Training in the Pharmacological Sciences

弗吉尼亚大学博士前药理学培训计划(PSTP)的使命是培养科学的 使用药理学策略解决重要的生物医学问题的研究。使用此应用程序，我们 申请资金支持7名博士前实习生，他们将在第二年获得培训补助金 和第三年的学习。PSTP课程包括严格的教学指导和三项研究 第一年轮换，并于当年2月选出论文导师。在第二个 一年，学生发展一个独立的研究项目，并采取书面和口头的候选人资格 考试。接下来的三年主要是一个研究项目，重点是协作和 以书面论文和研讨会的形式发表。PSTP不可或缺的活动包括 受训人员：a)了解负责任的研究(RCR)和实验室安全；b)培养以下方面的技能 严谨性和可重复性，c)在评估期间接受和给予反馈，d)培养职业兴趣，包括 使用个人发展计划，e)提高书面和口头沟通技能，f)学习关键 通过期刊俱乐部和研讨会进行分析。PSTP的研究是跨学科的，包括中介机构 代谢，神经科学，传染病，免疫学，膜生物物理学，药物发现和设计， 和蛋白质组学。PSTP的总部设在药理学系，几乎所有受训人员都是 药理学博士生和偶尔参加神经科学项目的博士生。PSTP教官 25名教职员工来自弗吉尼亚大学研究机构的8个不同的学术部门。这些教职员工 由PSTP指导委员会评估卓越的研究、指导技能和承诺 多样性。在接受PSTP实习生之前，教职员工必须参加竞争导师培训。对政府的监管 PSTP方案由指导委员会在专家内部咨询委员会的协助下实现。这个 PSTP建立在45年以上的药理学卓越教育的基础上，这是无与伦比的 在威斯康星州的其他地方。从历史上看，PSTP的导师中包括2名诺贝尔奖获得者。大约8名学生 每年从约200名申请者中登记，经过严格的、全面的申请过程，最终达到 通过面对面的采访。来自代表不足的少数族裔(URM)群体的入学学生现在占到了大约20% 总数，整体男女比例约为2：1。市建局候选人、弱势背景人士及 残疾学生积极参加外展项目，如非常成功的本科生 暑期研究培训计划(SRIP)。UVA PSTP毕业生在学术界非常受欢迎， 工业和公共服务，由于他们作为研究科学家的卓越表现。

The mission of UVA’s predoctoral Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (PSTP) is to foster scientific inquiry using pharmacologic strategies to address important biomedical questions. With this application, we request funds to support 7 predoctoral trainees, who will be appointed to the training grant during their second and third years of study. The PSTP curriculum includes rigorous didactic instruction and three research rotations during the first year with selection of a thesis advisor in February of that year. During the second year, students develop an independent research project and take a written and oral advancement to candidacy examination. The following three years consist largely of a research project focusing on collaboration and publication culminating in a written dissertation and seminar. Integral to the PSTP are activities that enable trainees to: a) understand responsible conduct of research (RCR) and laboratory safety, b) develop skills in rigor & reproducibility, c) receive and give feedback during evaluation, d) develop career interests, including use of Individual Development Plans, e) improve written and oral communication skills, and f) learn critical analysis via journal clubs and seminars. Research in the PSTP is inter-disciplinary and includes intermediary metabolism, neuroscience, infectious disease, immunology, membrane biophysics, drug discovery and design, and proteomics. The PSTP is based in the Department of Pharmacology and nearly all trainees are Pharmacology PhD students with an occasional Neuroscience program PhD student. The PSTP preceptors are 25 faculty drawn from 8 different academic departments across UVA’s research enterprise. These faculty are evaluated by the PSTP Steering Committee for research excellence, mentoring skills, and commitment to diversity. Faculty are required to compete mentor training before accepting a PSTP trainee. Oversight of the PSTP program is achieved by the Steering Committee aided by an expert Internal Advisory Committee. The PSTP builds on 45+ years of educational excellence in the Pharmacological Sciences that has no equivalent elsewhere at UVA. Historically, the PSTP mentors have included 2 Nobel laureates. Approximately 8 students are enrolled annually from a pool of ~200 applicants after a rigorous, holistic application process culminating with in-person interviews. Matriculants from under-represented minority (URM) groups now represent ~20% of the total, with an overall F:M ratio of ~2:1. The URM candidates, those from disadvantaged backgrounds and students with disabilities are actively sought in outreach programs such as a highly successful undergraduate Summer Research Training Program (SRIP). UVA PSTP graduates are highly sought-after in academia, industry, and public service due to their excellence as research scientists.