Pharmacological Sciences

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是药理学培训计划的更新，以支持七名优秀的博士预科学生，他们将攻读药理学和生理科学博士学位或其导师的项目，研究重点是通过内分泌，心血管和神经系统施加的细胞通信和控制。这是一项基础广泛的多学科研究，涉及圣路易斯大学医学院6个系的28名教员。这些课程包括：药理学和生理学；生物化学与分子生物学；化学;内科;和眼科。学生将在成功完成为期一年的基础生物医学核心课程（M.D./Ph.D.）后，从进入药理学和生理科学或其导师项目的候选人中选择。完成基础科学课程，现在希望获得药理学与生理科学博士学位或其导师的项目的学生，以及最终进入药理学与生理科学项目的学生。在第一年的学习中，所有传统的博士生都将参加跨学科的生物医学科学核心研究生课程。该计划旨在为学生提供基础生物医学科学各个方面的坚实基础，并自由探索各种研究机会。课程包括讲座、小组讨论和研讨会。完成核心课程的学生，医学博士/博士。学生或拥有硕士学位的学生将进入药理学和生理科学课程或其导师的课程，并参加高级课程，期刊俱乐部和研讨会。所有博士候选人的后续培训将在药理学培训学院的一名或多名成员的指导下，集中在特定研究领域的研究和教学能力的发展。参与该计划的导师和实验室设备齐全，可以提供最先进的研究培训。此外，中心亦设有先进技术的核心及共用设施，以加强参与候选人的研究训练。该培训计划的总体目标是为个人提供在药理学领域获得高水平能力的机会，从而为他们的教学和研究事业做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for a renewal of the Training Program in the Pharmacological Sciences to support seven outstanding predoctoral students who will be working for a Ph.D. degree in Pharmacological and Physiological Science or the program of their mentor with research emphasis on cellular communication and control exerted through the endocrine, cardiovascular and nervous system. This is a broadly based, multidisciplinary effort which involves 28 faculty from six departments in the School of Medicine at Saint Louis University. These include: Pharmacological and Physiological Science; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Internal Medicine; and Ophthalmology. Students will be selected from among candidates entering the Pharmacological and Physiological Science or the program of their mentor after successfully completing the one year Core Program in Basic Biomedical Science, M.D./Ph.D. students who have completed the basic science curriculum and now wish to obtain the Ph.D. degree in Pharmacological and Physiological Science or the program of their mentor and finally students who enter the Pharmacological and Physiological Science Program with an advanced standing. During the first year of study, all traditional Ph.D. students will participate in the interdisciplinary Core Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences. This program has been designed to provide students with a strong foundation in all aspects of basic biomedical science and the freedom to explore diverse research opportunities. The curriculum combines lectures, small group discussion and seminars. Students completing the Core Program, M.D./Ph.D. students or students with M.S. degrees will enter the program in Pharmacological and Physiological Science or the program of their mentor and take advanced courses, journal clubs and seminars. Subsequent training for all Ph.D. candidates will concentrate on the development of research and teaching competence in a specific area of inquiry under the mentorship of one or more members of the Pharmacological Sciences Training Faculty. The mentors and laboratories participating in this program are well equipped to provide state-of-the-art research training. In addition, core and shared facilities for advanced technologies are available for enhancement of the research training of the participating candidates. The overall objectives of this training program are to provide individuals with the opportunity to achieve a high degree of competence in the area of pharmacological sciences thus preparing them for teaching and research careers.