Transforming Research at UIC College of Dentistry

描述（由申请人提供）：伊利诺伊大学芝加哥牙科学院正在建立一个全面的、前沿的研究项目。根据外部和自我评估，学院制定了一项基础设施改善计划，具体体现在“从口腔角度看癌症护理的跨学科研究”的结构中。基于现有的学院优势，该计划的教师将与学院和大学内的研究人员以及芝加哥的研究界合作，其中包括西北大学，洛约拉大学，芝加哥大学和美国军事牙科研究所在五大湖。该项目将开展研究，旨在改善口咽/头颈部癌症患者以及对其他身体部位的癌症治疗有不良口服反应的患者的预防、诊断、治疗、生活质量和康复。研究基础设施的计划增强将建立一个跨学科的团队，通过发现新知识并将其转移给卫生保健从业人员，为不同的美国人口在癌症治疗方面取得进展。该学院汇集了来自UIC综合癌症中心、医学院、生物工程学院、公共卫生学院、药学、护理和应用健康科学学院的教师，在这个跨学科的研究项目中进行合作，这与NIH路线图模型是一致的。UlC的高级管理人员通过承诺为U24赠款提供超过240万美元的配套资金，表明了对该倡议的大力支持。加强计划包括：1)招募2名磁力研究员和6名初级研究员；2)发展不同领域科学家之间的合作；3)为前沿研究技术和临床研究提供教师发展培训机会；4)招募新的口腔健康科学家骨干。这项提案的资金将大大提高该学院的研究生产力，并显著改善癌症患者的临床护理。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry is building a comprehensive, cutting-edge research program. As a result of external and self-evaluation, the College has developed an infrastructure enhancement plan which is embodied in the structure of the "Interdisciplinary Research in Cancer Care from an Oral Perspective". Building upon existing College strengths, faculty in this program will collaborate with researchers within the College and University, and with the research community in Chicago, which includes Northwestern University, Loyola University, the University of Chicago, and the US Military Dental Research Institute at Great Lakes. The program will develop research aimed at improving prevention, diagnosis, treatment, quality of life and rehabilitation of the patient with oropharyngeal/head and neck cancers and patients with adverse oral reactions to therapy for cancer in other body regions. The planned enhancements in research infrastructure will build an interdisciplinary team which will make advances in cancer care for a diverse population of Americans by the discovery of new knowledge and its transfer to health care practitioners. The College has assembled faculty from the UIC Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine, Bioengineering, School of Public Health, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Applied Health Sciences to collaborate in this interdisciplinary research program, which is congruent with the NIH Roadmap model. UlC's senior administration has demonstrated strong support for the initiative by committing more than $2.4 million in matching funds for the U24 grant. The enhancement plan calls for 1) recruiting two magnet and six junior investigators, 2) developing collaborations among scientists from diverse fields, 3) providing faculty development training opportunities for cutting edge research techniques and clinical research, 4) recruitment of a new cadre of oral health scientists. The funding of this proposal would dramatically increase research productivity in the College and significantly improve clinical care of cancer patients.