Postdoctoral Training in the Radiation Sciences

描述（申请人提供）：学术放射肿瘤学家和生物学家的培训在全国范围内缺乏正规的培训项目。在这一申请中，我们建议将所有三个放射肿瘤学亚专业（医学、生物学和物理学）相关的教师聚集在一起，建立一个跨学科的放射科学研究生培训计划。这个为期两年的项目每年将招收两名对密集研究项目感兴趣的优秀博士后和/或住院医生。培训计划的目标是：1)向受训者传授有关辐射传递的物理学理论和控制其生物效应的细胞生物学理论。2)教育参与者设计和执行辐射科学的前沿研究。3)将医学、生物学和物理学领域的受训者聚集在一起，使他们能够对癌症患者的研究和治疗的许多方面相互了解。这是一个特别及时和相关的应用，因为治疗放射已成为治疗多种癌症的主要手段。因此，必须培养一批训练有素的专业人员，他们将负责下一代治疗进步。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The training of academic radiation oncologists and biologists has suffered nationwide from the paucity of formalized training programs. In this application we propose to bring together faculty associated with all three radiation oncology subspecialties (medicine, biology and physics) to establish an interdisciplinary postgraduate training program in radiation sciences. This two year program will accept two exceptional postdoctoral fellows and/or medical residents per year who are interested in an intensive research-based program. The goals of the training program are 1) To teach the trainees the theory concerning the physics governing the delivery of radiation, and the cellular biology governing its biologic effect. 2) To educate participants in the design and execution of cutting edge research in the radiation sciences. And 3) To gather together trainees from the fields of medicine, biology and physics so that they may develop a mutual appreciation for the many aspects of the study and treatment of patients with cancer. This is a particularly timely and relevant application because therapeutic radiation has become a mainstay in the treatment of many forms cancer. It is therefore imperative to develop a well trained cohort of professionals who will be responsible for the next generation of therapeutic advancements.