Training Grant in Radiation Biology

项目描述（由申请人提供）：本项目旨在培养博士后在放射生物学领域的独立研究能力，使其在放射肿瘤学和癌症生物学领域做出重大贡献。我们建议采用多方面的方法来实现这一目标，包括：1)为范德比尔特大学医学院的杰出科学家提供实验室培训，这些科学家利用尖端技术和高度协作的方法，2)辐射生物学、辐射物理学和癌症生物学领域的课程，3)多学科癌症中心系列研讨会，旨在促进基础科学家和进行转化研究的临床医生/科学家之间的互动，4)多学科部门系列研讨会。此外，学员将在范德比尔特大学接触临床肿瘤学环境。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this proposed training grant will be to teach Postdoctoral Fellows to perform independent research in the area of Radiation Biology, so that they can make significant contributions to the fields of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Biology. We propose to accomplish this using a multi-faceted approach consisting of: 1) providing training in the laboratories of outstanding scientists at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine who utilize cutting edge techniques coupled with highly collaborative approaches, 2) course work in the areas of Radiation Biology, Radiation Physics, and Cancer Biology, 3) multi-disciplinary Cancer Center Seminar Series designed to foster interactions between basic scientists and clinician/scientists who perform translational research, and 4) multi-disciplinary departmental seminar series. In addition, trainees will be exposed to clinical oncology environments at Vanderbilt. The training grant preceptors are well qualified to prepare individuals to become outstanding scientists in the field of cancer research, with a focus on radiation biology. They are extremely productive and are outstanding leaders in their respective fields. The preceptors will provide a multi-disciplinary, broad based approach to developing paradigms for cancer research. They are a mix of clinician/scientists and basic scientists who have joint appointments in clinical and basic science departments at Vanderbilt University, the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, and the Center for Vascular Biology at Vanderbilt. These preceptors have a history of interacting with each other at various levels, e.g., numerous seminars, research collaboration, team teaching, as well as serving on graduate student committees. These interactions and the multi-disciplinary approaches taken by the preceptors represent important components for insuring a coherent, integrated interdisciplinary training program.