Pediatric Oncology Research Training Program

贝勒医学院德克萨斯儿童癌症中心的这项提案寻求建立一个 为优秀儿科医生提供为期三年的新型儿科肿瘤学研究培训(PORT)计划 血液学-肿瘤学研究员选择从事以实验室为基础的儿科癌症研究 职业生涯。开发这一项目的理由是基于这样一个前提，即标准的儿科 血液学-肿瘤学奖学金计划没有提供足够的实验室研究培训 有兴趣成为以实验室为基础的内科科学家的实习生的经验。PORT计划 是专门为解决这一问题而设计的，通过为其高度精选的学员提供重点关注的 有指导的研究和说教计划，最终使他们能够取得成功， 独立资助的实验室调查人员。该计划利用了重要的优势和资源 德克萨斯儿童癌症中心(TCCC)、德克萨斯儿童医院(TCH)、贝勒医学院 (BCM)、中医癌症中心(BCMCC)、儿科和24个国家的5个部门 参赛导师。 PORT计划将为最多6名博士后实习生(每年两名)提供选择 基础研究或翻译研究方面的实验室研究经验。拟议中的培训 程序有几个独特的功能。首先，实习生在经过一年的全面培训后进入该计划 临床培训，由于计划的规模和广度，他们有深入的接触 该领域的主要临床和科学挑战。这为他们提供了一个坚实的基础， 选择他们特定的研究领域和他们的特定导师。其次，该计划由一个 一批优秀的研究导师，具有丰富的教学和培训经验，并真诚致力于 培养年轻的内科科学家。第三，拟议中的计划是一个高度结构化的计划，有许多 与博士研究生培训计划的特点类似的要素，包括结构化的教学 课程包括研究生级别的课程、研讨会和会议，以及个人奖学金监督 监督每个实习生进度的委员会。第四，受训人员参加研究务虚会和 国家会议和研讨会，并参加旨在提供 他们拥有成为该领域领导者所需的技能。

This proposal from the Texas Children's Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine seeks to establish a novel, three-year Pediatric Oncology Research Training (PORT) Program for outstanding pediatric hematology-oncology fellows who have chosen to pursue a laboratory-based pediatric cancer research career. The rationale for developing this program is based on the premise that standard Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship programs do not provide an adequate laboratory research training experience for trainees interested in becoming laboratory-based physician-scientists. The PORT program has been specifically designed to address this issue by providing its highly selected trainees with a focused mentored research and didactic program that will ultimately enable them to become successful, independently funded, laboratory investigators. The program utilizes the significant strengths and resources of the Texas Children's Cancer Center (TCCC), Texas Children's Hospital (TCH), Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), the BCM Cancer Center (BCMCC), the Department of Pediatrics, and the 5 Departments of the 24 participating mentors. The PORT program will provide the up to 6 postdoctoral trainees (two per year) the opportunity to choose a laboratory research experience in either basic research or translational research. The proposed training program has several unique features. First, trainees enter the program following a comprehensive year of clinical training where, because of the size and breadth of the program, they have had in-depth exposure to the major clinical and scientific challenges in the field. This provides them with a strong basis from which to choose their particular field of research and their specific mentor. Second, the program is comprised of a superb group of research mentors with vast teaching and training experience and a sincere commitment to training young physician scientists. Third, the proposed program is a highly structured one that has many elements similar to those characteristic of PhD graduate training programs including a structured didactic program with graduate level courses, seminars, and conferences and an individual Scholarship Oversight Committee that monitors the progress of each trainee. Fourth, trainees participate in research retreats and national conferences and workshops and attend a novel leadership-training seminar designed to provide them with the skills needed to become leaders in the field.