Pediatrics Training: Cellular and Molecular Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：该培训计划旨在为任何临床子专业的儿科医生在学术医学中独立，以研究为导向的职业生涯做好准备。其具体目标是为年轻的儿科研究人员提供分子和细胞生物学的强大研究工具，使他们能够深入探索与儿童健康有关的基本问题。该计划的教师是根据他们在培训年轻研究人员方面表现出的卓越表现，他们的研究计划的实力以及他们在儿科研究的三个领域之一的专业知识-宿主防御，发育生物学和异常细胞生长。 该计划支持的学员将从已经完成儿科专科领域之一的奖学金培训（一年）临床部分的个人中选出。选择这些学员的标准将包括他们成为成功的调查员的潜力，他们以前的学术记录，以及他们对发展独立的，以学术为导向的研究事业的承诺。每年该计划将支持五名学员;三至四人将在他们的奖学金培训的研究部分的第一年支持，并在第二年一到两个。 课程是为学员提供的，利用丰富的教育和研究机会，可在密歇根大学医学中心（UMMC）。没有细胞和分子生物学背景的学员将参加UMMC提供的为期三个月的细胞和分子生物学博士后课程。该部主办研究研讨会，并增加了发展学术技能的会议。学员的大部分时间将花在他们的研究导师的实验室工作的个人研究项目。此外，他们将参加由UMMC的许多基础和临床科学单位提供的适合项目的研究研讨会，讲座和专业研讨会，并将有机会进入优秀的UMMC核心实验室。作为他们的研究经验的一部分，他们将申请个人奖项，以支持他们的研究培训完成。受训人员的进展将由儿科教师组成的计划委员会以及由儿科系以外的UMMC教师组成的咨询委员会监督。在完成博士后培训后，学员将获得儿科临床子专业的董事会资格，并将为独立的，以研究为导向的学术儿科医生的成功职业做好充分准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This training program is designed to prepare pediatricians of any clinical subspecialty for independent, research-oriented careers in academic medicine. Its specific goal is to provide young pediatric investigators with the powerful research tools of molecular and cellular biology that will allow them to explore, in depth, basic questions related to children's health. The program faculty are selected on the basis of their demonstrated excellence in training young investigators, the strength of their research programs, and their expertise in one of three areas of pediatric research -- host defenses, developmental biology, and abnormal cellular growth. The trainees supported by this program will be selected from a pool of individuals who have already completed the clinical component of fellowship training (one year) in one of the subspecialty areas of pediatrics. The criteria for choosing these trainees will include their potential to be successful investigators, their previous academic records, and their commitment to developing independent, academically-oriented research careers. Each year the program will support five trainees; three to four will be supported in the first year of the research component of their fellowship training, and one to two in the second year. A curriculum is provided for the trainees that take advantage of the rich educational and research opportunities available at the University of Michigan Medical Center (UMMC). Trainees without a strong background in cellular and molecular biology will enroll in the intensive three month post-doctorate course in cellular and molecular biology offered by UMMC. The Department sponsors research seminars, with additional sessions to develop academic skills. The majority of the trainees' time will be spent working on individual research projects in the laboratories of their research mentors. In addition, they will participate in project-appropriate research seminars, lectures, and specialized workshops offered by the many basic and clinical sciences units of UMMC, and will have access to the excellent UMMC core laboratories. As part of their research experience, they will apply for individual awards to support completion of their research training. Progress of the trainees will be monitored by the Program Committee composed of pediatric faculty, as well as by the Advisory Committee composed of UMMC faculty outside the Department of Pediatrics. Upon completion of their post-doctoral training, trainees will be board eligible in a pediatric clinical subspecialty, and will be well-prepared for successful careers as independent, research-oriented academic pediatricians.