Clinical Scientists Training in Addictions at MUSC

描述（由申请人提供）：本修订申请来自南卡罗来纳州医科大学（MUSC），请求支持在MUSC建立药物滥用和成瘾（K12）指导临床科学家发展计划。拟议方案的总体目标是建立一个指导临床研究培训和职业发展活动的强化方案，以促进学者在药物滥用和成瘾领域的研究独立性。为了与NIDA的使命保持一致，拟议方案的一个主要目标是吸引和培训临床研究人员，以确保训练有素的科学家的多样化人才库将可用于解决国家在成瘾领域的关键卫生保健需求。拟议的方案，在方案计划部分详细描述，包括一个统一的核心课程，旨在解决以下六个目标：（1）增加成瘾知识基础;（2）提供基本的临床研究技能;（3）提高统计技能;（4）提高研究演示技能;（5）提高科学写作技能;和（6）提供专业发展机会。将利用形成性和总结性技术以及经常性的正式和非正式方法进行全面评估，以审查和评估学者的进展和计划的有效性。药物滥用和成瘾方面的研究培训和职业发展机会在MUSC非常强劲，这一点可以通过NIH赞助的针对可卡因，处方阿片类药物，大麻，甲基苯丙胺，尼古丁和酒精成瘾的持续调查得到证明。调查包括成瘾的生物学机制的研究，行为实验室研究，心理治疗干预，药理学临床试验和神经影像学研究。在临床药物滥用和成瘾研究领域的大量专业知识保证了我们吸引，培训和准备学者进行独立研究的能力。在MUSC建立NIDA K12计划将满足将成瘾研究培训潜力扩展到教师级学员的迫切需要，并使我们能够与校园内现有的博士前和博士后培训计划协同工作，以吸引和促进整个教育连续体中专注于成瘾的临床研究的职业发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This revised application from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) requests support to establish a Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program in Drug Abuse and Addiction (K12) at MUSC. The overall objective of the proposed program is to establish an intensive program of mentored clinical research training and career development activities that will promote Scholars' research independence in the area of drug abuse and addiction. In keeping with the mission of NIDA, a major aim of the proposed program is to attract and train clinical researchers to ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists will be available to address the Nation's critical health care needs in te area of addictions. The proposed program, described in detail in the Program Plan section, consists of a unified core curriculum designed to address the following six objectives: (1) Increase addiction knowledge base; (2) Provide fundamental clinical research skills; (3) Enhance statistical skills; (4) Enhance research presentation skills; (5) Improve scientific writin skills; and (6) Provide professional development opportunities. A comprehensive evaluation utilizing formative and summative techniques, as well as recurrent formal and informal approaches for reviewing and evaluating both Scholar progress and program effectiveness will be conducted. Research training and career development opportunities in drug abuse and addictions are exceptionally strong at MUSC, as evidenced by ongoing, NIH-sponsored investigations targeting cocaine, prescription opioids, cannabis, methamphetamine, nicotine, and alcohol addiction. Investigations include studies of the biological mechanisms of addiction, behavioral laboratory studies, psychotherapeutic interventions, pharmacologic clinical trials, and neuroimaging studies. The substantial expertise in the area of clinical drug abuse and addiction research assures our ability to attract, train and prepare Scholars for independent research. The establishment of the NIDA K12 program at MUSC would meet an urgent need to extend the addictions research training potential to faculty-level trainees and allow us to work synergistically with existing pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training programs on campus to attract and promote career development in clinical research focused on addictions throughout the educational continuum.