Pediatrics Training: Cellular and Molecular Biology

描述(由申请者提供)：该培训计划旨在为任何临床专科的儿科医生在学术医学领域独立的、以研究为导向的职业生涯做准备。它的具体目标是为年轻的儿科研究人员提供强大的分子和细胞生物学研究工具，使他们能够深入探索与儿童健康有关的基本问题。项目教员是根据他们在培训年轻研究人员方面表现出的卓越表现、他们研究项目的实力以及他们在儿科研究的三个领域之一--宿主防御、发育生物学和异常细胞生长--的专业知识来挑选的。 该计划支持的受训人员将从已在儿科某一子专业领域完成临床部分团契培训(一年)的个人中挑选出来。选择这些受训人员的标准将包括他们成为成功研究人员的潜力、他们以前的学术记录，以及他们致力于发展独立的、以学术为导向的研究事业。该方案每年将支持五名受训者；三至四人将在其研究金培训的研究部分的第一年得到支持，一至两人在第二年得到支持。 为利用密歇根大学医学中心(UMMC)丰富的教育和研究机会的学员提供了一门课程。没有很强的细胞和分子生物学背景的学员将报名参加UMMC提供的为期三个月的细胞和分子生物学博士后强化课程。本系主办研究研讨会，并增设课程以发展学术技能。受训者的大部分时间将花在他们的研究导师的实验室里的个别研究项目上。此外，他们还将参加UMMC许多基础和临床科学单位提供的适合项目的研究研讨会、讲座和专门研讨会，并将有机会进入UMMC优秀的核心实验室。作为他们研究经验的一部分，他们将申请个人奖项，以支持他们完成研究培训。受训人员的进展将由由儿科教员组成的计划委员会以及由UMMC教员组成的儿科系以外的咨询委员会监督。完成博士后培训后，学员将获得儿科临床专科的董事会资格，并将为作为独立的、以研究为导向的学术儿科医生的成功职业生涯做好充分准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This training program is designed to prepare pediatricians of any clinical subspecialty for independent, research-oriented careers in academic medicine. Its specific goal is to provide young pediatric investigators with the powerful research tools of molecular and cellular biology that will allow them to explore, in depth, basic questions related to children's health. The program faculty are selected on the basis of their demonstrated excellence in training young investigators, the strength of their research programs, and their expertise in one of three areas of pediatric research -- host defenses, developmental biology, and abnormal cellular growth. The trainees supported by this program will be selected from a pool of individuals who have already completed the clinical component of fellowship training (one year) in one of the subspecialty areas of pediatrics. The criteria for choosing these trainees will include their potential to be successful investigators, their previous academic records, and their commitment to developing independent, academically-oriented research careers. Each year the program will support five trainees; three to four will be supported in the first year of the research component of their fellowship training, and one to two in the second year. A curriculum is provided for the trainees that take advantage of the rich educational and research opportunities available at the University of Michigan Medical Center (UMMC). Trainees without a strong background in cellular and molecular biology will enroll in the intensive three month post-doctorate course in cellular and molecular biology offered by UMMC. The Department sponsors research seminars, with additional sessions to develop academic skills. The majority of the trainees' time will be spent working on individual research projects in the laboratories of their research mentors. In addition, they will participate in project-appropriate research seminars, lectures, and specialized workshops offered by the many basic and clinical sciences units of UMMC, and will have access to the excellent UMMC core laboratories. As part of their research experience, they will apply for individual awards to support completion of their research training. Progress of the trainees will be monitored by the Program Committee composed of pediatric faculty, as well as by the Advisory Committee composed of UMMC faculty outside the Department of Pediatrics. Upon completion of their post-doctoral training, trainees will be board eligible in a pediatric clinical subspecialty, and will be well-prepared for successful careers as independent, research-oriented academic pediatricians.