Research and Mentorship in Alternative Medicine

描述(申请人提供)：菲利普斯博士是一名临床医生兼调查员，致力于以患者为中心的研究。他是哈佛医学院替代医学研究奖学金项目的负责人，该项目由NCCAM授予的NIH T32机构培训补助金支持。菲利普斯博士有很长一段成功的指导历史，他指导了40多名学员，几乎所有的学员都是富有成效的临床医生和研究人员。在他获得K24奖学金的头四年里，他为12名研究员提供了指导；目前有6名研究员参加了该计划，其中6名已经完成了该奖学金计划。在六名项目毕业生中，五人目前是教职员工，四人获得了K系列职业发展奖。研究奖学金计划最近又延长了五年，包括以患者为导向的指导研究、哈佛公共卫生学院的硕士水平培训、临床综合医学培训和定期会议。除了指导模范培训计划外，他还开发了自己的联邦资助的综合医学研究计划，并担任NCCAM的R01和NCI的R21的首席研究员，前者为心力衰竭患者进行太极随机试验，后者为癌症患者进行推拿的随机对照试验。这两笔赠款都是由他最初的K24资金支持的工作产生的。他接受了补充和综合医疗疗法(CIMT)方面的培训，重点是用于管理慢性病的心身技术。在这份K24继续申请中，他建议继续领导T32奖学金计划，指导寻求进行以患者为导向的CIMT研究的年轻研究人员，并为这些受训人员作为独立调查人员的职业生涯做好准备。此外，菲利普斯博士将为项目毕业生提供指导，帮助他们在当地和全国范围内寻找学术职位和竞争职业发展奖项。他将继续自己资助的工作，包括旨在改善慢性病患者预后的干预措施的临床试验，并建议对慢性阻塞性肺病患者进行太极试点研究。他自己的工作，以及哈佛医学院CIMT正在进行的其他研究，将为他的项目中的研究员提供研究机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dr. Phillips is a clinician-investigator dedicated to patient-oriented research. He directs the Harvard Medical School Fellowship Program in Alternative Medicine Research, supported by an NIH T32 institutional training grant awarded by NCCAM. Dr. Phillips has a long history of successful mentorship, having mentored more than 40 trainees, nearly all of whom are productive clinician-investigators. During the first four years of his K24 award, he has provided mentorship to 12 fellows; six fellows are currently in the program, and six have completed the fellowship program. Of the six program graduates, five are currently academic faculty, and four have been awarded K series Career Development Awards. The research fellowship program was recently renewed for an additional five years, and includes mentored patient-oriented research, master's level training at the Harvard School of Public Health, training in clinical integrative medicine and regular conferences. In addition to directing an exemplary training program, he has developed his own federally funded research program in integrative medicine, and serves as Principal Investigator on an R01 from NCCAM to perform a randomized trial of Tai Chi for patients with heart failure, and an R21 from NCI to examine the feasibility of performing a randomized controlled trial of massage for patients with cancer. Both grants resulted from work supported by his initial K24 funding. He has obtained training in complementary and integrative medical therapies (CIMT), with an emphasis on mind-body techniques used to manage chronic illness. In this K24 continuation application, he proposes to provide continued leadership of the T32 fellowship program, to mentor young investigators seeking to perform patient-oriented CIMT research, and to prepare these trainees for careers as independent investigators. Additionally, Dr. Phillips will provide mentorship to program graduates as they seek academic positions and compete for career development awards both locally and nationally. He will continue his own funded work which involves clinical trials of interventions designed to improve outcomes for patients with chronic illness, and proposes a pilot study of Tai Chi for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His own work, as well as other research being performed in CIMT at Harvard Medical School, will provide research opportunities for fellows in his program.