Multidisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology

虽然新型药物和外科干预的进步导致心血管疾病的减少， 死亡率，心血管疾病的发病率在几十年后，近年来又开始上升。 下降，这表明继续投资于生物医学研究将是至关重要的，以保持我们的进展， 在抗击这种疾病中所取得的成就。由于心血管疾病的复杂性和日益增长的可用性 先进的研究技术来了解这些疾病的过程，当务之急是， 一代研究科学家接受各种学科的培训，包括心血管 生理学、细胞和分子生物学以及疾病发病机制。NIH资助的心血管 本科生研究倡议或代表性不足的学生（好奇）计划成立于年 2019年，以提高少数民族和弱势本科生获得先进的研究 培训心血管疾病，并增加招生人数不足的学生进入我们的研究生 程序.然而，路易斯安那州目前缺乏任何NHLBI资助的T32项目来进一步毕业 训练 LSU Health什里夫波特的心血管疾病和科学中心（CCDS）包括一个 协作，跨各种心血管疾病的研究兴趣的多部门教师。 为了促进研究生和博士后培训，CCDS资助了26名博士前研究员和34名 博士后研究员在过去的8年。心血管多学科培训的目标 病理生理学（MCTP）培训计划是成长和正规化我们的研究生研究计划，以满足 需要为博士前研究员提供先进的跨学科培训，并提供多样化的科学家人才库 心血管疾病的研究。在该计划内受训的人员会接受跨部门的培训 主动权，提供了丰富的培训经验，补充个别部门的计划。 MTCP培训计划将以CCDS中的当前培训计划为基础， 这是路易斯安那州唯一一个专注于疾病发病机制的培训项目。的 路易斯安那州立大学卫生部什里夫波特的MTCP的总体目标是：1）为州内的研究培训提供机会， 最先进的研究实验室，包括已建立和新兴研究科学家的合作小组， 2)建立心血管病理生理学培训计划，包括教学讲座、研讨会和 与世界知名科学家的互动，临床研究经验，以及多个年度研究活动， 3)进一步加强招募代表性不足的科学家群体参与心血管研究， 与NIH资助的好奇心计划合作，4）加强我们的专业发展 通过获得赠款撰写高级培训和职业技能研讨会，培训学员。

While new classes of drugs and advances in surgical interventions has led to a decline in the cardiovascular mortality rate, the incidence of cardiovascular disease has begun to rise again in recent years after decades of decline, suggesting a continued investment in biomedical research will be critical to maintaining the progress we have made in fighting this disease. Due to the complexity of cardiovascular disease and the growing availability of advanced research techniques to understand these disease processes, it is imperative that the next generation of research scientists receive training across a variety of disciplines, including cardiovascular physiology, cellular and molecular biology, and disease pathogenesis. The NIH-funded Cardiovascular Undergraduate Research Initiative fOr Underrepresented Students (CURIOUS) program was established in 2019 to enhance the access of minority and disadvantaged undergraduate students to advanced research training in cardiovascular disease and to increase the recruitment of underrepresented students into our graduate programs. However, the state of Louisiana currently lacks any NHLBI funded T32 programs to further graduate training. The Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences (CCDS) at LSU Health Shreveport includes a collaborative, multi-departmental faculty with research interests across a wide variety of cardiovascular disease. To facilitate graduate and postdoctoral training, the CCDS has funded 26 Predoctoral Fellows and 34 Postdoctoral Fellows over the past 8 years. The goal of the Multidisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology (MCTP) Training Program is to grow and formalize our graduate research program, to meet the need for advanced interdisciplinary training for Predoctoral Fellows, and to provide a diverse pool of scientists to the study of cardiovascular disease. Trainees within the MCTP will be exposed to inter-departmental training initiatives, providing an extensive training experience that complements the individual departmental programs. The MTCP training program will build on current training initiatives in the CCDS to provide the only cardiovascular training program in Louisiana and the only training program in the state focused on disease pathogenesis. The overall goals of the MTCP at LSU Health Shreveport are: 1) to provide opportunities for research training in state- of-the-art research laboratories involving collaborative groups of established and emerging research scientists, 2) to establish a training program in cardiovascular pathophysiology involving didactic lectures, seminars and interaction with world-renowned scientists, clinical research experiences, and multiple annual research events, 3) to further enhance the recruitment of underrepresented groups of scientists into cardiovascular research in collaboration with the NIH-funded CURIOUS program, and 4) to enhance the professional development of our trainees through access to advanced training for grant writing, and career skills seminars.