Reproductive Sciences Research Career Development Center

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的目标是建立和加强目前在加州大学圣地亚哥分校妇女生殖健康研究职业发展中心提供的优秀学术培训。WRHR学者是由国际公认的研究人员组成的咨询委员会通过全国范围的搜索选出的，该委员会确定了渴望在妇女健康方面取得卓越科学成就并致力于作为医生科学家的学术事业的高性能妇产科医生。学者与来自广泛的妇女健康兴趣领域的资深科学家导师相匹配，包括流行病学，围产期生理学和遗传学，肥胖和代谢，泌尿妇科，生殖内分泌学和癌症。该计划灵活地分为两个阶段：在前1到2年，学者致力于研究能力；在最后的3到4年，努力实现研究独立和学术专长。在第一阶段，教学和实践指导补充了密集的实验室工作，临床工作被最小化。第一阶段学者参加为期两年的CREST项目，学习流行病学、生物统计学、数据管理和信息学。在选修的第三年，可以获得公共卫生硕士学位。在第二阶段，学者加入UCSD NCLAM领导力项目，该项目教授学术发展、领导力和组织效率，并为学者成为一名有成就的副教授做好准备。定期进行拨款写作、伦理和医疗事业方面的个体化指导。在整个过程中，中心的指导委员会在每月的会议上密切关注学者的进展，并为每位学者专门任命了一个个人指导委员会（类似于博士论文委员会），每年召开两次会议，确保研究环境和临床需求都得到优化和平衡。咨询委员会每年审查指导委员会的报告，并每年评估每位学者的晋升和重新任命计划。中心在过去十年中所取得的成功将会随着一批优秀学者的招募、培养和转变为成熟的临床科学家而得到加强和扩展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this application is to build upon and enhance the outstanding academic training currently provided in the UCSD Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Center. WRHR Scholars are selected through nationwide searches by an Advisory Committee comprised of internationally recognized researchers that identifies high-performing OB/GYN physicians who aspire to scientific excellence in Women's Health and are committed to academic careers as physician-scientists. Scholars are matched with an established senior-scientist Mentor from a broad range of Women's Health interest areas including epidemiology, perinatal physiology and genetics, obesity and metabolism, urogynecology, reproductive endocrinology, and cancer. The program is flexibly organized into two phases: in the first 1 to 2 years, the Scholar works toward research competency; in the final 3 to 4 years, efforts are directed to achieving research independence and academic expertise. During Phase 1, didactic and practical instruction supplements intensive laboratory work, and clinical work is minimized. First phase Scholars participate in the two-year CREST program in epidemiology, biostatistics, data management, and informatics. During a third optional year, an MPH degree can be achieved. In Phase 2, Scholars join the UCSD NCLAM Leadership Program, which teaches academic development, leadership, and organizational effectiveness and prepares the Scholar to function as an accomplished Associate Professor. Individualized instruction in grant writing, ethics, and medical enterprise is conducted regularly. Throughout, the Center's Mentoring Committee closely monitors Scholars' progress in monthly meetings and an Individual Mentoring Committee (similar to a PhD Thesis committee), appointed specifically for each Scholar, meets twice yearly, ensuring that both the research environment and clinical demands are optimized and balanced. The Advisory Committee reviews Mentoring Committee reports annually and assesses each Scholar's advancement and reappointment to the program yearly. The well-established success of the Center over the last ten years will be enhanced and extended as a new a cadre of outstanding Scholars is recruited, trained and transitioned into mature clinician-scientists. RELEVANCE: The WRHR Career Development Program addresses the need for greater numbers of obstetrician-gynecologist physician scientists performing research on Women's Health. The program addresses a continued need for bridging clinical training with an independent career in research addressing women's health concerns. The primary goal is to increase the research capacity of clinically trained obstetrician-gynecologists to address clinically relevant but underserved areas of Women's Health Research.