Research and Mentorship in Alternative Medicine

描述(申请人提供)：菲利普斯博士是一名临床医生兼研究员，致力于以患者为中心的研究。他领导着哈佛补充和替代医学的教师发展和奖学金计划，该计划得到了NIH国家补充和替代医学中心的T32机构培训补助金的支持。菲利普斯博士在成功指导方面有着悠久的历史。他已经指导了29名实习生，几乎所有人都是多产的临床研究人员。为了表彰他的才华，他在哈佛医学院获得了享有盛誉的A.Clifford Barger奖和卓越导师奖。目前，他指导学员在补充和替代医学(CAM)方面的工作。他的职业目标是成为一名领先的CAM学术研究员，并指导一个模范的CAM研究培训项目。他建议对自己进行专门的CAM实践培训，包括参加关于顺势疗法、基于正念的减压和植物医学的教育项目。菲利普斯博士在贝丝以色列女执事医疗中心的替代医学研究中心指导着一个资金充足的研究项目。他建议利用中心资助的研究计划和奖学金计划，为年轻研究人员提供全面的研究培训，以进行以患者为导向的CAM研究，并为这些受训人员作为独立调查人员的职业生涯做好准备。奖学金计划提供研究方法和临床CAM经验方面的高级课程。菲利普斯博士提供研究指导，并帮助研究员开发和完成研究项目。本建议中所述的正在进行的资助研究项目包括临床试验和描述性流行病学研究。研究员有机会参与与他们的兴趣相匹配的正在进行的项目，并发展他们自己的CAM研究。这份提案描述了目前研究员正在进行的关于太极、磁力疗法和脊椎按摩的试点随机对照试验，作为Phillips博士的研究员将在他的指导下概念化、开发、实施、分析和发表的项目类型的例子。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dr. Phillips is a clinician-researcher dedicated to patient-oriented research. He directs the Harvard Faculty Development and Fellowship Program in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which is supported by a T32 Institutional Training Grant from the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Dr. Phillips has a long history of successful mentorship. He has mentored 29 trainees, nearly all of whom are productive clinical researchers. In recognition of his talents, he was awarded the prestigious A. Clifford Barger Award and Excellence in Mentorship at Harvard Medical School. Currently, he mentors the work of trainees in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). His career objective is to become a leading academic investigator in CAM, and to direct an exemplary CAM research training program. He proposes specific training for himself in CAM practice, including attending educational programs on homeopathy, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and botanical medicine. Dr. Phillips directs a well-funded research program in the Center for Alternative Medicine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He proposes to use the funded research program in the Center, and the Fellowship Program to provide comprehensive research training for young investigators to perform patient-oriented CAM research, and to prepare these trainees for careers as independent investigators. The Fellowship Program provides advanced courses in research methods, and clinical CAM experiences. Dr. Phillips provides research mentorship and helps fellows to develop and complete research projects. Ongoing funded research projects described in this proposal include clinical trials as well as descriptive epidemiologic studies. Fellows are given opportunities to become involved in ongoing projects that match their interests and to develop their own CAM research. Pilot randomized controlled trials on Tai Chi, magnet therapy, and chiropractic being performed by current fellows are described in this proposal as examples fo the types of projects Dr. Phillips' fellows will conceptualize, develop, implement, analyze and publish with his mentorship.