WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY NEUROSURGERY RESIDENT RESEARCH EDUCATION PROGRAM

 描述(由申请者提供)：许多权威机构都强调了内科科学家的“濒危”渠道，尤其是一个更罕见的品种--神经外科医生-科学家所面临的挑战。这些挑战是无数的，而且还在不断增加，包括官僚机构的扩大、更大的临床需求、研究时间的缩短、基础科学的快速进步以及用于研究培训的资金有限。WUSM神经外科的使命，其住院医师培训计划，以及这笔赠款中建议的神经外科研究教育计划，旨在培养和发展未来一代神经外科医生和科学家，使他们不仅能够在基础、翻译和临床神经科学方面做出贡献，而且能够领导新的发现。这个R25项目的结构将几个战略上的增强融入到一个已经很强大的神经外科住院研究项目中，这样驻院学员将为获得全国最好的初级教师职位做好准备，并随后获得包括K系列职业发展奖在内的外部资金。神经外科以及相关的临床和基础科学系为神经科学研究和教育提供了良好的制度环境，支持这一培训计划。华盛顿大学神经外科在培训数十年的学术神经外科医生方面有着悠久而杰出的记录。这一成功在过去10年中尤为强劲，超过60%的毕业生进入学术实践，近20%的毕业生成为成功的NIH资助的神经外科医生和科学家。拟议的神经外科研究教育计划利用我们过去的教育经验和华盛顿大学强大的神经科学社区，专门为倾向于以独立研究人员的学术生涯追求学术生涯的神经外科医生开发一个增强的和独特的研究培训轨道，总体长期目标是确保训练有素的神经外科医生和科学家能够在未来取得进展，从而减轻神经学疾病的负担。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Numerous authorities have highlighted the "endangered" pipeline of physician-scientists and in particular the challenges faced by an even rarer breed - the neurosurgeon-scientist. These challenges are myriad and increasing, and include expanding bureaucracy, greater clinical demands, diminishing research time, rapid pace of advancement in basic science, and limited funding for research training. The mission of the WUSM Department of Neurosurgery, its Residency Training Program, and the Neurosurgery Research Education Program proposed in this grant is to train and develop the future generation of neurosurgeon-scientists so that they can not only contribute to but also lead new discoveries in basic, translational, and clinical neuroscience. The structure of this R25 program incorporates several strategic enhancements to an already robust neurosurgery resident research program such that resident participants will be extremely well prepared to obtain the best junior faculty positions in the country and subsequently secure extramural funding including K series career development awards. An excellent institutional environment for neuroscience research and education in the Department of Neurosurgery and allied Clinical and Basic Science Departments supports this training program. The neurosurgery department at Washington University has a long and distinguished track record of training academic neurosurgeons spanning many decades. This success has been particularly strong over the past 10 years, with over 60% of graduates entering academic practice and nearly 20% of graduates becoming successful NIH-funded neurosurgeon-scientists. The proposed Neurosurgery Research Education Program leverages our past educational experiences and the strong neuroscience community at Washington University in order to develop an enhanced and distinct research training track specifically for neurosurgeons who are inclined to pursue academic careers as independent researchers, with the overall long-term goal of ensuring that highly-trained neurosurgeon-scientists will be available to make future advances that will lead to a reduction in the burden of neurological diseases.