Comprehensive Training in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences

描述(由申请者提供)：口腔和颅面科学综合培训(CTOC)计划十年来一直支持口腔健康科学的研究生和博士后培训。这项更新建议整合了俄亥俄州立大学健康科学中心正在进行的成功的培训计划，该计划由牙科学院赞助，以满足口腔健康和颅面研究方面训练有素的基础和临床研究人员的需求。在过去的十年里，牙科学院开发了一些培训项目，如双学位DDS/PHD和临床医生科学家项目，以培训学术临床医生进行跨学科研究。这一努力得到了俄亥俄州立大学医学中心CTSA支持的临床和翻译科学中心(CCTS)的发展以及对俄亥俄州立大学各级管理部门的临床和翻译研究培训的大力支持。这项提案整合了牙科与健康科学学院中心内的多个项目，以创建一个综合的跨学科培训计划。培训机会包括：1)口腔生物学博士项目的博士后培训以及综合生物医学和神经科学研究研究生项目的两个跨学科研究生项目；2)DDS/博士和MD/博士学位的双学位培训；3)博士后培训，包括博士后和临床医生/科学家项目。每个项目的目标都是发展广泛的研究经验，以吸引和留住口腔健康和颅面科学领域学术生涯中的高素质研究人员。CTOC的一个主要特点是招聘优秀的应聘者，他们将在这些项目中获得很高的成功；该项目还与CCTS一起为现有教师提供宝贵的培训机会。39名个人(14名现任受训人员)和25名以前的受训人员接受了CTOC方案的培训。9名以前的实习生在学术界有预约，3名是博士后研究员，5名已进入住院医师计划进行专业培训。总而言之，该培训计划提供了基于人类疾病机制的创新跨学科科学课程，以及广泛而灵活的口腔科学课程，以及经验丰富的跨学科教师的长期指导，以培养训练有素的科学家和临床科学家从事学术研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Comprehensive Training in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences (CTOC) program has been supporting graduate and postdoctoral training in the oral health sciences for ten years. This renewal proposal integrates ongoing successful training programs within the Ohio State University Health Sciences Center, under the auspices of the College of Dentistry, to address the need for the well-trained basic and clinical research faculty in oral health and craniofacial research. Over the last decade, training programs, such as the dual degree DDS/PhD and Clinician Scientist programs, have been developed in the College of Dentistry to train academic clinicians in interdisciplinary research. This effort has been bolstered by the development of a CTSA-supported Center for Clinical and Translation Sciences (CCTS) in the OSU Medical Center and strong support for training in clinical and translational research across all levels of OSU administration. This proposal incorporates multiple programs within the College of Dentistry and Health Sciences Center to create an integrated interdisciplinary training program. Training opportunities include: 1) pre-doctoral training in the Oral Biology Ph.D. program and two interdisciplinary graduate programs in Integrated Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience Studies Graduate Program; 2) dual degree training for the DDS/PhD and MD/PhD degrees; 3) postdoctoral training, including post PhD and Clinician/Scientist programs. The goal of each program is to develop an extensive research experience to attract and retain highly qualified researchers in academic careers in the oral health and craniofacial sciences. A central feature of the CTOC has been the recruitment of strong candidates who will find high levels of success in these programs; the program also provides valuable training opportunities for current faculty in conjunction with the CCTS. Thirty-nine individuals (14 current trainees) and (25 former trainees) have been trained in the CTOC program. Nine former trainees have appointments in academia, 3 are postdoctoral fellows, and 5 have entered residency programs for specialty training. In summary, this training program offers an innovative interdisciplinary science curriculum based on the mechanisms of human disease, and an extensive and flexible curriculum in oral sciences, coupled with the long-term mentorship of experienced interdisciplinary faculty, to produce highly trained scientists and clinician scientists for careers in academic research.