Muldisciplinary Oral Science Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：UIC多学科口腔科学培训项目（MOST项目）的目标是为与口腔颅面综合体相关的五个领域的博士前和博士后学员提供出色的研究培训：微生物学/免疫学、口腔癌、伤口愈合、组织工程/生物材料和临床/转化研究。MOST计划提供了一个全面而灵活的方法来培训个人，目标是建立一个年轻科学家和临床科学家的管道，他们经过专业培训，将从事口腔健康研究。该方案由三个部分组成。第一个组成部分，为牙科学生提供短期的博士前研究培训，提供简短的培训活动，将诱导参与者考虑在口腔健康研究的职业。第二个组成部分，长期的博士前培训，将培养DSTP学生，并包括在口腔科学或对齐的博士课程COD博士课程的研究。高素质的非牙医也可以获得博士学位。第三个组成部分，博士后培训，目标是已经拥有博士学位，DOS或DDS-PhD的个人，目标是让他们成为口腔健康研究领域完全有能力的独立科学家。对于研究生，该计划将单独定制。需要额外正式研究培训的研究生牙医将完成博士课程或临床研究MS（通过UIC K30临床研究培训计划）。为了鼓励转化研究，博士前和博士后非临床医生学员将参加创新的临床问题入门计划。所有学员都将通过UIC临床和转化科学中心获得转化研究培训。来自所有项目组成部分的学员将通过预定的期刊俱乐部、研讨会和会议进行互动。该计划由来自牙科，工程，药学和医学UIC学院的27名教师导师组成的跨学科和协作小组提供支持。每一位教师都在五个重点研究领域内保持着积极的研究计划，并具有适当的指导经验。代表性不足的少数民族的入学是由一个既定的和充满活力的招聘计划促进。由于我们的研究能力和基础设施最近的增长，UIC准备提供研究培训，以支持NIDCR的既定目标，即“确保足够的和训练有素的研究人员队伍，反映当前和新兴的科学需求，包括来自不同学科和代表性不足的群体的足够数量的研究人员。"

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the UIC Multidisciplinary Oral Sciences Training Program (MOST Program) is to provide outstanding research training to predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees in five areas relevant to the oral craniofacial complex: microbiology/immunology, oral cancer, wound healing, tissue engineering/ biomaterials, and clinical/translational research. The MOST Program provides a comprehensive and flexible approach to training individuals, with the goal of establishing a pipeline of young scientists and clinician scientists who are expertly trained and will pursue careers in oral health research. The program consists of three components. The first component, short term predoctoral research training for dental students, offers brief training activities that will induce participants to consider careers in oral health research. The second component, long-term predoctoral training, will train DSTP students, and includes study within the COD doctoral program in Oral Sciences or an aligned doctoral program. Highly qualified non-dentists may also obtain a PhD in this component. The third component, postdoctoral training, targets individuals who already hold a PhD, DOS, or DDS-PhD, with the goal of preparing them to be fully capable independent scientists in oral health research. For post-graduates, the program will be individually tailored. Post-graduate dentists who require additional formal research training will complete either a PhD program or the MS in Clinical Research (via a UIC K30 Clinical Research Training Program). To encourage translational research, predoctoral and postdoctoral non-clinician trainees will participate in an innovative Introduction to Clinical Problems Program. All trainees will have access to training in translational research via the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science. Trainees from all program components will interact through scheduled journal clubs, seminars, and meetings. The program is supported by an interdisciplinary and collaborative group of 27 faculty mentors from the UIC Colleges of Dentistry, Engineering, Pharmacy, and Medicine. Each faculty member maintains an active research program within the five focus areas of research and has appropriate mentoring experience. The enrollment of under-represented minorities is fostered by an established and vibrant recruitment plan. Due to recent growth in our research capacity and infrastructure, UIC is poised to provide research training to support the NIDCR stated goal of "ensuring an adequate and well trained research workforce that reflects the current and emerging needs of science and includes sufficient numbers of investigators from diverse disciplines and from underrepresented groups."