POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN ORAL BIOLOGY

口腔生物学和口腔医学波士顿大学牙科医学院（BUSDM）培训计划的目标是为牙医和合格的博士前候选人提供高级教育和培训。在BUSDM提供的程序准备候选人成为独立的研究人员，并应提供口腔医学的研究和学术生涯的基础。该提案代表了口腔生物学博士后培训计划的延续，目前已进入第十个年头，通过国家研究服务机构奖获得资助。我们的计划，导致科学博士（D. Sc.）或者博士学位在口腔生物学，是唯一适合在口腔和颅面医学领域的利益候选人。我们计划的相当大的实力源于正在进行的研究的高质量和教学课程的范围和广度，以及从BUSDM的承诺，建立卓越的科学中心。我们的博士后教育和培训计划的范围和深度已经在几个层面上扩大。口腔生物学在BUSDM司现在提供两个基本的科学课程，在口腔生物学和医学博士后教育。口腔生物学博士学位需要至少三年的时间，并由BUSDM管理，而博士学位。口腔生物学学位由医学院研究生医学部管理，需要四到五年完成。的博士学位也提供给具有学士学位或同等学位的博士前候选人。此外，我们的D.Sc.计划现在还为对临床和转化研究感兴趣的牙医提供了一个轨道。在未来五年的支持，要求2 D.S.c学员，3博士后博士。实习生和4名博士生。这两个学位课程的学术和物理资源都非常出色。口腔生物学系包括9名教师，涵盖了NIDCR支持的这一领域的广泛研究领域。此外，学员还受益于医学院研究生医学部的大量教师资源。口腔生物学部门的研究设施是最先进的，并设在一个现代化的研究大楼，先进的生物医学研究中心。总的来说，这为候选人发展成为训练有素的科学家提供了良好的环境。

The goal of the Boston University School of Dental Medicine (BUSDM) Training Program in Oral Biology and Oral Medicine is to provide advanced education and training to dentists and qualified pre-doctoral candidates. The programs offered in BUSDM prepare candidates to become independent investigators and should provide the foundation for a research and academic career in Oral Medicine. The proposal represents a continuation of the Postdoctoral Training Program in Oral Biology currently in its tenth year of funding through the Institutional National Research Service Award. Our program, leading to a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) or a Ph.D. in Oral Biology, is uniquely geared to candidates with interests in the area of oral and craniofacial medicine. Considerable strength of our program stems from the high quality of ongoing research and the scope and breadth of didactic courses, as well as from the commitment of BUSDM to build centers of excellence in science. The scope and depth of our postdoctoral education and training programs has been expanded on several levels. The Division of Oral Biology at BUSDM is offering now two basic science curricula for postdoctoral education in Oral Biology and Medicine. The D.Sc. degree in Oral Biology requires a minimum of three years and is administered by BUSDM, while the Ph.D. degree in Oral Biology is administered by the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences of the Medical School and requires four to fie years for completion. The Ph.D. degree is also offered to predoctoral candidates with a bachelor or equivalent degree. Furthermore, our D.Sc. program now also offers a track for dentists interested in clinical and translational research. For the next five years support is requested for 2 D.S.c trainees, 3 postdoctoral Ph.D. trainees and 4 predoctoral trainees. The academic and physical resources for both degree programs are excellent. The Division of Oral Biology includes 9 faculty members covering a broad area of NIDCR supported research in this field. In addition, trainees profit from the large faculty resources of the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences of the Medical School. The research facilities of the Division of Oral Biology are state-of-the art and are housed in a modern research building, the Center of Advanced Biomedical Research. Overall this provides an excellent environment for the development of candidates into well-trained scientists.