Research Training in Pediatric Nephrology

密歇根大学的儿科肾病培训计划旨在招聘最好的职位- 并为他们在基础、流行病学/结果或临床研究方面的职业生涯做好准备。 培训将精心设计，为每个学员量身定做，并将结合教学 具有指导研究经验的项目。拟议的培训计划将提供2年或更长时间的培训 向医学博士研究生提供2个领域的肾病学博士后研究培训：a)基础实验室研究； 和b)临床调查和流行病学研究。博士生将接受基础强化培训 在进行儿科肾病/发育研究的实验室中进行实验室培训。四名实习生将成为 每年任命一次。培训计划将由来自8个系和3个系的42名教职员工提供 学校/大学，他们都有丰富的培训经验。考虑到相当大的科学性 在方案学院的不同成员之间进行合作，将有足够的机会 受训者在其培训期间获得多个研究环境的研究经验。 大多数受训者将根据他们的研究轨迹参加密集的教学计划。那些在 基础科学课程将完成为期三个月的研究生研究培训计划。那些生活在 临床调查和流行病学研究方向通常将完成公共卫生硕士学位 生物统计学和流行病学课程或临床研究设计的理学硕士课程 和统计分析课程。培训计划每周举办的系列研讨会将补充 正规课程。有指导的研究将得到医学院资源的支持， 儿科、儿科、肾科、个人 教职员工和乔治·M·奥布莱恩肾脏中心(基础研究)，肾脏流行病学 和成本中心(用于流行病学/结果研究)和Arbor Research(用于临床或 流行病学/结果研究)。所有受训人员将被要求提交个人奖学金或补助金 在培训期间为国家会议提供申请和摘要。基于这次培训和 肾脏病培训项目毕业生的良好记录，研究员将处于有利地位 从事儿科肾脏病研究的独立职业。 相关性(请参阅说明)： 儿科肾病一直面临医生短缺的问题，拥有最古老的劳动力之一 儿科专科。这导致开始透析的儿童比例高于成人。 如果没有事先的肾病医生治疗，患者的预后缺乏改善。在2007年年度数据中 美国肾脏数据系统报告指出，需要“集中精力开发新的治疗方法” 我们的受训人员将开发和实施新的诊断和实施 治疗策略。

The Pediatric Nephrology Training Program at the University of Michigan is designed to recruit the best post- doctoral trainees and prepare them for a career in Basic, Epidemiology/Outcomes or Clinical Research. Training will be carefully designed and individually tailored for each trainee and will combine a didactic program with a mentored research experience. The proposed Training Program will provide 2 or more years of postdoctoral research training in Nephrology to MD trainees in 2 areas: a) Basic Laboratory Research; and b) Clinical Investigation and Epidemiology research. Ph.D. trainees will receive intensive basic laboratory training in a lab performing pediatric nephrology/developmental research. Four trainees will be appointed yearly. The Training Program will be provided by 42 faculty members from 8 departments and 3 schools/colleges, all of whom have substantial training experience. Given the considerable scientific collaboration among the various members of the Program Faculty, there will be ample opportunity for a given trainee to gain research experience in more than one research setting during his or her training experience. The majority of trainees will enroll in intensive didactic programs depending on their research track. Those in the basic science track will complete a three month Postgraduate Research Training Program. Those in the clinical investigation and epidemiology research track will typically complete a Masters of Public Health program in Biostatistics and Epidemiology or a Masters of Science program in the Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis course. Weekly seminar series conducted by the Training Program will complement the formal curricula. Mentored research will be supported by the resources of the Medical School, the Department of Pediatrics, The Division of Pediatric Nephrology, the Division of Nephrology, the individual faculty members, and by the George M. O'Brien Renal Center (for basic research), the Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center (for epidemiology/outcomes research), and Arbor Research (for clinical or epidemiology/outcomes research). All trainees will be required to submit individual fellowship or grant applications and abstracts for national meetings during their training. Based on this training and the excellent track record of graduates from the Training Program in Nephrology, fellows will be well positioned for independent careers in Pediatric Nephrology research. RELEVANCE (See instructions): Pediatric Nephrology has faced ongoing physician shortages and has one of the oldest workforces of any Pediatric subspecialty. This contributes to a higher percentage of children than adults starting dialysis without prior nephrologist care and a lack of improvement in patient outcomes. In the 2007 Annual Data Report of the United States Renal Data System the need to "focus on developing new approaches in treating this most vulnerable population" was cited. Our trainees will develop and implement new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.