UAB-HudsonAlpha Genomic Medicine Training Program

 描述(由申请人提供)：UAB-HudsonAlpha基因组医学研究培训计划建立在这两个机构在北阿拉巴马州的成功伙伴关系和互补优势的基础上。我们的计划将培养来自医学博士、博士和博士背景的博士后研究员，重点是临床研究中的基因组医学。我们建议一个2-3年的计划，每年招收3-4名医学博士(医学遗传学和其他医学专业)的实习生和面向临床的博士申请者，稳定水平为9-10名实习生。我们的计划将强调在30个教职实验室中的一个进行研究(10个来自HudsonAlpha，20个来自UAB)，同时获得基因组学、定量科学和基因组医学的ELSI考虑领域的基本和基本技能。我们计划的基本和创新特征是(1)通过指导委员会进行个性化培训，并为能力提供“护照”模式，认识到基因组医学的成功将整合来自不同学科的专业知识和背景；(2)为在研究方面前景光明但指导经验较少的初级教员提供“培训中的导师”功能；以及(3)为受训人员提供与学生、非专业社区成员和社区医生进行教育拓展的机会。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The UAB-HudsonAlpha Genomic Medicine Research Training Program builds on a successful partnership and complementary strengths of these two institutions in north Alabama. Our program will train postdoctoral fellows from MD, PhD, and MDPhD backgrounds, focusing on genomic medicine in clinical research. We propose a 2 - 3 year program, matriculating 3 - 4 trainees per year from MD (both medical genetics and other medical specialties) and clinically oriented PhD applicants, for a steady-state level of 9 - 10 trainees. Our program will emphasize research in one of 30 faculty laboratories (10 from HudsonAlpha, 20 from UAB) along with acquisition of basic and fundamental skills in the areas of genomics, quantitative sciences, and ELSI considerations for genomic medicine. Essential and innovative features of our program are (1) individualized training with a mentoring committee and "passport" model for competencies, recognizing that success in genomic medicine will integrate expertise and backgrounds from different disciplines; (2) a "mentors in training" feature for junior faculty members with great promise in research but little mentoring experience; and (3) the opportunity for trainees to gain expertise in educational outreach with students, members of the lay community, and community physicians.