Postdoctoral Training in Medical Genetics

我们提出了一个博士后计划，提供医学遗传学的研究培训。主要目的 该计划的重点是培训医学遗传学研究的医生，使他们能够成为 独立研究人员和人类遗传疾病的学术和科学领导者。一个特殊而 该计划的独特优势是医学遗传学的临床和研究活动的整合， 加州大学旧金山分校，导致研究实习生与实习生和教师在临床遗传学的互动。 因此，研究受训人员可以获得尽可能广泛的背景知识， 发展未来的研究课题。培训方案的主要组成部分（z 80%）是开展 一个明确定义的和实质性的研究项目下的程序学院调查员的监督。 培训学院包括来自多个临床和基础科学部门的研究人员 UCSF的学校培训教师的研究活动是真正多样化的，包括基础，临床， 临床实验室和流行病学研究，几乎涵盖了所有当代人类遗传学和 基因组学该培训计划的教师在博士前和博士后方面都有出色的记录 遗传学方面的培训、令人印象深刻的实验室设施以及为他们的研究提供的大量资金。这所学校可以 因此，提供空间，实验室资源，并为成功的方案环境， 本项目博士后研究生的培养。培训的其他组成部分 计划包括出席预定的研究和医学遗传学会议;研究生水平 研究方法、基础遗传学和高级人类遗传学课程; 临床和临床实验室遗传学指导。绝大多数申请者和参赛者都是 医生（MD或MD-PhD）对医学遗传学研究感兴趣。该方案还 能够容纳对研究，教学和临床实验室职业感兴趣的科学家（博士）， 医学遗传学该计划是在加州大学旧金山分校由项目总监和执行委员会监督， 一个咨询小组，定期评估和监测受训人员的进展。最后，该方案将 不可估量的受益于最近的广泛扩展和学术存在的增强， UCSF的人类遗传学，特别是人类遗传学研究所的建立。

We propose a postdoctoral Program to provide research training in medical genetics. The primary objective of the program is the training of physicians in research in medical genetics, to enable them to become independent investigators, and academic and scientific leaders in human genetic disease. A special and unique strength of the Program is the integration of clinical and research activities in medical genetics at UCSF, resulting in the interactions of research trainees with trainees and faculty in clinical genetics. Research trainees are thereby provided with the broadest possible background upon which to formulate and develop future research problems. The major component (z 80%) of the Training Program is the conduct of a clearly defined and substantive research project under the supervision of a Program Faculty investigator. The Training Faculty includes investigators from both clinical and basic science departments in multiple schools at UCSF. The research activities of the Training faculty are truly diverse, and include basic, clinical, clinical laboratory, and epidemiologic research spanning virtually all of contemporary human genetics and genomics. Faculty members of this Training Program have an excellent record in pre-and postdoctoral training in genetics, impressive laboratory facilities, and extensive funding for their research. This faculty can therefore provide the space, laboratory resources, and programmatic environments for the successful research training of postdoctoral trainees under this Program. Additional components of the Training Program include attendance at scheduled research and medical genetics conferences; graduate level courses in research methodology, and in basic genetics and advanced human genetics; and targeted instruction in clinical and clinical laboratory genetics. The vast majority of applicants and entrants are physicians (MD or MD-PhD) interested in research careers in medical genetics. The Program has also been able to accommodate scientists (PhD) interested in research, teaching, and clinical laboratory careers in medical genetics. The Program is overseen at UCSF by a Program Director, and Executive Committee and an Advisory Group, who regularly evaluate and monitor the progress of trainees. Finally, the Program will immeasurably benefit from the recent broad expansion and enhancement of the academic presence of human genetics at UCSF, especially the establishment of the Institute for Human Genetics.