Training Program in Cardiovascular Research

描述(由申请人提供)： 本申请描述了在新英格兰医学中心(NEMC)和塔夫茨大学医学院(TUSM)创建心血管研究方面的主要综合研究培训计划的计划。在过去的九年里，我们研究所的心血管生物学培训资源出现了巨大的增长。该提案整合了六个要素，以创造高度响应NHLBI此类项目重点领域的培训体验，强调多学科培训和合作研究机会。这六个要素包括现有的NEMC-TUSM研究环境、分子心脏病学研究所、医学部心脏病学部、NHLBI资助的缺血性心脏病SCOR、NEMC-TUSM高度发展的培训重点和资源，以及NEMC和TUSM部门之间广泛的现有协作互动。该机构对培训心血管研究人员的承诺是明确和坚定的。该计划将在3年内每年培训3名博士后医学博士和/或博士研究员(在3-5年级达到每年9名受训人员的停滞)，从事(A)心血管系统的基础细胞和分子研究，或(B)转化性心血管研究。在过去的八年里，随着心血管生物学领域新的独立科学家的到来，NEMC和TUSM在基础和翻译研究方面取得了巨大的增长。在此期间，NEMC-TUSM对心血管培训机会产生了巨大的地方和国家兴趣。因此，目前存在着巨大的培训机会，但精心构建的心血管研究培训计划 并不存在。这里提出的计划是多学科的，让学员接受协作研究，并将主要重点放在指导上。此外，它高度重视转化性心血管研究，并结合了几种独特的方法，以确保充分表现多样性。这一心血管研究培训计划是NHLBI寻求开发的培养下一代心血管科学家的方法的典范。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application describes a plan to create a major, integrated research training program in cardiovascular research at the New England Medical Center (NEMC) and Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM). Over the past nine years, enormous growth in the training resources for cardiovascular biology has occurred at our Institution. Six elements are integrated in this proposal to create a training experience highly responsive to the NHLBI areas of focus for such programs, emphasizing multidisciplinary training, and collaborative research opportunities. These six elements include the existing NEMC-TUSM research environment, the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, the Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine, the NHLBI-funded SCOR in Ischemic Heart Disease, the highly developed emphasis and resources for training at NEMC-TUSM, and the extensive existing collaborative interactions between NEMC and TUSM Departments. The commitment of the Institution to training Cardiovascular research investigators is clear and strong. This program will train 3 postdoctoral M.D. and/or Ph.D. fellows per year for 3 years (reaching a stasis of 9 trainees/year in years 3-5) in either (a) basic cellular and molecular research in the cardiovascular system, or (b) translational cardiovascular research. Tremendous growth in basic and translational research, with arrival of new, independent scientists in cardiovascular biology, has occurred at NEMC and TUSM in the past eight years. Enormous local and national interest in cardiovascular training opportunities have arisen at NEMC-TUSM during this time. Thus, there is an enormous training opportunity at present, but a carefully structured cardiovascular research training program does not exist. The program proposed here is multidisciplinary, exposes trainees to collaborative research, and places a major emphasis on mentoring. Furthermore, it places a high priority on translational cardiovascular research and incorporates several unique approaches to ensuring adequate representation of diversity. This Training Program in Cardiovascular Research is exemplary of the approach that the NHLBI seeks to develop to train the next generation of cardiovascular scientists. (End of Abstract)