Doctoral and Post-doctoral Training in Craniofacial Biology

项目摘要/摘要 牙科教育的未来和对生物医学研究的支持需要投资于选择和 培训未来的科学家，包括基础、翻译或临床研究人员。声明的目标之一是 NIDCR将“确保拥有一支多样化和训练有素的劳动力队伍，以解决国家的健康问题-- 牙科、口腔和颅面研究的相关需求“。为了实现这一目标，我们正在寻求 更新我们由NIDCR赞助的口腔健康研究机构培训计划，提供 头面部健康研究方面的一系列培训机会。因此，这笔赠款要求提供支持，以提供 为一批精选的寻求博士学位的学者提供教育和密集的综合研究培训 学位或博士后培训(针对DDS和博士毕业生)，主要侧重于牙科、口腔面部和 与颅面健康相关的疾病过程。只有最有资格和最有干劲的博士前和 博士后候选人将被选为T90/R90支持对象。T90和R90奖励组件将允许 美国将继续分别培训美国公民和永久居民以及非永久居民。 优秀的博士后和博士后实习生将由内部指导委员会(ISC)挑选 最初12个月的支持期，如果他们表现出令人满意的进展，将被授予 再支持12个月。见习导师将由赫尔曼·奥斯特罗学校的终身教员担任 牙科或南加州大学凯克医学院。导师的选择使用了两个简单的标准：1) 他们保持积极的研究概况，并有成功指导的重要历史，和/或2)他们 目前有来自NIDCR的独立研究资金。根据这些简单的标准，选定的 导师的研究兴趣与NIDCR声明的目标一致。对 T90/R90赠款的整体运作将由外部咨询委员会(EAC)提供。这两个 赫尔曼·奥斯特罗牙科学校(HOSD)和南加州大学教务长办公室仍然全力致力于这一点和 类似的联邦支持的NRSA培训赠款，并将确保提供额外的财政支持，以 实现所有规定的结果。

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT The future of dental education and support for biomedical research requires investment in the selection and training of tomorrow’s scientists, including basic, translational or clinical researchers. One of the stated goals of the NIDCR is to “ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to address the Nation’s health- related needs in dental, oral, and craniofacial research”. In an effort to achieve this goal, we are seeking renewal of our NIDCR-sponsored Institutional Training program in Oral Health Research which provides an array of training opportunities in craniofacial health research. This grant thus requests support to provide education and intensive, integrated research training for a select cadre of scholars seeking either a PhD degree or post-doctoral training (for both DDS and PhD graduates) with a major focus on dental, orofacial and craniofacial health-related disease processes. Only the most highly qualified and motivated pre-doctoral and post-doctoral candidates will be selected for T90/R90 support. The T90 and R90 award components will allow us to continue to train U.S. citizens and permanent residents, and non-permanent residents, respectively. Outstanding pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees will be selected by an Internal Steering Committee (ISC) for an initial 12-month period of support, and provided they demonstrate satisfactory progress, will be awarded support for another 12 months. Trainee mentors will be tenured faculty from either the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry or the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Mentors have been selected using two simple criteria: 1) they maintain active research profiles and have a significant history of successful mentorship, and/or 2) they have current independent research funding from the NIDCR. Based on these simple criteria the selected mentors’ research interests are in alignment with the stated goals of the NIDCR. Additional oversight of the overall operation of the T90/R90 grant will come from an External Advisory Committee (EAC). Both the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry (HOSD) and the Provost’s Office at USC remain fully committed to this and similar federally supported NRSA training grants, and will ensure that additional financial support is in place to achieve all stated outcomes.