Pittsburgh Pediatric Rheumatology Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：这是匹兹堡儿科流变学培训补助金的续期申请。儿科风湿病学主要研究儿童期的肌肉骨骼和自身免疫性疾病。为这一儿童群体提供服务的是美国237名委员会认证的儿科风湿病学家（截至2008年）。除了少数人之外，所有这些人都是不从事研究的临床医生。因此，很少有儿科风湿病学家有研究指导，他们缺乏进行尖端研究的技能。匹兹堡儿童医院的儿科流变学部门在大量和持续的机构支持下，致力于创建一个国家卓越中心，提供全面的，最先进的临床护理，教育计划和涉及临床，转化和基础科学的竞争性研究。我们的培训计划是仅有的两个NIH资助的专门用于儿科风湿病学的培训计划之一。我们的中心任务之一是教育新一代的学术儿科风湿病学家谁可以发挥主导作用的专业作为医生科学家。我们的目标是提供一个训练有素的医学博士的主要来源。学术儿科风湿病学家和博士科学家服务于国家对儿科风湿性疾病前沿研究的需要。为了实现这一使命，我们寻求提供，在一个单一的中心，研究榜样，导师和丰富的环境，培养这样的个人，并确保他们的成功所必需的。要求提供支助，以维持我们方案目前每年4名受训人员的人数，以便每年提供两名新受训人员，并为每名受训人员提供两年的支助。受训人员将包括两类人。至少75%将是儿科风湿病学医学博士。完成第一年临床培训的研究员。经过第一年的强化临床培训，他们将从计划教师中选择一名导师，以获得将作为独立学术生涯的基础的卓越研究经验。高达25%将是博士。希望专注于儿科风湿病学研究事业的学员。他们将从研究儿科风湿性疾病的教师中选择一名导师。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a renewal application for The Pittsburgh Pediatric Rheumatology Training Grant. Pediatric rheumatology focuses on musculoskeletal and autoimmune diseases of childhood. Serving this population of children are 237 board-certified pediatric rheumatologists in the United States (as of 2008). All but a handful of these are clinicians who do not engage in research. As a result, few pediatric rheumatologists have had research mentorship and they lack the skills to perform cutting edge research. The Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, with substantial and sustained institutional support, has endeavored to create a national center of excellence offering comprehensive, state-of-the-art clinical care, educational programs, and competitive research involving clinical, translational, and basic sciences. Our Training Program is one of only two NIH-funded training programs dedicated to pediatric rheumatology. One of our central missions is to educate a new generation of academic pediatric rheumatologists who can play a leading role in the specialty as physician scientists. The goal is to provide a prime source of well- trained M.D. academic pediatric rheumatologists and Ph.D. scientists to serve the national need for cutting- edge research in the pediatric rheumatic diseases. To achieve this mission, we seek to provide, within a single center, the research role models, mentorship, and rich environment necessary for nurturing such individuals and ensuring their success. Support is requested to continue the current number of trainees in our program, currently four trainees per year, in order to provide two new trainees per year and two years of support for each trainee. The trainees will consist of two types of individuals. At least 75% will be pediatric rheumatology M.D. fellows who have completed a first year of clinical training. Following a first year of intensive clinical training, they will select a mentor from among the program faculty in order to gain exceptional research experience that will be used as the basis of an independent academic career. Up to 25% will be Ph.D. trainees who desire to focus their research careers in pediatric rheumatology. They will select a mentor from among the faculty who study the pediatric rheumatic diseases.