Comprehensive Training in Inter-Disciplinary Oral Health Research

改善口腔健康的进展有赖于培养出训练有素、能力超群的科学家 能够进行严格的牙科、口腔和颅面研究，并能在多学科中工作 将研究成果转化为改善公众健康的应用程序的团队。这项建议 华盛顿大学(UW)的培训计划是现有T90/R90培训的竞争性更新 口腔健康研究跨学科综合培训助学金。我们之前由NIDCR资助的 培训方案非常有效，目前我们80%以上的学员来自过去15年 从事研究密集型或与研究相关的工作。我们已经成功地创建和完善了一个 涵盖广泛的跨学科口腔健康研究领域的综合计划。 研究领域包括公共卫生、行为和临床，以及基础和翻译。这个 口腔医学院口腔健康多学科系(OHS)为重点 为项目，为所有学员提供核心内容。其他参与的部门包括生物统计、 公共卫生学院的流行病学和卫生服务。基础版和翻译版的重点领域 科学包括与健康和疾病有关的分子和遗传方法；头面部结构、功能和 以及干细胞生物学/组织再生/工程学。在目前的应用中，我们的目标是 是：1)提供严格的、以学科为基础的基础/翻译或公共卫生/行为/临床培训 口腔健康研究(通过院系研究生课程和辅导性研究实现)； 2)提供经验，发展学员的技能，使其成为以下项目的有力贡献成员 多学科研究团队(通过核心研讨会和研究报告以及 根据受训人员的个人发展计划提供个性化的职业发展机会)。博士前 培训(2个博士职位)通过所有四个参与部门的博士项目提供。这个 DDS/博士课程(3个职位)是通过OHS的口腔生物学研究生课程提供的。博士后 为从事口腔健康研究课题的博士和牙医提供培训(5个职位) 额外的研究、培训和经验。包括为非公民指定的1个博士后职位 对高级研究培训感兴趣的牙医，为研究生涯做准备，特别是在美国学校 牙科医生。博士前的聘期预计为5年，博士前的聘期为2至3年。 博士后实习生。我们将不仅基于过程措施，还将基于长期来评估该计划 结果，包括受训人员担任的职位和他们在这些职位上取得的成功、人数、质量和 科学出版物的多学科性质，以及申请和资助的赠款。

Advances in improving oral health depend upon producing well-trained and highly competent scientists capable of conducting rigorous dental, oral and craniofacial research, as well as working in multidisciplinary teams to translate research findings into applications that improve the health of the public. This proposed training program at the University of Washington (UW) is a competing renewal of an existing T90/R90 training grant on Comprehensive Training in Interdisciplinary Oral Health Research. Our previous NIDCR-funded training programs have been highly effective, with over 80% of our trainees from the prior 15 years currently working in research-intensive or research-related positions. We have successfully created and refined a comprehensive program that covers a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary oral health research areas. Research areas included are public health, behavioral, and clinical, as well as basic and translational. The multidisciplinary Department of Oral Health Sciences (OHS) in the School of Dentistry serves as the focal point for the program, providing core content for all trainees. Other participating departments include Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Health Services in the School of Public Health. Focal areas in basic and translational sciences include molecular and genetic approaches to health and disease; craniofacial structure, function and development; and stem cell biology/tissue regeneration/engineering. In the current application, our objectives are to: 1) provide rigorous, discipline-based training in basic/translational or public health/behavioral/clinical oral health research (achieved through departmental graduate programs and mentored research); and, 2) provide experiences that develop trainees' skills for participating as strong contributing members of multidisciplinary research teams (achieved through core seminars and research presentations, as well as individualized career development opportunities, based on the trainee’s Individual Development Plan). Pre-doctoral training (2 PhD positions) is offered through PhD programs in all four participating departments. The DDS/PhD program (3 positions) is offered through the Oral Biology Graduate Program in OHS. Postdoctoral training (5 positions) is offered for PhD’s working on oral health research topics, as well as for dentists seeking additional research training and experience. Included is 1 postdoctoral position designated for a non-citizen dentist interested in advanced research training in preparation for a research career, particularly in a US school of dentistry. The expected duration of appointments is 5 years for pre-doctoral and 2 or 3 years for postdoctoral trainees. We will evaluate the program based not only on process measures, but also on long-term outcomes, including positions taken by trainees and their success in them, the number, quality and multidisciplinary nature of scientific publications, and grants applied for and funded.