Training Grant in Transfusion Medicine (T32)

描述(由申请人提供)：输血医学研究对该领域的未来至关重要，对世界各地接受输血和细胞治疗的人的安全也至关重要。埃默里输血和细胞疗法中心(CTCT)是美国最大、最全面的学术输血医学项目之一，致力于卓越的临床服务、杰出的基础、转换和临床研究，以及对该领域未来领导者的临床和研究培训。T32博士后科学家培训计划是为Emory CTCT做出贡献并完成其使命的关键要素。如果得到资助，这笔资金将为每年一名新的CTCT研究实习生提供工资支持，为期5年，参加为期两年的高度结构化、有指导的输血医学研究培训计划。我们的目标是满足公认的输血医学基础、翻译和跨学科研究培训的需求。该计划的优势是与首席调查员/计划主任确定的；将培训计划作为一个小规模计划组织起来，重点放在高质量的候选人和研究项目上；拥有强大的科学、资金和培训记录的高级教员的参与；以及为教育研究员和对培训计划进行外部评估提供具体机制。为了进一步强调该计划在培训博士后研究人员方面提供直接个人努力的承诺，教师导师仅限于那些在培训职业生涯早期研究人员方面拥有大量资金和经过证明的记录的人。该计划最初是在2004年资助的，到目前为止，已有2人完成了为期两年的计划，一人在二年级，还有一人在2007年7月开始了她的第一年，计划在2009年续签后完成。到目前为止，我们的T32研究员非常成功，从摘要报告、手稿出版物、拨款申请和指导委员会审查中可以看出这一点。项目主任非常感谢为这一重要项目提供的资金，以及评审员自愿为总结和支持这一申请而付出的时间和努力。

Description (provided by applicant): Research in transfusion medicine is vital to the future of the field and, downstream, to the safety of recipients of transfusion and cellular therapies worldwide. The Emory Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies (CTCT) is one of the largest, most comprehensive academic transfusion medicine programs in the nation and is dedicated to excellence in clinical service, outstanding basic, translational and clinical research, and the clinical and research-based training of future leaders in the field. The T32 Post-Doctoral Scientist Training Program is a critical element in both ^ contributing to, and fulfilling the mission of, the Emory CTCT. If funded, this grant would provide' salary support for one new post-doctoral CTCT Research Trainee per year for a 5-year period to participate in a two-year, highly structured, mentored training program in transfusion medicine research. We aim to fill the acknowledged need for basic, translation, and interdisciplinary research training in transfusion medicine. The program strengths are identified with the Principal Investigator/ Program Director; the organization of the training plan as a small-scale program emphasizing high-quality candidates and research projects; the involvement of senior faculty with strong scientific, funding, and training records; and the provision of specific mechanisms for educating fellow and externally evaluating the training program. To further underscore the program's commitment to providing direct personal effort in training post-doctoral research" fellows, the faculty mentors have been limited to only those with significant funding and proven track records in training early-career investigators. The Program was initially funded in 2004 and thus far, 2 individuals have completed the two-year program, one individual is in his second year,! .and one.fellow started her first year in July 2007 with planned completion after renewal, if funded, in 2009. To date, our T32 fellows have been highly successful as evidenced by abstract presentations, manuscript publications, grant applications, and Steering Committee review. The Program Director greatly appreciates the funding of this important program and the time and effort volunteered by the reviewers in summarizing and supporting this application.