Baylor's Scientific Training Program for Dental Academic Researchers: B-STARS

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一项新的NRSA机构研究培训补助金（T32）申请，用于贝勒牙科学术研究学者科学培训计划（B-STARS）。该申请是对NIDCR修订培训计划的直接回应，并要求：(i)继续支持一个非常成功的牙科研究学者培训短期计划。该计划已得到加强，以增加学员对学术研究事业的承诺，通过早期识别和持续参与整个牙科学校的研究；（ii）为综合的DDS/博士双学位课程提供新的资金。该项目由机构基金和一系列成功的NIDCR个人博士前牙医科学家奖学金（F30奖）发起；（三）为教师和研究员提供一系列精心设计的短期和长期博士后培训经验。这些项目将提供应对颅面研究新机遇所需的技能。B-STARS从贝勒牙科学院（BCD）不断扩大的科学、智力和物质资源中汲取资源。通过新的机构倡议和NIDCR R24/U24奖励，加强了BCD的研究基础设施，从而增加了全方位的研究培训机会。与德克萨斯大学西南医学中心（UTSW）、德克萨斯A&M大学生物科学与技术研究所（IBT）、莱斯大学的战略联盟，以及新的BCD研究人员的聘用，导致了一个由52名优秀教师导师组成的团队的选择。该组在以下重点研究领域提供跨学科培训：基因与发育；基质生物学与组织工程；神经科学与分子病理学；和临床研究。BCD参与了NIH路线图K12和CTSA奖项，为B-STARS临床研究学者提供了多学科培训。一个高度创新和综合的核心和学科特定课程，包括期刊俱乐部、研讨会和研究专题讨论会，将促进不同学科的学生和教师之间的信息交流，并使每个学员获得广泛的批判性思维技能。B-STARS的毕业学员将能够(a)从深刻的角度解释新的科学信息，并以学术信誉授课；(b)与学生和教师临床医生进行知识渊博的对话；(c)在NIH和其他校外研究项目中领导尖端颅面、牙科和口腔生物学研究；(d)在同行评议的期刊上发表报告；(e)在牙科学术领域保持成功的职业生涯。B-STARS受益于明确的机构支持和充满活力的领导。项目评估计划将严格评估培训项目对未来牙科学者发展的成功。B-STARS的领导团队致力于与NIDCR合作，提高绩效和成果，为牙医科学家的培训、教育和职业发展制定最佳实践。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a new NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) application for Baylor's Scientific Training Program for Dental Academic Research Scholars (B-STARS). The application is in direct response to the revised training initiatives of the NIDCR and requests: (i) Continued support for a highly successful short-term program for the training of dental research scholars. The program has been intensified to increase the commitment of trainees toward academic research careers by early identification and continued engagement in research throughout dental school; (ii) New funding for an integrated dual-degree DDS/PhD program. This program was initiated through institutional funds and a successful series of NIDCR Individual Predoctoral Dentist Scientist Fellowships (F30 awards); and (iii) Support for a well-crafted series of short- and long-term postdoctoral training experiences for faculty and fellows. These programs will provide the skills needed to address new opportunities in craniofacial research. B-STARS draw from the expanding scientific, intellectual and physical resources at Baylor College of Dentistry (BCD). A full spectrum of research training opportunities is enhanced by new institutional initiatives and NIDCR R24/U24 awards for the enhancement of research infrastructure at BCD. Strategic alliances with UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), Texas A&M's Institute of Biosciences and Technology (IBT), Rice University, and the hiring of new BCD researchers have led to the selection of a team of 52 outstanding faculty mentors. This group offers interdisciplinary training in the following focus research areas: Genes and Development; Matrix Biology and Tissue Engineering; Neurosciences and Molecular Pathology; and Clinical Research. BCD's participation in an NIH Roadmap K12 and CTSA awards to UTSW offers multidisciplinary training to B-STARS Clinical Research Scholars. A highly innovative and integrative core and discipline-specific curriculum with journal clubs, seminars and research symposia will facilitate an exchange of information among students and faculty in various disciplines and allow each trainee to acquire extensive critical thinking skills. Graduate trainees of B-STARS will be able to (a) interpret new scientific information from an insightful perspective and teach with scholarly credibility; (b) engage in knowledgeable dialog with student and faculty clinicians; (c) lead cutting-edge craniofacial, dental and oral biology research in NIH and other extramural research programs; (d) publish reports in peer reviewed journals; and (e) sustain successful careers in academic dentistry. B-STARS benefits from unequivocal institutional support and dynamic leadership. A program evaluation plan will critically assess the success of the training program on the development of future dental academicians. The leadership team of B-STARS is committed to work with the NIDCR to improved performance and outcomes that will develop the best practices for the training, education and career development of dentist-scientists.