Multidisciplinary Oral Science Training

描述（由申请人提供）：UIC多学科口腔科学培训计划（MOST计划）的目标是为口腔-颅面复合体相关的五个领域的博士生和博士后提供优秀的研究培训：微生物学/免疫学，口腔癌，伤口愈合，组织工程/生物材料，临床/转化研究。MOST项目吸引了来自UIC 6个学院的35名培训教师，提供与口腔和颅面科学相关的跨学科和合作培训。MOST提供了一个全面和灵活的方法来培训个人在多个层面，以建立一个年轻的科学家和临床科学家的管道，他们经过专业培训，并鼓励他们从事包括口腔和颅面研究在内的职业。该程序由两个不同的部分组成。第一个组成部分，博士前培训，培训DSTP学生，包括在COD口腔科学博士课程或相关博士课程中学习。具有与口腔健康相关的论文项目的高素质非牙医也有资格参加此部分。第二个组成部分是博士后培训，针对已经拥有博士学位、DDS/DMD或DDS/DMD-PhD的个人，目标是使他们成为口腔健康研究领域完全有能力的独立科学家。研究生牙医，包括初级教师，可以通过完成临床和转化研究的博士课程或硕士课程来获得额外的正式研究培训。对于所有受训者，该计划是根据他们之前的经验量身定制的，每个受训者都有一个定制的活动时间表。在这个跨学科的综合项目中，学员和教师通过定期的期刊俱乐部、研讨会、职业发展会议和其他学员活动进行互动。该项目由在五个重点研究领域拥有丰富专业知识的教师提供支持，并通过积极的计划招募代表性不足的少数族裔。由于我们的研究能力和基础设施的增长，UIC独特地准备提供研究培训，以支持NIDCR的目标，即培养“高素质的独立科学家骨干，他们可以成功地解决基础，行为和临床研究问题，以改善口腔，牙科和颅面健康。”

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the UIC Multidisciplinary Oral Sciences Training Program (MOST Program) is to provide outstanding research training to predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees in five areas relevant to the oral- craniofacial complex: microbiology/immunology, oral cancer, wound healing, tissue engineering/biomaterials, and clinical/translational research. The MOST Program engages 35 training faculty from 6 UIC colleges to provide interdisciplinary and collaborative training in research related to oral and craniofacial sciences. MOST provides a comprehensive and flexible approach to training individuals at multiple levels, with the goal of establishing a pipeline of young scientists and clinician-scientists who are expertly trained and encouraged to pursue careers that includes oral and craniofacial research. The program consists of two different components. The first component, predoctoral training, trains DSTP students, and includes study within the COD doctoral program in Oral Sciences or an aligned doctoral program. Highly qualified non-dentists with thesis projects relevant to oral health are also eligible to participate in this component. Th second component, post-doctoral training, targets individuals who already hold a PhD, DDS/DMD, or DDS/DMD-PhD, with the goal of preparing them to be fully capable independent scientists in oral health research. Post-graduate dentists, including junior faculty, may obtain additional formal research training by completing either a PhD program or the MS in Clinical and Translational Research. For all trainees, the program is individually tailored according to prior experience, and each trainee is provided with a customized timeline of activities. Within this interdisciplinary yet integrated program, trainees and faculty interact through scheduled journal clubs, seminars, career development sessions, and other trainee events. The program is supported by faculty with substantial expertise in the five focus areas of research, and by an aggressive plan to recruit under-represented minorities. Due to growth in our research capacity and infrastructure, UIC is uniquely poised to provide research training that will support the NIDCR stated goal of developing "a cadre of highly qualified independent scientists who can successfully address basic, behavioral, and clinical research questions to improve oral, dental and craniofacial health."