Mentored Clinical Research Scholar Program Award

描述（申请人提供）： 威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校拥有校园内任何学校或学院最大的研究承诺，在2000财政年度获得超过1.3亿美元的研究支持。大约580名教职员工，在25个部门和19个中心和研究所工作，有积极的研究计划，几乎涵盖了基础或临床生物医学研究的各个方面。临床研究学者（CRS）计划的目的是为希望参加UW-Madison临床研究者预备计划（K30计划）的初级教师提供财政支持，并确保他们有受保护的时间进行指导的临床研究。CRS计划的具体目标是：1）提供生物统计学，研究设计，生物伦理学，科学写作和演示，领导力，教学，负责任的研究行为和学科特定或跨学科研究的个性化教学培训计划; 2）提供工资支持，以保护受训者至少75%的时间用于指导研究和培训; 3）授予受训者专业证书或理学硕士学位，以证明他们准备进行临床研究; 4）支持和鼓励妇女和少数民族在临床研究中的职业发展; 5）保持全面的评估计划，评估受训者的成就和CRS计划的成功。申请人强调了来自不同学科的教师导师的成就，包括医学，儿科学，心脏病学，肿瘤学，妇女健康，老年医学，精神病学，心理学和外科学，他们可以提供多学科的研究经验，这将促进临床研究人员的职业发展。此外，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校CRS计划强调招聘代表性不足的少数民族，并包括一个广泛的评估计划，形成性和总结性地评估学员，导师，教师，课程和整体计划。完成CRS计划后，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的学员将获得顶点或研究生证书或理学硕士学位，这应该使他们成为成功和独立的临床研究者。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by the applicant): UW-Madison has the largest research commitment of any school or college on campus, receiving more than $130 million in research support in fiscal 2000. Approximately 580 faculty members, working in 25 departments and 19 centers and institutes, have active research programs covering virtually every aspect of basic or clinical biomedical research. The purpose of the Clinical Research Scholar (CRS) Program is to provide financial support for junior faculty who wish to participate in the UW-Madison Clinical Investigator Preparatory Program (K30 Program) and assure them protected time to conduct mentored clinical research. Specific objectives of the CRS program are to 1) provide an individualized didactic training program in biostatistics, study design, bioethics, scientific writing and presentation, leadership, teaching, responsible conduct of research and discipline-specific or interdisciplinary research; 2) provide salary support to protect at least 75% of a trainee's time for mentored research and training; 3) award trainees a Professional Certificate or Master of Science Degree to credential their preparation to conduct clinical research; 4) support and encourage the career development of women and minorities in clinical research; 5) maintain a comprehensive evaluation plan that assesses the trainees' accomplishments and the CRS Program's success. The applicants have highlighted the accomplishments of faculty mentors from a variety of disciplines including medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, oncology, women's health, geriatrics, psychiatry, psychology and surgery who can provide multidisciplinary research experiences that will foster the career development of clinical investigators. Furthermore, the UW-Madison CRS Program plan emphasizes recruitment of underrepresented minorities and includes an extensive evaluation plan that formatively and summatively assesses the trainees, mentors, instructors, curriculum and overall program plan. After completing the CRS Program, UW-Madison trainees will receive a Capstone or Graduate Certificate or a Master of Science degree that should have prepared them to be successful and independent clinical investigators.