Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences

ICTS辅导职业发展(MCD)计划的目标是为学者提供 一套全面的尖端研究工具和领导技能，旨在帮助他们成功 在这个充满挑战的时代，在翻译研究领域找到自己的职业。我们的MCD已经被组织好了 基于加州大学欧文分校的专业知识领域进行配置，与CTSA合作伙伴在 网络，非常慷慨的机构支持，以及已经表明愿意加入的教职员工 我们在创建这一特殊计划方面所做的努力。该计划突出了五个关键特点。1)集成 领导力-我们有目的地将NRSA和MCD项目合并到一个领导力保护伞下 确保我们所有学者和受训人员之间的富有成效的互动，并确保培训的使用效率 资源。我们的NRSA和MCD领导人还密切参与了整个ICTS治理和 组织，使学者的培训和研究的几乎所有方面都交织在更广泛的 我们的CTSA中心的活动。2)聚焦柔性加速研究(FFASt)-FFASt是一系列新的 沉浸式学习研讨会，旨在涵盖翻译研究中的当前问题。学习 机会旨在缩短培训过程的正式教学部分，而不会中断 研究生产力。主题包括：a)实施团队科学最佳做法，b)危机 生物医学研究的可重复性，c)生物医学研究创新的可教元素，以及c) 每一位生物医学研究人员必须知道的关于社区拓展和参与的知识。3)体验式 学习机会(真实世界)-与加州大学欧文分校合作(并本着其精神) 最近成功申请了NIH BEST(拓宽科学培训经验)，学者们将 有机会在私营CRO、药物和技术开发公司以及 奥兰治县高等法院的健康和法律问题。4)外展和包容卓越- 与我们医学院现有的成功项目合作，这些项目针对的是代表不足的少数族裔， 学者将教授和指导学生在翻译研究方面的职业。这些努力将有所帮助 为有前途的人在医学上取得成功做好准备，同时扩大我们自己的事业 未来翻译研究人员的候选库。5)卓越的导师关系--学习最佳实践 在整个CTSA网络中，学者们将拥有一个训练有素的指导团队，该团队由以下人员组成 既有经验丰富的翻译研究人员，也有学者感兴趣领域的专家。导师和 学者经常接受评估，目的是发现和解决学者进步中的问题 在最早的阶段。最后，导师和学者将以多种方式获得奖励，包括：信息和通信技术 研究支助凭单；信息学和统计的更好访问和更少的充值 咨询；专门的试点/可行性赠款；以及编制外部赠款的个人指导。

The goal of the ICTS Mentored Career Development (MCD) program is to provide scholars with a comprehensive and cutting-edge set of research tools and leadership skills designed to help them successfully navigate a career in translational research in these challenging times. Our MCD has been structured and configured based on areas of expertise here at UC Irvine, robust collaborations with CTSA partners across the network, remarkably generous institutional support, and a faculty that has demonstrated its willingness to join us in creating this exceptional program. The program highlights five critical features. 1) Integrated Leadership—We have purposefully combined the NRSA and MCD programs under one leadership umbrella to ensure productive interaction among all of our scholars and trainees, and efficiencies in using training resources. Our NRSA and MCD leaders are also intimately involved in the overall ICTS governance and organization so that virtually all aspects of scholars’ training and research are interwoven into the broader activities of our CTSA Hub. 2) Focused Flexible Accelerated Studies (FFASt)—FFASt is a new series of immersive-learning workshops designed to cover current issues in translational research. Learning opportunities are designed to shorten the formal didactic component of the training process without disrupting research productivity. Topics include: a) Implementing Team Science Best Practices, b) The Crisis of Reproducibility in Biomedical Research, c) Teachable Elements of Innovation in Biomedical Research, and c) What Every Biomedical Researcher Must Know About Community Outreach and Engagement. 3) Experiential Learning Opportunities (Real World Externships)—In collaboration with (and in the spirit of) UC Irvine’s recent successful application for an NIH BEST (Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training), scholars will have the opportunity to work in private sector CROs, drug and technology development companies, and in health and law issues in the Superior Courts of Orange County. 4) Outreach and Inclusion Excellence— Working with successful existing programs in our School of Medicine that target underrepresented minorities, scholars will teach and mentor students regarding careers in translational research. These efforts will help prepare promising individuals for successful careers in medicine and simultaneously enlarge our own candidate pool of future translational researchers. 5) Outstanding Mentorship—Learning from best practices across the CTSA Network, scholars will have the advantage of a well-trained mentorship team consisting of both experienced translational researchers and specialists in the scholar’s area of interest. The mentors and scholars undergo frequent evaluation with the goal of identifying and fixing problems in the scholar’s progress at the earliest stages. Finally, mentors and scholars will be rewarded in a number of ways, including: ICTS vouchers for research support; enhanced access and reduced recharge for informatics and statistical consultations; dedicated pilot/feasibility grants; and personal guidance in extramural grant preparation.