Research Training in Otolaryngology

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校继续我们在耳鼻喉头颈外科基础科学方面的医学学生和住院医生的研究培训计划。培训教师包括北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校耳鼻喉头颈外科的12名成员，以及从其他研究与耳鼻喉头颈外科有交叉的院系挑选的教师。其中8名教师研究听觉神经生物学和感知；三名教员在粘膜上皮或肿瘤学领域工作。其他培训教师从事毛细胞肌球蛋白、癌症机制和癌症流行病学方面的工作。培训计划的监督由一个咨询委员会提供，该委员会由系主任和三名互补领域的外部教员组成。培训计划包括两个方面。第一个轨道是为对耳鼻喉头颈外科感兴趣的医学生提供的，并提供短期（夏季）或在该系任何实验室进行为期一年的研究机会。第二个轨道是为耳鼻喉科的住院医生准备的。每班一名住院医师将在该部门的研究实验室接受连续2年的研究培训，为成为学术耳鼻喉科医生和研究人员做准备。所有级别的培训计划都旨在为耳鼻喉科的受训者和基础科学家提供交流。培训的教学要素，包括课程作业、研究伦理培训和资助，旨在确保培养出杰出的研究人员。长期目标是生产学术临床医生在耳鼻喉头颈外科领域与卓越的研究证书。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to continue our program of research training for medical students and residents in the basic sciences related to Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The training faculty includes twelve members of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as selected faculty from other departments whose research intersects with Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. Eight of these faculty study auditory neurobiology and perception; three faculty work in mucosal epithelia or oncology. Other training faculty work on hair cell myosins, cancer mechanisms, and cancer epidemiology. Oversight of the training program is provided by an advisory committee consisting of the Department Chair, and three external faculty members in complementary areas. The training program consists of two tracks. The first track is for medical students interested in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and offers either a short-term (summer) or a 1-year research opportunity in any of the laboratories in the Department. The second track is for residents in the Otolaryngology program. One resident in each incoming class will receive 2 contiguous years of research training in the Department's research laboratories, in preparation for careers as academic Otolaryngologists and researchers. All levels of the training program are designed to provide cross-fertilization between trainees in Otolaryngology and basic scientists. Didactic elements of the training, including coursework, training in research ethics, and grantsmanship, are designed to ensure the production of outstanding researchers. The long-term goal is to produce academic clinicians in the field of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery with exceptional research credentials.