Multidisciplinary Schizophrenia Research Training

描述（由申请人提供）：这是马里兰精神病学研究中心（MPRC） T32培训补助金的首次竞争性续期的再提交，最初于2003年资助（MH067533）。该计划的目标是培养对精神分裂症转化研究的基础或临床研究感兴趣的医学博士、博士和药学博士。MPRC是马里兰大学医学院精神病学系的一个分支，是一个专注于精神分裂症研究的中心，位于斯普林格罗夫医院中心，这是一家位于巴尔的摩郊外的住院精神卫生医院。MPRC的教师在精神分裂症的神经生理学、发育起源、家族关联、症状、神经认知和治疗方面有一个综合的临床和神经科学研究项目。这个成功的研究项目的特点是在MPRC和附近SOM校园内不同的临床前和临床研究人员之间频繁的互动和合作。T32奖学金提供的博士后培训主要集中在基础神经科学或精神分裂症的临床研究。所有受训者都接受了MPRC转化视角的教育，并在精神分裂症的临床和神经科学方面提供了导师和教学培训。重新提交为期五年的竞争性续期申请，建议每年资助3个新的培训生职位，每个职位的研究金为期两年。虽然这是一个非常年轻的T32项目，但它在招募和培训独立研究人员方面是成功的。在最初供资期间，招收了10名受训人员。4名学员完成培训计划，1名学员因个人原因退出，5名学员目前正在接受培训。完成的4 3有教师任命助理教授级别(马里兰大学巴尔的摩大学的威尔士班戈,和奥斯纳布吕克大学的),一个是目前受雇于MPRC作为研究助理。其中3名毕业生获得了竞争性资助。目前的一名学员将于7月从该项目毕业，并已获得马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校的助理教授职位。此外，目前5名学员中有2名获得了竞争性的NARSAD青年研究员奖。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a resubmission of the first competitive renewal of a T32 training grant at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC), originally funded in 2003 (MH067533). The goal of the proposed program is to prepare MDs, PhDs and PharmDs interested in basic or clinical research for a career in translational research in schizophrenia. The MPRC, a division of the University Of Maryland Medical School Department Of Psychiatry, is a focused center for schizophrenia research, located on the grounds of the Spring Grove Hospital Center, an inpatient mental health hospital located just outside Baltimore. The faculty of the MPRC have an integrated research program of clinical and neuroscience research into the neurophysiology, developmental origins, familial associations, symptoms, neurocognition, and treatment of schizophrenia. This successful research program is characterized by frequent interaction and collaboration among different preclinical and clinical researchers within the MPRC and nearby SOM campus. Postdoctoral training offered under this T32 fellowship has a primary focus on either basic neuroscience or clinical investigations of schizophrenia. All trainees are educated on the translational perspective of the MPRC and provided mentors and didactic training in both clinical and neuroscience in schizophrenia. This resubmission for a competitive five-year renewal application proposes to fund 3 new trainee positions in each year, with each a fellowship lasting for 2 years. Although this is a very young T32 program, it is successful in terms of recruiting and training independent researchers. During the initial funding period, 10 trainees were enrolled. Four trainees completed the training program, 1 withdrew for personal reasons and 5 are currently in training. Of the 4 that completed, 3 have faculty appointments at the Assistant Professor level (at the University of Maryland Baltimore, University of Wales, Bangor, and the University of Osnabruck) and one is currently employed at the MPRC as research associate. Three of these graduates have received competitive funding. One current trainee will graduate from this program in July and has secured an assistant professorship position at the University of Maryland Baltimore. In addition, 2 of the 5 current trainees have received competitive NARSAD Young Investigator awards.