Training Program in Academic Pulmonary Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）： 该提案的目的是在埃默里大学医学院建立一个新的博士后肺科学研究培训计划。培训将由一组具有教学和指导经验的研究人员提供，他们是埃默里大学肺部，过敏和重症监护医学D/vision的成员或同事。拟议的培训计划将为学员提供参与前沿研究的机会，这些研究涉及临床调查或基础科学研究，旨在阐明急性和慢性形式的损伤在肺中引起的临床，流行病学，细胞，生物化学和遗传事件，导致修复或修复不良的机制，以及识别肺再生的新途径。该计划将以埃默里肺科为中心，该部门最近经历了巨大的增长，这是由于任命了一位新的部门主任，随着杰出的MD和博士科学家的招聘，教师人数增加到35人，McKelvey肺移植中心的资金和一个新的NIAAA资助的多研究者中心赠款，以及新的研究空间的收购。在过去的十年中，拟议的培训计划的成员合作，为学员提供强大的研究经验，并促进学术界的职业生涯。新提出的计划将强调多学科的研究方法，基础科学与专业转化/临床研究的整合，卓越的导师制，以及与学术界相关的研究和主题的教学培训，并将关注少数民族的招聘。该计划的15名导师将提供一个基础广泛的多学科培训环境。参与的教师包括来自医学系（肺和心脏科），儿科，生物化学，人类遗传学，外科和生理学的成员。所有这些组织都有既定的筹资和出版记录，并有文件证明其在培训方面取得了成功。学员将有机会参加为期2年的培训计划，其中包括3个途径：强调临床/转化研究的医生-科学家途径，强调基础科学的医生-科学家途径，以及博士生的博士后基础科学途径。在他们2年的经验结束后，学员将有机会留在学术界6个月的时间，工资和75%的保护时间提供继续研究，并提供机会留在埃默里大学或在其他学术机构追求职业生涯。该计划的目标是培养在临床/转化研究或基础科学研究方面具有特殊专业知识的科学家，他们致力于学术医学的职业生涯，并且具有作为独立调查员所需的专业知识的能力和广度。 (End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this proposal is to establish a new post-doctoral Pulmonary Sciences Research Training Program at Emory University School of Medicine. The training will be provided by a team of investigators with experience in teaching and mentoring who are members or associates of the D/vision of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine at Emory. The proposed training program will establish opportunities for trainees to engage in cutting edge research involving clinical investigation or basic science research designed to elucidate the clinical, epidemiologic, cellular, biochemical and genetic events elicited in the lung by acute and chronic forms of injury, the mechanisms that lead to repair or dysrepair, and the identification of novel pathways of lung regeneration. The program will be centered in the Emory Pulmonary Division that has recently experienced tremendous growth fueled by the naming of a new division director, an increase in the number of faculty to 35 with the recruitment of outstanding MD and PhD scientists, the funding of The McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center and a new NIAAA-funded multi-investigator center grant, and the acquisition of new research space. For the past decade, members of the proposed training program have collaborated to provide a strong research experience for trainees and to foster careers in academia. The newly proposed program will emphasize a multidisciplinary approach to research, the integration of basic science with specialized translational/clinical research, excellence in mentorship, and didactic training in research and topics related to academia, and will provide attention to minority recruitment. The 15 mentors of this program will provide a broad- based multidisciplinary training environment. Participating faculty include members from the Departments of Medicine (Pulmonary and Cardiology Divisions), Pediatrics, Biochemistry, Human Genetics, Surgery, and Physiology. All have an established funding and publication record as well as documented success in training. The trainees will have the opportunity to engage in a 2-year training program that includes 3 pathways: the physician-scientist pathway with emphasis on clinical/translational research, the physician-scientist pathway with emphasis on basic science, and the post-doctoral basic science pathway for PhD trainees. After the end of their 2-year experience, the trainees will be provided the opportunity to remain in academia for a 6-month period where salary and 75% protected time is provided to continue research, and opportunities are made available to remain at Emory or pursue careers at other academic institutions. The goals of the program are to develop scientists with particular expertise in either clinical/translational investigation or basic science research who are committed to careers in academic medicine, and who have the competencies and breadth of expertise necessary for functioning as independent investigators. (End of Abstract)