CANCER RESEARCH TRAINING IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE

该培训计划的目标是为医生和基础科学家准备职业生涯，专注于开发和使用放射性核素诊断和治疗癌症。需要为5名受训人员提供支助，他们可能是医生，也可能是基础科学家。受训医师将完成核医学委员会认证要求的主要部分。基础科学培训生将持有博士学位。化学、物理学、生物学或相关学科的学位。每个人的目标都是在学术环境中从事研究工作。培训计划将持续两到三年。一个基础广泛的教学课程将完全涵盖核医学领域适用于癌症。每个学员将在高级教师导师的协调下，在选定的轨道上集中精力。具体的研究轨道是：（1）肿瘤抗体/放射性药物，（2）内分泌肿瘤，（3）脑肿瘤，（4）放射性药物治疗，（5）定量放射性核素成像，和（6）放射性药物开发。在一个或这些轨道的组合研究将涉及至少50-75%的受训时间。该计划将在核医学部和综合癌症中心设施进行。培训将由大型多学科核医学系的成员监督。该小组每年发表90多篇论文，每年获得600多万美元的研究资助。核医学设施包括90，000平方英尺的诊所空间，17，000平方英尺的实验室空间，专用回旋加速器和3台PET扫描仪。该计划与密歇根大学综合癌症中心的活动相结合。教师的积极性，结构化的课程，优良的设施和一流的智力环境相结合，预计个人准备在癌症研究的明天的领导者。

The goal of this training program is to prepare physicians and basic scientists for careers focused on the development and use of radionucleotides in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Support is requested for five trainees, who may be either physicians or basic scientists. Physician trainees will have completed the major portion of requirements for board certification in nuclear medicine. Basic science trainees will hold the Ph.D. degree in chemistry, physics, biology, or a related science.. Each will be aiming for a career in research in a academic setting. The training program will be two to three years in duration. A broad based didactic curriculum will cover fully the field of nuclear medicine as applied to cancer. Each trainee will give focused concentration in selected tracks coordinated by a senior faculty mentor. Specific research tracks are: (1) Tumor antibodies/radiopharmaceutical, (2) Endocrine tumors, (3) Brain tumors, (4) Radiopharmaceutical therapy, (5) Quantitative radionuclide imaging, and (6) Radiopharmaceutical development. Research in one or a combination of these tracks will involve at least 50-75% of trainee time. The program will be conducted in the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center facilities. Training will be supervised by members of the large, multi- disciplinary nuclear medicine faculty. This group publishes over 90 papers per year and receives over 6 million dollars per year in research grant support. Nuclear Medicine facilities include 90,000 square feet of clinic space, 17,000 square feet of laboratory space, a dedicated cyclotron, and 3 PET scanners. This program is integrated with University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center activities. The combination of faculty motivation, structured curricula, excellent facilities, and superb intellectual environment is expected to prepare individuals to be tomorrow's leaders in cancer research.