Interdisciplinary Training Program in Pain Research

描述(由申请人提供)： 这项申请寻求对爱荷华大学疼痛研究跨学科培训计划的重新支持。该方案在增加培训者之间的合作和指导具有模范质量的博士前和博士后学员到独立资助方面取得了极大的成功。该计划将继续关注损伤后急性和慢性疼痛的细胞、分子、药理学、生理学和解剖学机制。该项目的18名教员是由NIH资助的研究人员，他们在分子、细胞和系统神经生物学领域拥有互补的专业知识。培训者包括基础科学家和内科科学家以及以病人为基础的研究的均衡代表。每个培训师都有良好的博士后和博士后培训记录，并将指导一批前景光明的初级培训师。在本授奖期间，请为两名博士后实习生和两名博士后实习生提供支持。根据我们促进翻译研究的目标，博士后职位将主要面向医学博士、医学博士、R.N.Ph.D.、P.T.博士或D.P.T.实习生。这些人将特别受益于一段受保护的时间，以便在教职员工级别的任命之前学习研究要素和/或重新启动他们的研究计划。已经招募了一批护士科学家，他们已经建立了疼痛临床和翻译研究计划，以加强培训计划的翻译方面。该培训计划提供了高度结构化和多样化的教学课程，包括每月研讨会、每周期刊俱乐部和每两周一次的工作进展会议，并在高度协作和互动的环境中进行研究培训。建立了所有课程以及互动机制和学员评价机制。培训计划的总体目标是为我们的学员提供(1)提供与其职业规划相适应的坚实知识基础的个性化课程；(2)科学调查选择方面的严格培训，包括研究假设的制定、实验设计和分析；(3)掌握两到三种研究技能；(4)发展他们的口头交流能力；(5)构建手稿和拨款提案的经验；以及(6)与机构内外积极从事研究的基础和临床研究人员互动和合作的能力。该计划的受训人员将获得成功过渡到学术界、政府行业独立研究职业所需的知识、经验和技能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks renewal of support for an interdisciplinary program of training in pain research at the University of Iowa. The Program has been highly successful in terms of increasing collaborations among trainers and mentoring pre- and postdoctoral trainees of exemplary quality to independent funding. The program will continue its focus on the cellular, molecular, pharmacological, physiological and anatomical mechanisms that subserve acute and chronic pain after injury. The 18 program faculty are NIH-funded investigators with complementary expertise in the fields of molecular, cellular and systems neurobiology. The trainers comprise a balanced representation of basic and physician scientists, as well as bench and patient-based research. Each trainer has a strong record of training both predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows and will also mentor a subset of junior trainers of great promise. Support is requested for two pre-doctoral trainees and two postdoctoral trainees for this award period. In line with our goal to facilitate translational research, the postdoctoral positions will be primarily targeted for M.D., M.D. Ph. D., R. N. Ph. D., P. T. Ph. D. or D. P. T. trainees. These individuals will particularly benefit from a period of protected time to learn the elements of research and/or to restart their research programs in advance of a faculty level appointment. A cadre of nurse scientists with established clinical and translational research programs in pain has been recruited to strengthen translational aspects of the training program. The training program provides a highly structured and diverse program of didactic coursework, including monthly seminars, weekly journal clubs and bi-weekly work - in - progress meetings, that is coupled with research training in a highly collaborative and interactive environment. All courses, as well as mechanisms of interaction and trainee evaluation are established. The overall goal of the training program is to provide our trainees with (1) an individualized curriculum that provide a solid knowledge base appropriate to their career plans; (2) rigorous training in the selements of scientific investigation including the formulation of research hypotheses, experimental design and analysis; (3) mastery of two to three research techniques; (4) opportunities to develop their verbal communication skills; (5) experience in the construction of manuscripts and grant proposals; and (6) the ability to interact and collaborate with basic and clinical investigators both within and outside the instition who are actively engaged in research. Trainees in this program will acquire the knowledge, experience, and skill sets necessary for successful transition to an independent research career in academia, industry of government.