Enhancing Faculty Recruitment in Nanoscale Sciences for Biomedical Research

描述(由申请人提供)：纳米材料和生物集成中心(CNMB)于2006年2月被阿拉巴马大学系统董事会正式批准为跨学科研究和学生培训中心，专注于(I)具有潜在生物医学应用的纳米材料和结构的合成和表征，以及(Ii)将这些纳米材料和结构集成到实用的生物医学设备和技术中。通过将基础科学和材料系的研究人员和教职员工与生物医学和健康专业的研究人员和教职员工聚集在一起，该中心处于独特的地位，可以站在生物材料研究和纳米技术开发的前沿，以改善人类健康。我们建议为生物医学研究聘请两名新的纳米科学终身教职教员。首批招聘的教职员工将在“纳米治疗和生物医学”领域 将在“生物医学应用微纳电子机械系统(BioMEMS/NEMS)”领域招聘第二名教师。这两名教师都将与CNMB联系在一起，并在UAB自然科学与数学学院的系中进行终身教职跟踪学术任命。新招聘的教员将利用CNMB在自然科学和数学学院、牙科学院口腔健康研究所和阿拉巴马大学伯明翰医学院(UAB)的肺损伤与修复中心支持的核心设施。此外，这些新招聘的教员将加强我们由NIBIB支持的名为“生物传感器和生物工程中的纳米技术”的博士前培训计划。CNMB主任兼PD/PI Yogesh Vohra博士在NIBIB T32项目中招聘少数族裔方面有着良好的记录，其中40%的实习生是未被充分代表的少数族裔参与者，而在过去五年中，自然科学与数学学院近40%的教职员工要么是女性，要么是科学界代表不足的群体的成员。 公共卫生相关性(由申请者提供)：这项教师招聘计划将增加纳米技术工具方面的熟练劳动力，这将导致生物医学植入物、用于疾病早期诊断的生物传感器和再生医学的进步。这些新招聘的教师在纳米技术研究工作中产生的知识产权将进一步催生新的创业公司，并为该地区的经济发展做出贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration (CNMB) was formally approved by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees in February 2006 as an interdisciplinary research and student-training center focusing (i) on the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale materials and structures that have potential biomedical applicability and (ii) on the integration of these nano-materlals and -structures into practical biomedical devices and technologies. By bringing together researchers and faculty from the basic sciences and materials departments with those from the biomedical and health professions, the Center is uniquely positioned to be at the forefront of biomaterials research and nanotechnology development for improving human health. We propose hiring two new tenure-track faculty members in Nanoscale Sciences for Biomedical Research. The first faculty hire will be in the area of "Nanoscale Therapeutics and Biomedical Imaging" and the second faculty hire will be recruited in the "Micro- and Nano-Electro Mechanical Systems for Biomedical Applications (BioMEMS/NEMS)" area. Both faculty hires would be associated with the CNMB and have their tenure-track academic appointments in departments within the UAB School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics. The new faculty hires will utilize the core facilities supported by CNMB in the School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, the Institute of Oral Health Research in the School of Dentistry, and the Pulmonary Injury & Repair Center in the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Also these new faculty hires will strengthen our NIBIB-supported pre-doctoral training program entitled "Nanotechnology in Biosensors and Bioengineering". CNMB director and PD/PI Dr. Yogesh Vohra has a strong track record of minority recruitment in the NIBIB T32 program where 40% trainees are underrepresented minority participants while nearly 40% of the faculty hires in the School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics over the past five years have been either women or members of underrepresented groups in the sciences. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): This faculty recruitment program would increase a skilled workforce in nanotechnology tools that will lead to advances in biomedical implants, biosensors for early diagnostics of diseases, and regenerative medicine. The intellectual property generated by the nanotechnology research efforts of these new faculty hires will further lead to new startup companies and contribute to the economic development in the region.