WOMENS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH CAREER CENTER

本申请是对RFA HD-99-91的回应，邀请妇女生殖健康研究（WRHR）职业发展中心的机构申请。罗彻斯特大学医学和牙科学院在培养临床和基础研究人员方面有着悠久的传统。目前，学院有26个联邦资助的培训补助金，支持149名学员。随着时间的推移，妇产科获得了美国国立卫生研究院的资助，为六名从事研究的妇产科医生提供了研究培训，这些医生后来在学术生涯中取得了成功，培养了20多名博士候选人。并为国际妇产科医生提供了多种研究培训机会。该部门在教师招聘和研究设施方面的重大投资使其成为开展妇产科医生职业研究培训的良机。我们的具体目标是：成功招募优秀的WRHR学者；培养无论其具体研究领域如何，在临床和/或实验室研究的知识、方法、技术和道德行为核心方面有良好基础的妇产科调查员；在这一核心课程的基础上，为妇产科医生制定一个有指导的研究培训计划，使他们能够作为独立的科学调查人员，解决基础、临床和/或转化研究问题，以造福妇女的生殖健康；通过WRHR中心培养妇产科教师，这将增加该系研究人员的临界质量；并根据其教育目标评估课程，包括入学学者的生产力，他们随后进入妇产科研究职业，以及他们在这些职业中的成功发展。为了实现这些具体目标，罗切斯特WRHR中心的课程将由四个部分组成：(1)知识领域、研究技能和研究态度的核心课程；(2)构成临床科学或基础科学核心的补充课程；(3)研究研讨会和讲习班；(4)六个具体研究领域的专业课程和指导研究。每个研究领域的导师都有NIH的资助和广泛的研究历史。11位导师中有7位是妇产科教师。妇产科主任将担任首席研究员，该部门的研究主任将担任项目主任。一个由8人组成的咨询委员会将监督中心，两名外部评审员将参与评估过程。

This application is in response to RFA HD-99-91, inviting institutional applications for Women's Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Career Development Centers. The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry has had a long tradition of excellence in the training of clinical and basic researchers. Currently, there are 26 federally-funded training grants within the School supporting 149 trainees. Across time, The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has had NIH funding to provide research training to six-obstetrician-gynecologists in research who have gone on to have successful academic careers, has trained more than 20 Ph.D. candidates., and has provided a variety of research training opportunities to international ob-gyn physicians. Significant investment in faculty recruitment and research facilities in the Department makes this an opportune time for it to initiate career research training for obstetrician-gynecologists. Our specific aims are to: successfully recruit excellent WRHR Scholars; produce obstetrician- gynecologist investigators who, regardless of their specific research area, are well-grounded in a core of knowledge, methods, techniques and ethical conduct concerning clinical and/or laboratory research; build on this core curriculum by developing a mentored research training program for obstetrician gynecologists that will enable them to function as independent scientific investigators addressing basic, clinical, and/or translational research questions to benefit the reproductive health of women; cultivate faculty in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, through the WRHR Center, who will add to a critical mass of departmental research faculty; and assess the curriculum in terms of meetings its education objectives, including the productivity of the Scholars enrolled, their subsequent entry into ob-gyn research careers, and their successful progression in those careers. To accomplish these specific aims, the Rochester WRHR Center curriculum will consist of four components: (1) A core curriculum of knowledge areas, research skills and attitudes about research; (2) Supplemental courses constituting a clinical science or basic science core; (3) Research seminars and workshops; and (4) specialized courses and mentored research in six specific research areas. Mentors in each of the research areas have NIH funding and an extensive research history. Seven of the 11 mentors are Ob-Gyn faculty. The Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology will be principal investigator and the Department's Director of Research will be Program Director. An Advisory Committee of 8 individuals will oversee the Center and two outside reviewers will be incorporated into the assessment process.