Forsyth Postdoctoral Training in Oral Health Research

描述（由申请人提供）：博士后培训是福赛斯研究所的主要制度力量。在这个nsa支持的T32博士后培训项目的更新中，我们将通过从有或没有博士学位的牙医中培养一群忠诚的、训练有素的、有竞争力的研究人员来建立这一优势，他们寻求获得适用于口腔和颅面疾病的合作、多学科研究培训（基础、转化或临床）。(b)希望在口腔健康研究方面发展职业的博士学位，这些研究将利用最新的科学和合作战略。受训者将在生物矿化、牙周病学、免疫学、分子遗传学、细胞因子生物学、发育和再生生物学中心、临床和转化生物学中心以及应用分子光医学实验室等20个资助充足并发表论文的导师中找到一个主要的研究单位。为了强调合作和多学科方法，受训者将与三个重点领域（结构生物学/生物矿化；宿主-生物膜界面，临床和转化研究）中的一个（或多个）紧密相关。该项目将由Daniel Smith博士（项目主任）和Thomas Van Dyke博士（项目联合主任）领导的指导委员会指导。外部审查将由博士外部咨询委员会提供。杰弗里·埃伯索尔（肯塔基大学）和罗伯特·奎维（罗切斯特大学）。博士后培养计划将为7名受训者提供3年的指导研究支持。虽然重点放在研究部分，受训者将有一些选修和非选修的机会，除了他们的实验/临床研究部分。这些机会将根据个人的需要和项目量身定制。所有受训者的课程都将包括助学金、拨款写作技巧、成功的教学和演讲以及科研诚信方面的辅导和研讨会。将有机会指导新兴的高中和牙科学生科学家。一个系统的程序应用程序和审查学员的进展计划，作为非正式和正式的学员反馈（当前和后项目）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Postdoctoral training is a major institutional strength at the Forsyth Institute. In this NRSA-supported renewal of our T32 postdoctoral training program, we will build on that strength by developing a diverse group of committed, highly trained and competitive investigators from a pool of (a) dentists, with or without the PhD, who seek to obtain collaborative, multidisciplinary research training (basic, translational, or clinical) applicable to oral and craniofacial diseases, conditions and disorders and (b) PhD's who desire to develop careers in oral health research that will take advantage of the most current scientific and collaborative strategies. Trainees will find principal research homes with one of 20 well-funded and published mentors in Departments of Biomineralization, Periodontology, Immunology, Molecular Genetics, Cytokine Biology and the Center of Development and Regenerative Biology, Center for Clinical and Translational Biology, and the Laboratory of Applied Molecular Photomedicine. To emphasize collaborative and multidisciplinary approaches, trainees will be more strongly associated with one (or more) of three Focus Areas (Structural Biology/Biomineralization; Host-Biofilm Interface, and Clinical and Translational Research). The program will be guided by a Steering Committee, led by Dr. Daniel Smith (Program Director) and Dr. Thomas Van Dyke (Program Co-Director). External review will be provided by an External Advisory Committee of Drs. Jeffrey Ebersole (University of Kentucky) and Robert Quivey (University of Rochester). The postdoctoral training program will provide support for seven trainees with three years each of mentored research. Although strong emphasis is placed on the research component, trainees will have a number of elective and non-elective opportunities apart from their bench/clinical research component. These opportunities will be tailored to the individual's needs and programs. Tutorials and seminars in grantsmanship, grant writing skills, successful teaching and presentation, and integrity in scientific research will be part of all trainees' programs. There will be opportunities for mentoring emerging high school and dental student scientists. A systematic program of application to the program and review of trainees' progress is planned, as is informal and formal trainee feedback (current and post-program).