Planning for the Future of Dental Research and Practice

描述（由申请人提供）：塔夫茨大学牙科医学院在牙科治疗和材料方面有着悠久的创新历史。在塔夫茨大学的研究和培训基础设施的发展将扩大我们的能力，使疾病和口腔发展的细胞机制的理解取得重大进展，并将这种理解转化为患者护理。已经朝着创建一个强大的研究社区的目标采取了渐进的步骤，但塔夫茨牙科医学院准备更充分地专注于研究和研究生研究培训的发展。制定一个适当的计划对奋进的成功至关重要。该应用程序包含一个两步法，由经验丰富的项目总监监督，以创建一个战略计划，以实现我们的研究目标。第一步是评估关键需求并编写关键需求评估文件。第二步是制定改善基础设施的战略。几个团体的投入将有助于基础设施改进计划。这些参与者将是：内部咨询委员会由来自牙科学校和塔夫茨其他研究领域的顾问组成，由利益相关者和内部咨询委员会成员组成的焦点小组;和外部咨询委员会由其他成功的牙科学校的教师和/或管理人员以及塔夫茨的高级管理人员组成，研究副教务长。基础设施改善计划将为塔夫茨大学牙科医学院提供服务，作为发展强大的生物研究基地的指南，重点是发展和疾病，并使大学能够充满信心地取得成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Tufts University School of Dental Medicine has a long history of innovation in dental treatment and materials. The development of the infrastructure for research and training at Tufts will expand our capability for making significant advancements in the understanding of cellular mechanisms of disease and development in the oral cavity and translating that understanding to patient care. Incremental steps have been taken toward the goal of creating a strong research community, but the School of Dental Medicine at Tufts stands poised to focus more fully on the development of research and of graduate research training. The creation of an appropriate plan will be critical to the success of the endeavor. This application contains a two-step method to be overseen by an experienced project director for creating a strategic plan to achieve our research goals. The first step is the evaluation of the critical needs and the development of a Critical Needs Assessment document. The second step is to develop a strategy for infrastructure improvement. The input of several groups will contribute to an Infrastructure Improvement Plan. These participants will be: an Internal Advisory Committee made up advisors from both within the Dental School and other research areas of Tufts, focus groups made up of stakeholders and members of the Internal Advisory Committee; and an External Advisory Committee made up of faculty and/or administrators from other successful Dental Schools and a high level administrator from Tufts, the Associate Provost for Research. The Infrastructure Improvement Plan will serve the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine as a guide for the development of a strong biological research base focused on development and disease, and allow the University to move forward with confidence in success.