UCLA Dentist-Scientist and Oral Health-Researcher Training Program

本申请寻求为期5年的NIDCR-机构牙科培训奖支持 颅面研究人员(T90/R90)到加州大学洛杉矶分校牙科学院。加州大学洛杉矶分校牙科学院 一所研究密集、致力于研究的机构，具有悠久的传统和致力于教育牙科 口腔、牙科和颅面部专业的学生、牙医研究生和其他专业学生 科学。该应用程序的目标是建立在我们目前的T32和其他职业的优势之上 开发和研究培训计划，并专注于提供严格的研究培训的使命 和职业发展，以培养致力于研究的牙医科学家和口腔健康研究人员。 根据我们的集体经验，我们为符合以下条件的牙医制定了综合培训计划 致力于口腔健康的研究事业。该方案采取了一体化、系统性和连锁性 在牙医-科学家职业发展的所有阶段提供全方位的灵活性的方法。这个 该计划的基本核心价值是培养专注于研究和致力于研究的牙科科学家 和口腔健康科学家教职员工，他们可以成功竞争NIH的资金。博士级别的研究 培训和两到三年的全日制博士后研究培训经验是强制性的。 从我们的项目录取的牙医科学家和口腔健康研究人员将为牙科学校做好准备 准备过渡到科学独立，并在NIH的研究资金方面具有竞争力 环境。 研究培训将集中在加州大学洛杉矶分校牙科学院的四个科学优势领域： (1)口腔癌与癌症生物学；(2)骨生物学与组织工程；(3)传染病；(4) 干细胞与再生医学。一个跨学科的项目将学员与麻省理工学院的导师联系起来 牙科，琼森综合癌症中心，分子生物学研究所，干细胞研究所，加利福尼亚州 纳米系统研究所、工程学院、医学院和公共卫生学院。这个 申请者来源多样，包括在国外接受培训的牙医，包括以下五项培训 跟踪：(1)DDS/PhD(DSTP)；(2)牙医攻读博士学位；(3)牙医攻读博士后研究培训； (4)博士；(5)博士后。培训计划将由计划主任、助理 主任、指导委员会、一名全职协调员和一个咨询委员会。

This application seeks 5-year support for an NIDCR-Institutional Training Award for a Dental and Craniofacial Research Workforce (T90/R90) to the UCLA School of Dentistry. The UCLA School of Dentistry is a research-intensive and research-committed institution with a long tradition and commitment to educate dental student, graduate dentists, and other graduate and professional students in oral, dental and craniofacial sciences. The objective of this application is to build on the strengths of our current T32 and other career development and research training programs and focus on the mission to provide rigorous research training and career development to produce ¿research-committed dentist-scientists and oral health-researchers¿. Based on our collective experience, we have configured an integrative training program for dentists who are committed to research careers in oral health. The program takes an integrative systemic and interlocked approach providing full spectrum flexibility at all stages of career development for the dentist-scientist. The foundational core value of the program is to develop research-focused and research-committed dentistscientist and oral health-scientist faculty that can compete successfully for NIH funding. PhD-level research training and a two to three year dedicated full time postdoctoral research training experience is mandatory. Dentist scientists and oral health researchers matriculated from our program will be ¿dental school ready¿ and poised for transition to scientific independence and be competitive for research funding in the NIH environment. Research training will be centered on four areas of scientific strengths at the UCLA School of Dentistry: (1) Oral Cancer & Cancer Biology, (2) Bone Biology & Tissue Engineering, (3) Infectious Diseases and (4) Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine. An interdisciplinary program links trainees to mentors at the School of Dentistry, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Molecular Biology Institute, Stem Cell Institute, California NanoSystem Institute, School of Engineering School, School of Medicine, and the School of Public Health. The pool of applicants is diverse, including foreign-trained dentists, encompassing the following five training tracks: (1) DDS/PhD (DSTP); (2) Dentists pursuing PhD; (3) Dentists pursuing postdoctoral research training; (4) PhD; (5) PhD postdocs. The training program will be administered by the Program Director, Associate Directors, Steering Committee, a full-time coordinator and an Advisory Committee.