Mount Sinai Neurology Resident-Researcher Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：纵观其历史，西奈山神经内科在培养学术神经学家方面表现出色。在过去两年中，在科学家-神经学家Sealfon博士的主持下，西奈山神经内科一直致力于促进和改进对杰出神经学家-研究人员的培训。目前申请建立一个正式的国家科学研究院支助的研究住院医师培训方案，是一项涉及该部门所有方面和职业发展所有阶段的努力的基石。在两年多的时间里，我们招募了16名新教员，包括几名神经学家兼科学家，重新设计了临床前神经科学课程，开发了为期12周的神经病学/精神病学/神经放射学/神经外科/研究三年级实习，将住院医师的人数从18人增加到24人，设计了一个新的神经科学-中午神经病学住院医师项目，由六个系的教员授课，建立了正式的住院医师研究和初级教师指导计划，获得了一个新的奖学金计划的批准（与其他计划一起），并招募了优秀的学术和研究型住院医师。PI， Sealfon博士，已连续23年由美国国立卫生研究院资助，此前曾指导过一个T32项目，并全心全意地致力于神经学家科学家的培训。作为典型的学院和充满活力的机构，我们经验丰富的研究培训教师是从神经病学以外的几个部门选拔出来的。培训计划将在住院医师和奖学金期间提供正式的临床或基础研究经验，以发展技能，数据和出版物，以提交职业发展奖，并在像我们这样的研究密集型部门取得成功。该计划的成功与否将根据学员获得K08和K23奖项的比率、他们的学术安排和研究贡献来判断。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Throughout its history, the Department of Neurology at Mount Sinai has excelled in training academic neurologists. Over the past two years, under the Chairmanship of Dr. Sealfon, a scientist-neurologist, the Department of Neurology at Mount Sinai has directed itself towards facilitating and improving the training of outstanding neurologist-researchers. The present application to establish a formal NINDS-supported research- resident training program is a cornerstone of an effort that involves all aspects of the department and all stages of career development. Over two years we have recruited sixteen new faculty members, including several neurologist-scientists, redesigned the preclinical neuroscience course, developed a 12 week neurology/psychiatry/neuroradiology/neurosurgery/research third year clerkship, increased the size of our residency from 18 to 24 residents, designed a new neuroscience-at-noon neurology residents program taught by faculty from half a dozen departments, established formal residency research and junior faculty mentoring programs, received approval for one new fellowship program (with others in the works) and recruited outstanding academic and research-oriented resident cohorts. The PI, Dr. Sealfon, has been continuously funded by NIH for 23 years, has previously directed a T32 program and is wholeheartedly committed to the training of neurologist-scientists. As is typical of our collegial and dynamic institution, our experienced research training faculty is selected from several departments in addition to Neurology. The training program will provide a formal closely-mentored clinical or basic research experience during residency and fellowship to develop the skills, data and publications to submit a career development award and to succeed in a research- intensive department like ours. Success of the program will be judged by the trainee's rate of obtaining K08 and K23 awards, their academic placement and their research contributions. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Neurological disorders, which include dementia, stroke, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, infection and neurodegenerative diseases, cause a significant burden of morbidity and mortality. The rate of translation of the advances in knowledge occurring in neuroscience into improved treatments for these diseases will accelerate with improved training and success of neurologist-scientists. This program will provide outstanding neurology residents with the skills needed to succeed in an academic research career and to help change improve the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease.