University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational Science

我们在马萨诸塞大学提出了一个新的临床和翻译科学培训计划 伍斯特(UMW)校区医学院。我们目前的应用是跨学科的--这个术语描述了 研究人员共同努力，超越基于学科的概念、理论和方法 解决一个共同的研究课题的方法。跨学科团队通力合作，解决 研究主题，但通过合作开发新的问题，源于 纪律。拟议的TL1将吸引博士后预科和博士后早期研究员参加整个 参与共同的临床和转化科学计划的翻译光谱。我们有 开发这一新颖的培训计划是因为我们认识到，为了加速发现和改善健康， 临床和人口科学家必须了解基础生物医学科学，并与之互动。我们会 提供技能和经验，使我们的受训人员能够发现可以翻译和 实施到临床领域以造福社会；并激发基于人类需求的基础研究。我们的 集体制度创造力和协作文化支持跨学科的科学研究 边界、中心和研究所。 具体目标包括： 1.通过提供培训和培养高素质的博士后和博士后学员 在临床和转译研究中采用新颖、多方面、严谨的TL1计划。 2.从国家和地方合格候选人人才库中招募受训人员，产生了多样化的 受训人群的临床背景和学科前景，以及 在种族/族裔、社会劣势和残疾方面的多样性。 3.为学员提供强大的指导团队，为学员量身定做严谨的学术培训 研究兴趣和必要的技术技能，以确保他们独立取得成功 研究人员和团队科学的贡献者。 4.在建立在以下基础上的跨学科团队中提供实践研究经验 UMW各部门、中心和研究所之间现有联系的优势。 博士后实习生将完成临床研究硕士学位(T1或T2+浓度)； 博士生将完成临床和翻译科学的集中学习。我们广博的导师， 科学学科和学术计划提供了灵活性，使每个受训者的经历个性化 同时提供了坚实的方法论基础。

We propose a new clinical and translational sciences training program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester (UMW) campus. Our current application is transdisciplinary – a term describing investigators that work together to expand beyond discipline-based concepts, theories, and methods as a means to address a common research topic. Transdisciplinary teams work collaboratively to address a research topic, but through collaboration develop new questions originating from the cross-fertilization of disciplines. The proposed TL1 will engage pre- and early post-doctoral fellows in training across the entire translational spectrum to participate in a common clinical and translational science program. We have developed this novel training program because we recognize that to accelerate discovery and improve health, clinical and population scientists must understand and interact with the basic biomedical sciences. We will provide skills and experiences that position our trainees to uncover new knowledge that can be translated and implemented into the clinical arena for societal benefit; and inspire basic research based on human needs. Our collective institutional creativity and culture of collaboration support scientific inquiry across disciplinary boundaries, centers, and institutes. The specific aims include: 1. Train and nurture highly qualified pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees through the provision of a novel, multifaceted, rigorous TL1 program in clinical and translational research. 2. Recruit trainees from national and local pools of eligible candidates, resulting in a diverse trainee population with respect to clinical background and disciplinary perspective and with diversity with respect to race/ethnicity, social disadvantages, and disabilities. 3. Provide trainees with the strong mentoring teams, rigorous academic training tailored to their research interests, and technical skills necessary to ensure their success as independent investigators and contributors to team science. 4. Provide “hands on” research experience within transdisciplinary teams building on the strengths of current linkages between UMW Departments, Centers, and Institutes. Post-doctoral trainees will complete the Master's in Clinical Investigation (T1 or T2+ concentration); pre- doctoral trainees will complete the clinical and translational science concentration. Our breadth of mentors, scientific disciplines, and academic programs offers the flexibility to individualize each trainee's experience while providing a strong methodological foundation.