Training Program/Rheumatic Diseases

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个为风湿病研究的医生和科学家提供培训的长期项目的续期申请。该项目以宾夕法尼亚大学成人和儿童风湿病学部为基础，并利用宾夕法尼亚大学及其附属机构费城儿童医院、Wistar研究所和费城退伍军人医疗中心在免疫学、生物化学和病理学方面广泛而深入的专业知识。招收博士后4人（医学博士、医学博士/博士、博士），博士生3人。研究员是从一个庞大而有才华的人才库中招募的，包括完成了临床风湿病培训的医生以及研究风湿病相关问题的博士科学家。学生参加宾夕法尼亚大学竞争激烈的生物医学研究生博士和医学博士/博士/医学博士/博士课程，完成严格的课程，并由论文委员会和导师仔细审查他们的进展。学生和博士后都参加了一个优秀的座谈会、研讨会、静修和讲座项目，并被要求在研讨会和期刊俱乐部发表演讲。与此计划相关的许多丰富活动为培训体验增添了巨大的价值。该项目成功地培养了在学术界和工业界为风湿病学做出重要贡献的年轻科学家。最近宾大招收了更多优秀的新教师，这使该项目更加强大，并吸引了高质量的申请者。学员从风湿病相关的广泛学科中选择导师，从最基础的免疫学家到临床流行病学家，使我们能够提供出色的经验，为学生和研究员在下一阶段发展自己的独立研究生涯做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for renewal of support for a longstanding program to provide training for physicians and scientists in rheumatic disease investigation. The program is based both in the Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology Divisions at the University of Pennsylvania and draws upon broad and deep expertise in immunology, biochemistry, and pathology at Penn and its affiliates, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The Wistar Institute, and the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. Training is requested for four postdoctoral fellows (MD, MD/PhD, or PhD) and three pre-doctoral students. Fellows are recruited from a large and talented pool and include physicians who have completed their clinical rheumatology training as well as PhD scientists working on problems related to rheumatology. Students are enrolled in Penn's highly competitive PhD and combined MD/PhD and VMD/PhD programs in Biomedical Graduate Studies, and complete rigorous coursework as well as careful scrutiny of their progress by thesis committees and mentors. Both students and postdoctoral fellows attend an excellent program of colloquia, seminars, retreats, and lectures, and are required to make presentations at seminars and journal clubs. Numerous enrichment activities associated with this program add great value to the training experience. The program has been successful in training young scientists who are making important contributions to rheumatology in academia and in industry. Recent recruitment of additional superb new faculty to Penn has made the program stronger and has attracted high quality applicants. Trainees choose mentors from a wide range of disciplines related to rheumatic diseases, from the most basic immunologists to clinical epidemiologists, allowing us to provide an outstanding experience that prepares students and fellows for the next phase in the development of their own independent research careers.