Research and Mentorship in Alternative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：菲利普斯博士是一名临床研究员，致力于以患者为导向的研究。他指导哈佛医学院替代医学研究奖学金项目，该项目由NCCAM授予的NIH T32机构培训资助。菲利普斯博士有着悠久的成功指导历史，曾指导过40多名学员，几乎所有人都是富有成效的临床研究人员。在K24奖的前四年，他为12名研究员提供了指导; 6名研究员目前正在参加该项目，6名研究员已经完成了奖学金项目。在六名课程毕业生中，五名目前是学术教师，四名获得了K系列职业发展奖。研究奖学金计划最近又延长了五年，包括指导以病人为导向的研究、哈佛公共卫生学院的硕士培训、临床综合医学培训和定期会议。除了指导一个示范性的培训计划外，他还开发了自己的联邦资助的中西医结合研究计划，并担任NCCAM的R 01的主要研究员，为心力衰竭患者进行太极拳的随机试验，以及NCI的R21，以检查为癌症患者进行按摩的随机对照试验的可行性。这两笔赠款都来自他最初的K24资金支持的工作。他获得了补充和综合医学疗法（CIMT）的培训，重点是用于管理慢性疾病的身心技术。在这个K24继续申请，他建议提供T32奖学金计划的持续领导，指导年轻的研究人员寻求执行以患者为导向的CIMT研究，并准备这些学员的职业生涯作为独立的调查。此外，菲利普斯博士将提供指导方案的毕业生，因为他们寻求学术职位和竞争的职业发展奖项在当地和全国。他将继续自己资助的工作，其中包括旨在改善慢性病患者预后的干预措施的临床试验，并提出了一项针对慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者的太极拳试点研究。他自己的工作，以及其他研究正在进行的CIMT在哈佛医学院，将提供研究机会，研究员在他的计划。

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.