Training Program in Academic Pulmonary Medicine

描述(由申请人提供)： 这项提议的目标是在埃默里大学医学院建立一个新的博士后肺科学研究培训计划。培训将由一组具有教学和指导经验的调查人员提供，他们是埃默里大学肺、过敏和危重护理医学D/VISION的成员或伙伴。拟议的培训计划将为学员提供从事尖端研究的机会，这些研究涉及临床调查或基础科学研究，旨在阐明急性和慢性损伤在肺部引发的临床、流行病学、细胞、生化和遗传事件，导致修复或修复不良的机制，以及确定肺再生的新途径。该计划将集中在埃默里肺科，该部门最近经历了巨大的增长，原因是任命了一名新的部门主任，招聘了杰出的医学和博士科学家，教师人数增加到35人，资助了麦凯尔维肺移植中心，并获得了NIAAA资助的新的多名研究人员中心拨款，以及获得了新的研究空间。在过去的十年里，拟议中的培训计划的成员一直在合作，为学员提供强大的研究经验，并在学术界促进职业发展。新提出的计划将强调多学科的研究方法，将基础科学与专门的翻译/临床研究相结合，卓越的指导，以及研究和与学术相关的主题的教学培训，并将关注少数族裔的招募。该项目的15位导师将提供一个基础广泛的多学科培训环境。参与的教职员工包括来自内科(肺科和心内科)、儿科、生物化学、人类遗传学、外科和生理学的成员。所有这些都有既定的资金和出版记录，以及有记录的培训成功。学员将有机会参加为期两年的培训计划，包括3条途径：侧重于临床/转化性研究的医生-科学家途径，侧重于基础科学的医生-科学家途径，以及面向博士后学员的博士后基础科学途径。在他们的两年经验结束后，学员将有机会在学术界停留6个月，在此期间，将提供工资和75%的受保护时间继续研究，并有机会留在埃默里或在其他学术机构从事职业。该计划的目标是培养在临床/转化性研究或基础科学研究方面具有特殊专业知识的科学家，他们致力于学术医学事业，并具有作为独立调查人员所需的能力和专业知识广度。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this proposal is to establish a new post-doctoral Pulmonary Sciences Research Training Program at Emory University School of Medicine. The training will be provided by a team of investigators with experience in teaching and mentoring who are members or associates of the D/vision of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine at Emory. The proposed training program will establish opportunities for trainees to engage in cutting edge research involving clinical investigation or basic science research designed to elucidate the clinical, epidemiologic, cellular, biochemical and genetic events elicited in the lung by acute and chronic forms of injury, the mechanisms that lead to repair or dysrepair, and the identification of novel pathways of lung regeneration. The program will be centered in the Emory Pulmonary Division that has recently experienced tremendous growth fueled by the naming of a new division director, an increase in the number of faculty to 35 with the recruitment of outstanding MD and PhD scientists, the funding of The McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center and a new NIAAA-funded multi-investigator center grant, and the acquisition of new research space. For the past decade, members of the proposed training program have collaborated to provide a strong research experience for trainees and to foster careers in academia. The newly proposed program will emphasize a multidisciplinary approach to research, the integration of basic science with specialized translational/clinical research, excellence in mentorship, and didactic training in research and topics related to academia, and will provide attention to minority recruitment. The 15 mentors of this program will provide a broad- based multidisciplinary training environment. Participating faculty include members from the Departments of Medicine (Pulmonary and Cardiology Divisions), Pediatrics, Biochemistry, Human Genetics, Surgery, and Physiology. All have an established funding and publication record as well as documented success in training. The trainees will have the opportunity to engage in a 2-year training program that includes 3 pathways: the physician-scientist pathway with emphasis on clinical/translational research, the physician-scientist pathway with emphasis on basic science, and the post-doctoral basic science pathway for PhD trainees. After the end of their 2-year experience, the trainees will be provided the opportunity to remain in academia for a 6-month period where salary and 75% protected time is provided to continue research, and opportunities are made available to remain at Emory or pursue careers at other academic institutions. The goals of the program are to develop scientists with particular expertise in either clinical/translational investigation or basic science research who are committed to careers in academic medicine, and who have the competencies and breadth of expertise necessary for functioning as independent investigators. (End of Abstract)