Predoctoral Training in Translational Musculoskeletal Research

描述（由申请人提供）：这个博士前培训计划的目的是促进优秀的年轻研究人员在转化肌肉骨骼研究的进步。这个重新提交的申请寻求每年四个博士学位前的位置进行临床医学和外科学和基础科学与工程的交叉研究的资金。学员将获得博士学位。生物工程或材料科学与工程学位，通常为期五年，其中两年由该培训补助金支持。该计划的导师来自加州大学圣地亚哥分校各部门或部门的21名资金充足和活跃的教师，而大学本身和当地医院和研究机构提供最先进的研究 实验室和资源。该计划的正式课程提供了一个跨学科，创新和严格的教育经验。学员在两名导师的指导下进行博士研究，一名导师提供基础科学观点，另一名导师提供临床观点。这种导师制结构将促进跨学科的培训环境，有利于在肌肉骨骼翻译方面进行富有成效的研究和发现。此外，培训计划的关键方面包括：与临床导师进行临床轮换，以获得肌肉骨骼疾病的第一手观点，参加著名会议，职业导师，granitary培训，以及来自生物工程，矫形外科和风湿病学等领域著名演讲者的每周研讨会。因此，学员将发展跨学科的研究技能，在板凳和床边之间，使他们能够跳板的职业生涯，这将改善治疗，诊断和预防肌肉骨骼疾病和条件。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this Predoctoral Training Program is to facilitate the advancement of outstanding young investigators in Translational Musculoskeletal Research. This resubmission application seeks funding for four predoctoral slots per year to conduct research at the intersection of clinical medicine and surgery and basic science and engineering. The trainees will obtain a Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering or Materials Science and Engineering, typically five years in duration, with two years to be supported by this training grant. Mentorship for the program comes from a core of 21 well-funded and active faculty members in Departments or Divisions at the University of California, San Diego, while the university itself and local hospitals and research institutions offer state of the art research laboratories and resources. The program's formal course curriculum provides an interdisciplinary, innovative and rigorous educational experience. Trainees conduct doctoral research under the guidance of two mentors, one providing a basic science perspective, the other a clinical one. This mentorship structure will stimulate an interdisciplinary training environment conducive to fruitful research and discovery in musculoskeletal translation. Additionally, key aspects of the training program include: a clinical rotation with a clinical mentr in order to obtain a first- hand perspective of musculoskeletal disorders, participation in prominent conferences, career mentorship, training in grantsmanship, and weekly seminars from prominent speakers in fields including bioengineering, orthopaedic surgery and rheumatology. Trainees will thereby develop interdisciplinary research skills, between the bench and bedside, allowing them to springboard to careers that will improve the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of musculoskeletal diseases and conditions.