Career-Enhancement

职业发展核心（CEC）将监督教育和职业发展活动的 UCDC。CEC的首要目标是培养下一代罕见疾病研究人员。主要 CEC的目标是招募、培训和留住处于不同职业阶段的学员和教师，并提供资源 促进罕见疾病研究的职业生涯，特别是在尿素循环障碍（UCD）和其他先天性缺陷 新陈代谢的过程。此外，中央选举委员会还将在以往成就的基础上， 这将有利于早期研究人员的职业发展，不仅在UCDC，但在所有 RDCRN的其他财团。 CEC计划概述、申请、审查和选择流程 CEC有博士前和博士后/初级教师组成部分。博士预科课程的重点是 医学生、研究生、遗传咨询师和神经心理学的临床和研究培训 通过教学法和参与数据挖掘和临床项目的UCDC培训学员。博士后和初级 教师职业生涯的提高将侧重于资助受保护的研究时间，指导特定的UCD研究 项目，并协助过渡到一个独立的研究生涯。申请将包括一个5页 研究建议书、建议书与UCDC使命的相关性声明、职业发展计划和信函 来自导师和赞助机构的支持。申请将使用NIH评分系统进行评分 由CEC领导、UCDC调查员和NIH PO/SO组成的“研究部门”负责。该奖项将 为期一年;根据工作的进展和影响，将考虑培训第二年 年融资。将特别注重征聘妇女和代表性不足的少数群体的个人。 监督和评价 将经常监测候选人实现具体目标的情况，以便消除任何障碍或 无论是方案上的还是个人的困难，都可以及早发现和解决。学员的进步 将由主要研究导师进行评估，在每月的UCDC电话会议上进行演示，每季度 与CEC PI（Nagamani博士）会面。获奖者出席年度UCDC会议，并提交一份 在融资结束时提交书面进度报告。 通过中央选举委员会的活动，刚果民主共和国民主联盟希望在其已经出色的培训记录的基础上再接再厉 罕见病领域成功的下一代研究人员

The Career Enhancement Core (CEC) will oversee the educational and career enhancement activities of the UCDC. The overarching goal of the CEC is to train the next-generation of rare diseases researchers. The main aim of the CEC is to recruit, train, and retain trainees and faculty at different career stages and provide resources to facilitate a career in rare diseases research, specifically in urea cycle disorders (UCD) and other inborn errors of metabolism. Additionally, the CEC will also build on its previous accomplishments and enhance a curriculum that will be beneficial for career enhancement of early-stage investigators not only in the UCDC, but across all other consortia of the RDCRN. CEC Program Overview, Application, Review, and Selection Process The CEC has predoctoral and postdoctoral/junior faculty components. The predoctoral component focuses on clinical and research training of medical students, graduate students, genetic counselors, and neuropsychology trainees by didactics and involvement in data-mining and clinical projects of the UCDC. Postdoctoral and junior faculty career enhancement will focus on funding protected research time, mentoring on a specific UCD research project, and assisting in the transition to an independent research career. Applications will consist of a 5-page research proposal, statement of relevance of proposal to UCDC mission, career development plan, and letters of support from the mentor and the sponsoring Institution. Applications will be scored using NIH scoring system by a “study section” consisting of the CEC leadership, UCDC investigators and NIH PO/SO. The award will be for one year; depending upon the progress and the impact of the work, trainees will be considered for a second year of funding. Special focus will be paid to recruit women and individuals from underrepresented minorities. Oversight and Evaluation The accomplishments of the specific aims of the candidate will be monitored frequently so that any barriers or difficulties, whether programmatic or personal, can be identified and addressed early. The progress of the trainee will be assessed by primary research mentor, presentations at the monthly UCDC phone meetings, and quarterly meetings with the CEC PI (Dr. Nagamani). Awardees present at the annual UCDC conference and submit a written progress report at the end of the funding. Through the activities of the CEC, the UCDC hopes to build on its already outstanding record of training successful next-generation of researchers in rare diseases.