modes increase in trainees to four predoctoral and four postdoctoral trainees for a total of eight positions. All trainees receive an intensive experience in basic research coupled to participation in didactic courses and seminar series. Training is offered in several disciplines with ten individual investigative groups. These groups have demonstrated significant collaboration in the past and are funded by three Program/Project grants relevant to hypertension research. Training is specifically offered in several disciplines including cell biology, molecular biology, immunology, genomics, biochemistry, and physiology. Predoctoral trainees are derived primarily from the highly successful Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program at UCSD. Postdoctoral trainees are selected from an ample pool of well-qualified applicants. Recruitment of new, experienced and well funded training program faculty have strengthened the program and increased the degree of investigator interaction and collaboration. Additional research funding and new research buildings on the UCSD campus also improve the likelihood of productivity within this research environment. Dr. Ronald C. Blantz will continue as Program Director supported by Dr. Morton Printz, Co-Director.