UCLA Fundamental Clinical Research Training Program

简介（由申请人提供）：加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）是一所具有悠久传统的研究密集型机构，致力于培养牙科学生、牙科研究生以及其他研究生和专业学生。该培训计划的目标是为临床医生（DDS/DMD， MD），基础（博士）和学士科学家提供严格的培训环境，使他们能够从事口腔健康研究的学术事业。使命是通过三个领域的特定课程目标培养与口腔健康高度相关的新颖，指导的研究：(1)生物工程和骨骼生物学，(2)头颈癌，(3)微生物学和免疫学。一个综合性的跨学科项目将学员与琼森综合癌症中心、分子生物学研究所、工程学院、医学院和公共卫生学院的导师联系起来。申请申请的对象多种多样，包括以下类别的学员：(1)攻读博士后学位（临床研究博士或硕士）或非学位培训的牙医和医生；(2)寻求牙科研究综合培训的个人（DDS, PhD）；(3)寻求短期培训机会的牙科学生和初级/中期教职员工；(4)口腔卫生专业在读博士研究生；(5)希望在口腔健康领域获得额外研究经验的博士后候选人。培训方案将由一名主任和副主任、指导委员会以及由五名积极参与卫生科学基础和临床研究的资深院士和行政人员组成的咨询监督委员会管理。加州大学洛杉矶分校的基础临床培训计划建立在教师的研究和指导专业知识的基础上，以及优秀的申请人。该计划的学员将对口腔健康生物医学研究的理解和应用做出重大贡献，并为独立从事临床和基础口腔健康研究做好充分准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a research-intensive institution with a long tradition and commitment to educating dental students, graduate dentists, and other graduate and professional students. The objective of this training program is to provide a rigorous training environment for clinician (DDS/DMD, MD), basic (PhD) and baccalaureate scientists to enable them to pursue academic careers in oral health research. The mission is to foster novel, mentored research highly relevant to oral health by specific curriculum aims in three areas: (1) Bioengineering and Bone Biology, (2) Head and Neck Cancer, and (3) Microbiology and Immunity. A comprehensive interdisciplinary program links trainees to mentors at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Molecular Biology Institute, School of Engineering School, School of Medicine, and the School of Public Health. The pool of applicants is diverse and includes the following categories of trainees: (1) dentists and physicians pursuing postdoctoral degrees (PhD or MS in Clinical Research) or non-degree training; (2) individuals seeking integrated training in dental research (DDS, PhD); (3) dental students and junior/mid-career faculty members seeking short-term training opportunities; (4) predoctoral students pursuing the PhD in oral health; and (5) post-PhD candidates desiring additional research experience in the oral health fields targeted by this training grant. The training program will be administered by a Director and Associate Directors, Steering Committee, and an Advisory Oversight Board consisting of five senior academicians and administrators actively involved in fundamental and clinical research in the health sciences. The UCLA Fundamental Clinical Training Program builds upon the research and mentoring expertise of the faculty, as well as the outstanding applicant pool. Trainees of this program are expected to make significant contributions to understanding and application of biomedical research in oral health, in addition to be competently prepared for independent careers in clinical and fundamental oral health research.