Training in Reproductive Sciences

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是授予圣路易斯华盛顿大学妇产科的第一个T32的更新。该T32培训计划的最初目标是通过该计划招募合格的博士科学家进行生殖科学博士后培训，并促进他们在该领域的职业发展和保留。到目前为止，我们项目的三名毕业生中，三人都在继续从事与生殖科学直接相关的学术领域的工作。此外，在我们的T32计划的前5年，生殖科学在华盛顿大学的知名度已经增长，除了招募更多的学员，我们还招募了更多的初级教师在部门内谁主要进行基础科学研究。新的赠款资助的合作和参与教师之间的互动也已建立。这个T32项目是我们需要的火花，点燃了我们机构对生殖科学的兴趣。这项申请的长期目标是继续利用华盛顿大学研究界的重要资源和经验，培养和促进生殖科学未来领导者的发展，在基础和转化研究方面具有双重优势。我们的具体目标是选择和招募有才华的博士后博士生，并在实验室提供一个高素质导师的研究培训职位，同时还可以选择临床导师。该研究计划是建立在7个不同部门的15位优秀教师导师的合作努力之上。我们的T32培训计划中存在五个小组，反映了我们计划的不同专业知识：发育生物学，干细胞/生殖细胞生物学，分子内分泌学和衰老，子宫内膜癌遗传学和孕产妇胎儿生物学。一个高度结构化和精心设计的计划将使学员有机会在华盛顿大学的一流科学环境中成长为跨学科的生殖科学家。学员将在导师的指导下积极参与实验室正在进行的研究。此外，该部门和医学院的资源被纳入该计划作为学员的职业发展工具，如赠款和手稿写作以及与导师的一对一互动，这些导师高度致力于博士后培训并具有丰富的经验。此外，临床导师也提供给那些有兴趣在他们的研究在任何5个领域的临床应用的学员。新成立的华盛顿大学医学院研究生事务办公室也为这些人提供了良好的支持和资源。我们积极的少数族裔招募计划涵盖了详细的战略，并概述了我们在这一重要组成部分的严格努力。如果我们的目标成功，该计划将产生训练有素和有竞争力的生殖科学家，他们将以坚实的，基础科学的方法追求临床，循证问题。 公共卫生相关性：此次更新的目的是继续选择和招募有才华的博士后学员，并在生殖科学高素质导师的实验室提供研究培训职位，同时还可以选择临床导师。该研究计划是建立在7个不同部门的15位优秀教师导师的合作努力之上。如果成功，该计划将产生训练有素和有竞争力的生殖科学家，他们将以坚实的基础科学方法追求临床，循证问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a renewal of the first T32 awarded to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University in St. Louis. The original goal of this T32 Training program was to recruit qualified PhD scientists through this program to undergo postdoctoral training in Reproductive Science and to facilitate their career development and retention in this field. Of the three graduates of our program so far, all three are continuing on in academia in fields directly related to reproductive science. In addition, over these first 5 years of our T32 Program, the visibility of Reproductive Sciences at Washington University has grown, and in addition to recruiting more trainees we have recruited more junior faculty within the Department who primarily perform basic science research. New grant-funded collaborations and interactions among participating faculty also have been established. This T32 program was the spark we needed to ignite interest in reproductive science at our institution. The long-term objective of this application is to continue to take advantage of the significant resources and experience within the Washington University research community to train and promote the development of future leaders in Reproductive Science with dual strengths in basic and translational research. Our specific aim is to select and recruit talented, postdoctoral PhD trainees and offer a research training position in the laboratory of a highly qualified mentor with the option of clinical mentorship as well. The research program is built upon collaborative efforts among 15 outstanding faculty mentors in 7 different departments. Five subgroups exist within our T32 training program reflecting the diverse expertise of our program: Developmental Biology, Stem Cell/Germ Cell Biology, Molecular Endocrinology and Aging, Endometrial Cancer Genetics and Maternal Fetal Biology. A highly structured and thoughtfully designed program will allow trainees the opportunity to mature as interdisciplinary reproductive scientists in a superb scientific setting at Washington University. Trainees will actively participate in ongoing research in a laboratory under the mentor's supervision. In addition, resources of the department and the medical campus are incorporated in this program as career development tools for trainees, such as grant and manuscript writing and one-on-one interaction with mentors highly committed to and experienced in postdoctoral training. In addition, a clinical mentorship is also available to those trainees interested in the clinical application of their research in any of the 5 areas. The newly founded Office of Post Graduate Affairs at Washington University School of Medicine also provides excellent support and resources to these individuals. Our active Minority Recruitment Plan covers detailed strategies and outlines our rigorous efforts at this important component. If successful in our aim, this program will produce well-trained and competitive reproductive scientists who will pursue clinical, evidence-based questions with a solid, basic science-derived approach. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The aim of this renewal is to continue to select and recruit talented, postdoctoral trainees and offer a research training position in the laboratory of a highly qualified mentor in Reproductive Science with the option of clinical mentorship as well. The research program is built upon collaborative efforts among 15 outstanding faculty mentors in 7 different departments. If successful, this program will produce well trained and competitive reproductive scientists who will pursue clinical, evidence-based questions with a solid, basic science-derived approach.