Academic Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

描述（由申请人提供）：UCSF学术风湿病学和临床免疫学培训计划的总体目标是为计划从事风湿病学学术事业的具有医学博士，医学博士/博士学位或博士学位的合格个人提供高级研究培训。该项目为学员提供了一个学习的环境：(1)所选领域的最新科学进展；（二）最先进的方法；(3)如何深入调查问题；(4)什么是好的科学；(5)如何将研究发现转化为对风湿性疾病的更好认识和治疗。该培训项目利用了莫菲特-朗大学医院、旧金山总医院和旧金山退伍军人医疗中心风湿病科的资源，并整合了UCSF儿科风湿病科，以支持成人和儿童风湿病学/免疫学的培训。这些部门的领导和教师承诺为学员提供有保障的指导时间和全额工资补充。该项目还借鉴了加州大学旧金山分校免疫学项目的优势，在高度协作的环境中为学员提供广泛的研究和培训机会。在当前的更新中，该项目增加了新的教师，包括UCSF CTSA项目的主任。因此，该项目及其受训者将能够从UCSF系统中存在的各种转化研究培训机会中受益，除了那些已经成为培训计划一部分的机会之外。二十多年来，UCSF风湿病学和临床免疫学培训计划在基础生物医学研究和卫生服务研究/成果研究方面具有特别的优势。最近，该项目在风湿病的遗传流行病学和风湿病的新型生物疗法的临床试验方面增加了新的主要研究项目。这种广泛的活动为教师和学员之间的合作创造了一个良好的环境。这项培训补助金支持六名高素质的受训人员接受两三年严格的科学培训，目的是使他们在今后的职业生涯中成功地致力于风湿病和免疫疾病的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the Academic Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Training Program at UCSF is to provide advanced research training to qualified individuals with MD, MD/PhD, or PhD degrees who plan to pursue careers in academic rheumatology. This program provides trainees with an environment in which they can learn: (1) the latest scientific advances in their chosen field; (2) state-of-the-art methods; (3) how to investigate a problem in depth; (4) what constitutes good science; and (5) approaches to translating research discoveries into improved recognition and treatment of the rheumatic diseases. This training program takes advantage of the resources of the Rheumatology Divisions at Moffitt-Long University Hospital, San Francisco General Hospital, and the San Francisco VA Medical Center and integrates the UCSF Division of Pediatric Rheumatology to support training in both adult and pediatric rheumatology/immunology. Leadership and faculty of these divisions are committed to provide protected mentoring time and full salary supplementation for trainees. The program also draws upon the strength of the UCSF Immunology Program to provide trainees a broad range of research and training opportunities in a highly collaborative environment. For the current renewal, the program has added new faculty, including the Director of the UCSF CTSA Program. The program and its trainees will thus be in a position to benefit from the diverse opportunities for translational research training that exists across the UCSF system in addition to those that are already part of this training program. For over two decades, the UCSF Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Training Program has had particular strength in basic biomedical research, and health services research/outcomes research. More recently, the program has added major new research programs in genetic epidemiology of rheumatic diseases and clinical trials of novel biologic therapies for rheumatic diseases. This breadth of activity creates an outstanding environment for collaboration among faculty and trainees. This training grant supports six highly qualified trainees through two or three years of rigorous scientific training, with the objective that they will successfully devote their subsequent careers to the study of the rheumatic and immunologic diseases.