Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)

关注儿童和青少年健康的研究落后于对成年人进行的研究，部分原因是 难以在该领域招募调查人员。这一儿童和儿童多学科培训计划的目标 青少年健康是通过吸引有才华的实习生来满足对训练有素的儿科研究人员的需求， 为他们提供成功的工具，并保持他们对儿童健康研究的承诺。我们相信 西北大学(NU)和西北大学临床与翻译科学研究所(NUCATS)是独一无二的 准备以创新的方式应对这些挑战。我们提出了两种方法，博士后培训 面向临床和基础科学家的计划和夏季沉浸计划(SIP)以吸引代表不足的人 从少数群体到儿童和青少年健康研究事业。在博士后项目中，我们将应用我们的 在招聘和培训年轻科学家和临床医生方面拥有成熟的专业知识，重点是翻译科学 关于儿童健康。每年，两名儿科医生和两名工程师(或类似的博士科学家)将被选为 为期两年的培训计划，一次共培训8名学员。严格的遴选 过程将审查拟议的培训将导致职业生涯的可能性， 方法和临床洞察力将结合起来，促进儿童和青少年的健康。节目计划是 创新，包括为每个受训人员提供强大的指导团队。主要导师将得到支持，因为 适当地，由在补充科学方法方面具有专门知识的额外导师；在研究设计方面， 分析和方法(RAMP)；以及社区利益攸关方参与。受训人员将接受一项 独特的定位和个人发展规划流程，帮助他们有效地利用 他们可以利用的资源和机会。核心培训内容将包括一门关于 儿童健康研究和一个在NU非常成功的同伴指导计划。团队科学 指导讲习班将由国家专家提供，以支持导师和学员导航 他们在指导团队中的角色。具体方案将解决将妇女留在儿童和 青少年健康研究。在第二种方法中，SIP计划将鼓励代表人数不足 少数群体从事儿童健康研究的职业。每年，四名高素质的硕士学生在 芝加哥州立大学将被选中与TL1导师一起度过10周，并将与正在进行的 在项目之前、期间和之后与园区领导层进行互动。此TL1计划基于我们的 在国立大学成功地培训了翻译研究方面的工程师和临床医生科学家，以及 受益于NU的独特优势，包括Lurie儿童医院的顶级临床资源和 芝加哥康复研究所，NU麦考密克学院强大和加速的研究项目 工程与应用科学和范伯格医学院，以及NUCATS。

Research focused on child and adolescent health lags behind that conducted with adults, due in part to the difficulty of recruiting investigators into the field. The goal of this Multidisciplinary Training Program in Child and Adolescent Health is to address the need for well-trained pediatric researchers by attracting talented trainees, equipping them with the tools to succeed and retaining their commitment to child health research. We believe Northwestern University (NU) and the NU Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS) are uniquely poised to innovatively address these challenges. We propose two approaches, a post-doctoral training program for clinical and basic scientists and a Summer Immersion Program (SIP) to attract underrepresented minorities to child and adolescent health research careers. In the postdoctoral program, we will apply our established expertise in recruiting and training young scientists and clinicians in translational science focused on child health. Each year, two pediatricians and two engineers (or similar PhD scientists) will be selected for a two-year training program, with a total of eight trainees in the program at one time. A rigorous selection process will examine the likelihood that the proposed training will lead to a career in which scientific approaches and clinical insight will be combined to advance child and adolescent health. The program plan is innovative and includes robust mentoring teams for each trainee. Primary mentors will be supported, as appropriate, by additional mentors with expertise in complementary scientific approaches; in Research Design, Analysis and Methods (RAMP); and in Community Stakeholder involvement. The trainees will undergo a unique orientation and individual development planning process to help them effectively utilize the breadth of resources and opportunities available to them. Core training elements will include a course in fundamentals of child-health research and a peer-mentoring program that has been highly successful at NU. Team science and mentoring workshops will be provided by national experts, to support mentors and mentees in navigating their roles on the mentoring team. Specific programming will address retention of women in child and adolescent health research. In the second approach, the SIP program will encourage underrepresented minorities to pursue careers in child health research. Each year, four highly-qualified Masters' students at Chicago State University will be selected to spend 10 weeks with TL1 mentors, complemented by ongoing interaction with SIP leadership before, during and after the program. This TL1 program is based on our successful track record at NU of training engineers and clinician-scientists in translational research, and benefits from unique strengths at NU that include top-tier clinical resources in Lurie Children's Hospital and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, strong and accelerating research programs at NU's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and Feinberg School of Medicine, and NUCATS.