Dual Degree Scholars (DDS) Program for Clinica Oral Health Research Training Pro

描述（由申请人提供）：临床口腔健康研究培训双学位学者（DDS-COHRT）计划的总体目标是提供多学科的临床研究培训，团队研究环境，培养牙医作为临床研究者，通过应用研究改善口腔和颅面健康。我们的主要目标是：1)培养牙医成为临床研究中的独立调查者。第二个目标是训练牙医作为多学科研究团队的一员，为临床研究做出贡献。通过临床研究硕士（MSCR）或公共卫生硕士（MPH）的培训将包括：1)临床研究方法和分析概念的核心教学课程，2)研究经验，包括参与正在进行的临床研究项目和个人临床研究项目的开发，以及3)职业发展相关技能的培训。受训者将能够利用：1)临床和公共卫生研究方面的杰出导师；2)完善的机构研究基础设施，包括：GCRC及其基因组学、统计学和生物信息学核心，临床试验中心，Greenebaum癌症中心，以及由NIH K30奖支持的临床研究课程和相关MSCR；3)马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校和学院公园分校提供的公共卫生硕士课程；4)地理位置接近马里兰大学校园、美国国立卫生研究院和约翰霍普金斯大学的研究培训伙伴，可以获得更多的导师和课程。DDS-COHRT计划将包括3个组成部分：1)临床研究方法的正式学习，包括教学课程、研讨会和讲习班；2)团队指导的研究实习和研究项目；3)独特的牙科学校高年级课程，以帮助学生重新进入临床课程，为学术生涯做好准备。项目参与者将接受5年的培训，毕业时将获得DDS-MSCR或DDS-MPH联合学位。主要的研究训练期将发生在牙科学校的大三和大四之间，尽管短期训练期将从牙科学校的大一到大四提供。现有的资源和导师将使受训者能够从事各种临床研究项目：面向病人的研究、转化研究、小型和大型临床研究和试验以及流行病学研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the Dual Degree Scholars in Clinical Oral Health Research Training (DDS-COHRT) Program is to provide clinical research training in multidisciplinary, team research settings to train dentists as clinical investigators in order to improve oral and craniofacial health through applied research. Our primary aim is to 1) prepare dentists to become independent investigators in clinical research. The secondary aim is to 2) train dentists to contribute to clinical research as part of a multi-disciplinary research team. Training via the Masters in Clinical Research (MSCR) or the Masters in Public Health (MPH) will include: 1) a core didactic curriculum for the methodologic and analytic concepts central to clinical research, 2) research experiences that include participation in an ongoing clinical research project and development of an individual clinical research project, and 3) training in career development-related skills. Trainees will be able to take advantage of: 1) the availability of outstanding mentors in clinical and public health research; 2) a well-established institutional research infrastructure, including: the GCRC and its Genomics, Statistics, and Bioinformatics Cores, the Center for Clinical Trials, the Greenebaum Cancer Center, and the curriculum in Clinical Research and associated MSCR supported by an NIH K30 award; 3) the MPH programs offered by the University of Maryland at Baltimore and at College Park, and 4) geographic proximity to research training partners at the University of Maryland campuses, the NIH, and Johns Hopkins University, making additional mentors and courses available. The DDS-COHRT Program will include 3 components: 1) formal study in clinical research methods with didactic coursework, seminars, and workshops, 2) a team-mentored research practicum and research project, and 3) a unique senior year of dental school to facilitate re-entry into the clinical curriculum and prepare students for an academic career. Program participants will engage in 5 years of training, graduating with the combined DDS-MSCR or DDS-MPH degrees. The primary research training period will occur between the junior and senior years of dental school, although short-term training periods will be provided from the freshman through the senior years of dental school. The extant resources and mentors will permit trainees to undertake projects in all types of clinical research: patient-oriented research, translational research, small- and large-scale clinical studies and trials, and epidemiologic studies.