Oral Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Grant

描述(由申请人提供)： 社会将无法完全利用生物医学科学正在取得的快速和戏剧性的进步，除非能够产生足够数量的临床科学家。在此续期申请中，要求资金继续(12-16年)支持口腔细胞和分子生物学培训计划。该项目在招募、培训和留住口腔科学研究人员方面取得了巨大成功。最近投入了大量的机构资源来招聘新的外部教员，改善我们的物理工厂，并获得新的技术。这种显著增强的研究环境为我们的学员提供了在生物医学科学中脱颖而出所需的深度和广度的培训。 罗切斯特大学是一所研究密集型机构，有着悠久的历史，致力于培养牙医研究生。我们培训计划的总体目标是为牙医和口腔生物学家提供更多的培训机会，使他们能够在学术、联邦和工业组织中从事牙科和医学方面的研究工作。通过初级教师为牙科学生提供的长期和短期跨学科培训将侧重于细胞和分子生物学，重点是了解口腔组织发育、功能和修复的机制以及与口腔疾病相关的临床表现。该计划的长期目标是招聘希望攻读博士或医学博士学位的牙医，希望从事细胞和分子生物学博士后水平培训的牙医博士，以及希望中断临床学习以进行全日制博士研究的牙科学生。我们还将招聘攻读博士学位的博士和学士学位持有者。通过这种方式，博士水平的科学家可以接触到并最终招募到口腔科学领域。该计划的短期组成部分将包括处于不同职业发展阶段的牙医，以鼓励终身学习、研究职业生涯过渡以及发展形成合作所需的技能。口腔细胞和分子生物学培训项目的学员将为从事口腔科学研究工作做好充分准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Society will be unable to take complete advantage of the rapid and dramatic advances being made in the biomedical sciences unless a critical mass of clinician scientists can be generated. In this renewal application, funds are requested to continue (years 12-16) support for the Oral Cellular and Molecular Biology training program. This program has been highly successful in recruiting, training and retaining Oral Science researchers. Substantial institutional resources have recently been committed to recruit new external faculty, to improve our physical plant, and to acquire new technologies. This markedly enhanced research environment provides our trainees with the depth and breadth of training necessary to excel in the biomedical sciences. The University of Rochester is a research-intensive institution with a long history and commitment to training graduate dentists. The overall goal of our training program is to provide enhanced training opportunities for dentists and oral biologists that will enable them to pursue research careers in dentistry and medicine at academic, federal and industrial organizations. Long-term and short-term cross-disciplinary training, for dental students through junior faculty, will focus on cellular and molecular biology with an emphasis on understanding the mechanisms that underlie the development, function and repair of oral tissues as well as the associated clinical manifestations of oral disease. The long-term component of this program is targeted to the recruitment of dentists who wish to pursue a Ph.D. or M.D.-Ph.D., dentist-Ph.D.s who want to engage in post-doctoral level training in cell and molecular biology and dental students who wish to interrupt their clinical studies to pursue full-time, Ph.D. research studies. We will also recruit Ph.D.s and baccalaureate degree-holders pursuing a Ph.D. In this manner, Ph.D. level scientists can be exposed and ultimately recruited to the field of Oral Science. The short-term component of the program will include dentists at various stages of career development to encourage life-long learning, research career transition, and the development of skills necessary to form collaborations. Trainees in the Oral Cellular and Molecular Biology training program are expected to be highly prepared to pursue careers in Oral Science research.