Training Grant In Radiation Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：该培训补助金的目的是教博士后研究员在放射生物学领域进行独立研究，使他们可以为放射肿瘤学和癌症生物学领域做出重大贡献。这一目标将通过多方面的方法来实现，包括：1）在范德比尔特大学医学院的杰出科学家实验室提供培训，他们利用尖端技术与高度协作的方法相结合，2）辐射生物学，辐射物理学和癌症生物学领域的课程工作，3）多学科癌症中心研讨会系列，旨在促进基础科学家和临床医生/科学家之间的互动谁进行转化研究，和4）多学科部门研讨会系列。此外，学员将在范德比尔特接触临床肿瘤学环境。该项目目前支持3名博士后培训生，招收医学博士和博士，他们中的大多数在获得学位后的12个月内加入了我们的计划。我们希望保持这种支持水平。该计划目前的资金支持一名学员长达3年，使学员不精通辐射生物学成为熟练。培训补助金导师有资格培养个人成为癌症研究领域的杰出科学家，重点是辐射生物学。他们是非常富有成效的，是各自领域的杰出领导者。他们是临床医生/科学家和基础科学家的混合体，他们在范德比尔特大学和范德比尔特英格拉姆癌症中心的临床和基础科学部门有联合任命。这些导师将提供一个多学科，基础广泛的方法，为癌症研究开发新的范例。美国癌症协会估计，2005年将有超过70万男性和65万女性患上癌症。这些患者中约有67%将接受电离辐射治疗，以防止今年估计将发生的50万例死亡。我们培训计划的目的是提供足够数量的训练有素的临床医生和科学家，他们可以影响放射治疗的治疗效果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this training grant is to teach Postdoctoral Fellows to perform independent research in the area of Radiation Biology, so that they may make significant contributions to the fields of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Biology. This goal will be accomplished using a multi-faceted approach consisting of 1) providing training in the laboratories of outstanding scientists at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine who utilize cutting edge techniques coupled with highly collaborative approaches, 2) course work in the areas of Radiation Biology, Radiation Physics, and Cancer Biology, 3) multi-disciplinary Cancer Center Seminar Series designed to foster interactions between basic scientists and clinician/scientists who perform translational research, and 4) multi-disciplinary departmental seminar series. In addition, trainees will be exposed to clinical oncology environments at Vanderbilt. This program currently supports 3 Postdoctoral trainees, recruiting both M.D.s and Ph.Ds., the majority of which joined our program within 12 months of obtaining their degree. We wish to maintain this level of support. The program is currently funded to support a trainee for up to 3 years, allowing trainees not be well versed in Radiation Biology to become proficient. Training grant preceptors are well qualified to prepare individuals to become outstanding scientists in the field of cancer research, with a focus on radiation biology. They are extremely productive and are outstanding leaders in their respective fields. They are a mix of clinicians/scientists and basic scientists who have joint appointments in clinical and basic science departments at Vanderbilt University and the Vanderbilt-lngram Cancer Center. These preceptors will provide a multi-disciplinary, broad based approach for developing novel paradigms for cancer research. The American Cancer Society estimates that over 700,000 men and 650,000 women will develop cancer in 2005. Approximately 67% of these patients will be treated with ionizing radiation in an attempt to prevent the estimated 500,000 deaths that will occur this year. The purpose of our training program is provide sufficient numbers of highly trained clinicians and scientists who can impact the therapeutic effectiveness of radiation therapy.