Training in Cardiovascular Research

 描述（由申请人提供）：UT西南部的T32资助的心血管培训计划具有悠久而辉煌的历史，培养了能够独立和成功的有能力和富有成效的研究人员。事实上，我们的计划有一个令人印象深刻的跟踪记录，产生了大量有能力的研究人员谁继续有实质性的影响。在此期间，我们的机构和心脏病科已经从一个研究重点严重偏重于基础科学，现在包括广泛的实力和代表性的转化科学，临床试验，基于人口的研究，卫生服务和成果研究。 通知说，我们的T32竞争性更新不符合退款标准，使我们严格审查的各个方面， 我们的计划，把它彻底拆除，然后从头开始重建。我们新的T32应用程序，同时建立在我们非常成功的先前计划的优势，已经完全重新设计，以解决几个重要问题。 我们所做的改变包括显著减少受训人员的数量，并将我们的项目限制在博士后研究员。该计划现在在基础和临床/转化研究之间均衡。导师库已被大幅修改，包括强大的NIH资助的导师在辅助部门，并删除谁是不够的生产力或资金充足的研究人员。我们大大加强了对个性化发展计划的使用。我们的行政结构已经重新设计，以加强监督，为学员创造一个更加统一的机构“家”，并显着加强对学员，导师和培训计划的双向和持续评估。我们加强了基础设施支持，包括生物统计支持和协助IRB提交。此外，还为女性学员实施了多项新举措。 我们的心血管训练计划只是一个训练计划，而不是一个资助机制。我们的主要目标是通过招募极具才华和积极性的个人来培养下一代变革性心血管研究人员，并为他们在竞争日益激烈和资源挑战的环境中取得成功做好准备。第二个目标是扩大从事心血管研究的妇女和少数民族干部队伍。我们的教师是多样化的，跨越从分子到细胞，器官系统，生物体和人口的专业知识。我们的教师分布在教师职级，性别和种族背景的全方位。 总而言之，我们的计划旨在促进下一代调查人员，教师和导师的出现，而此时对这种需求从未如此之大。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The T32-funded Cardiovascular Training Program at UT Southwestern has a long and illustrious history of fostering emergence of capable and productive investigators ideally positioned for independence and success. Indeed, our Program has an impressive track record, producing a large number of capable researchers who continue to have substantial impact. Over this period, our institution and the Division of Cardiology have evolved from a research emphasis heavily weighted towards basic science to one that now includes broad strength and representation in translational science, clinical trials, population-based research, and health services and outcomes research. The notification that our T32 competitive renewal did not meet criteria for refunding led us to critically examine all aspects of our program, to tear it down completely, and to rebuild it from scratch. Our new T32 application, while building on the strengths of our highly successful prior program, has been completely redesigned to address several important issues. Among the changes we have made include markedly reducing the number of trainees and restricting our program to postdoctoral fellows. The program is now evenly balanced between basic and clinical/translational research. The mentor pool has been modified substantially to include robust NIH-funded mentors in ancillary departments and to remove investigators who were not sufficiently productive or well funded. We have substantially enhanced our use of individualized development plans (IDPs). Our administrative structure has been redesigned to enhance oversight, to create a more unified institutional "home" for trainees, and to markedly strengthen bi-directional and ongoing evaluation of the trainees, mentors, and the training program. We have enhanced infrastructure support, including biostatistical support and assistance with IRB submissions. Also, multiple new initiatives have been implemented for female trainees. Our Cardiovascular Training Program is just that, a training program, and not a funding mechanism. Our primary objective is to develop the next generation of transformative cardiovascular investigators by recruiting highly talented and motivated individuals and preparing them for success in an increasingly competitive and resource-challenged environment. A secondary objective is to expand the cadre of women and minorities pursuing careers in cardiovascular research. Our faculty is diverse, spanning a spectrum of expertise from molecule to cell, organ system, organism, and population. Members of our faculty are distributed across the full spectrum of faculty rank, gender, and ethnic background. In summary, our Program is designed to foster the emergence of the next generation of investigators, teachers, and mentors at a time when the need for such has never been greater.