Cardiovascular Scientist Training Program

项目摘要/摘要 此续订申请中描述的培训计划代表了培训学术人员的新范式 心脏病专家作为心血管科学家，基于加州大学洛杉矶分校的STAR(专业培训和高级 研究)将临床子专业培训与研究培训相结合的计划，可获得博士或 硕士学位。这个项目在加州大学洛杉矶分校已经存在了24年，已经培训了超过44人 心血管科学家和研究人员。医学博士实习生将完成为期两年的心脏病专科课程 培训和3-4年的研究培训，满足以下基础领域的博士学位要求 科学或卫生服务研究/结果/政策，或临床研究硕士，包括正式的 课程作业和研究导致论文答辩成功。医学博士/博士实习生要接受为期2年的- 博士生研究培训，包括选修课工作。需要六个职位，以提供支持 仅限于研究培训部分。培训教员由35名高级教官和11名辅助人员组成 教职员工。只有资深导师才能担任主要的研究导师，他们来自8个小组： 加州大学洛杉矶分校心血管研究实验室，加州大学洛杉矶分校动脉粥样硬化研究单位，加州大学洛杉矶分校细胞和 分子心脏病学单位，博德干细胞研究中心，加州大学洛杉矶分校访问计划(一个多- 管理生命科学博士培训的部门计划)，工程学院， 生物数学系和加州大学洛杉矶分校公共卫生学院和兰德大学卫生服务研究 研究生院。支持教师并不是主要的导师，而是在加强 总体研究环境，促进从基础到临床的转化性研究。这个 教职员工的研究项目每年由5000多万美元的直接成本支持， 校外消息来源。通过将心脏病学专科培训与博士正式招聘相结合。 加州大学洛杉矶分校心脏病学明星培训(或已拥有博士学位的同等博士后培训) 该计划为毕业生提供严谨的研究背景，这是翻译无与伦比的 分子健康科学向现代分子医学的进展。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The training program described in this renewal application represents a new paradigm for training academic cardiologists as cardiovascular scientists, based on the UCLA STAR (Specialty Training and Advanced Research) Program combining clinical subspecialty training with research training leading to a Ph.D. or Masters degree. This program has been in existence here at UCLA for 24 years and has trained over 44 cardiovascular scientists and researchers. M.D. trainees will complete 2 years of subspecialty cardiology training and 3-4 years of research training that fulfills the requirements for a Ph.D. degree in one of the basic sciences or Health Service Research/Outcomes/Policy, or a Masters of Clinical Research, including formal course work and research leading to successful thesis defense. M.D./Ph.D. trainees undergo 2 years of post- doctoral research training, including elective course work. Six positions are requested, to provide support for the research training component only. The training faculty consists of 35 senior preceptors and 11 supporting faculty. Only senior preceptors may serve as primary research mentors, and they come from 8 groups: the UCLA Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, the UCLA Atherosclerosis Research Unit, the UCLA Cellular & Molecular Cardiology Unit, the Broad Stem Cell Research Center, the UCLA ACCESS Program (a multi- departmental program administering Ph.D. training in life sciences), the School of Engineering, the Biomathematics Department and, for health services research, the UCLA School of Public Health and RAND Graduate School. Supporting faculty do not act as primary mentors, but play a key role in enhancing the overall research environment and fostering translational research from the basic to the clinical arena. The research programs of the faculty are supported by over 50 million dollars in direct costs annually from extramural sources. By integrating cardiology subspecialty training with the formal recruitment of Ph.D. training (or equivalent post-doctoral training for those already having a Ph.D.), the UCLA Cardiology STAR Program provides graduates with the rigorous research background essential to translate the unparalleled advances in molecular health sciences into modern molecular medicine.