Accelerating Interventions for Craniofacial Diseases and Disorders via DSPP Scholar Training at Michigan

摘要 颅面疾病和障碍（CDD）是常见的出生缺陷， 对受影响者、他们的家庭和他们的社会造成的心理和经济后果。多学科 颅面诊所和中心，为网络医疗保健中的患者提供全面护理 系统大大改善了对CDD患者的评估、诊断和管理。然而，在这方面， 由于颅面发育过程的复杂性和脆弱性， 许多颅面疾病的发育原因仍不清楚， 预防和干预。 这个临床科学家培训计划的目标是培养热衷于服务的学者 对CDD患者和有兴趣扩展CDD的科学知识和有效干预的研究。等 这一目标将通过建立一个学者管道，招募致力于学者，并提供培训， 环境，以确保这些学者的学术卓越和专业成功。具体来说，我们的 该项目将通过核心课程、研讨会、期刊俱乐部、研究调查、科学研究等方式提供博士培训 写作，职业和领导力发展，再加上临床专业培训，支持学者 科学和职业目标。博士培训将与口腔健康科学博士课程相结合， 专业培训将在牙科学院的一个认可的专业课程中进行。 已经召集了具有专业知识和经验的临床和研究导师。我们建议接纳两名 学者追求综合牙科专业和博士培训。学者将根据强大的选择 学术记录，研究成果，并致力于研究密集型学术生涯， 专注于颅面疾病和紊乱。将作出具体努力， 代表性不足的背景，以及弱势和残疾人。每个学者的学术 计划将根据学生的能力，在入学时制定个人量身定制的资助计划， 经验，和他/她所选择的专业的要求。 这个跨部门和学校边界的多学科计划将涉及 牙科学院、拉克姆研究生院和密歇根大学中央校区 除了口腔科学的核心课程外，选择的教学，临床和研究培训将 发生。学者将接受正式的指导，负责进行研究和奖学金。的 密歇根大学重视质量培训计划，并致力于培养牙医科学家， 成为独立的研究人员，熟练的临床医生，批判性思想家和终身学习者，从而发展一个 多样化和独特的合格劳动力，将加速预防和干预颅面 疾病和失调。

ABSTRACT Craniofacial diseases and disorders (CDD) are common birth defects with significant physical, psychological, and financial ramifications on the affected, their families, and their society. The multidisciplinary craniofacial clinics and centers providing comprehensive care for patients within networked health care systems have greatly improved the assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with CDD. However, due to the complexity and vulnerability of craniofacial developmental process, the genetic, environmental and developmental causes of many craniofacial disorders remain unknown constituting the most effective barrier for prevention and interventions. The goal of this clinician-scientist training program is to nurture scholars who are passionate about serving patients with CDD and interested in expanding scientific knowledge and effective intervention of CDD. Such goal will be achieved by building a pipeline of scholars, recruiting committed scholars, and providing a training environment to ensure academic excellence and professional success of these scholars. Specifically, our program will offer PhD training via core courses, seminars, journal clubs, research investigation, scientific writing, career and leadership development, coupled with clinical specialty training that supports scholars’ scientific and career goals. The PhD training will be integrated with the Oral Health Sciences PhD program and specialty training will be conducted within one of the accredited specialty programs at the School of Dentistry. Clinical and research mentors with expertise and experiences have been assembled. We propose to admit two scholars to pursue the integrated dental specialty and PhD training. Scholars will be selected based on strong academic records, research accomplishments, and commitment to a research-intensive academic career with a focus on craniofacial diseases and disorders. Specific efforts will be made to recruit individuals from underrepresented backgrounds, as well as disadvantaged and disabled individuals. Each scholar’s academic plan will be individually tailored and funding plan established at matriculation by considering scholar’s abilities, experiences, and requirements of his/her chosen specialty. This multidisciplinary program that spans across departmental and school boundaries will involve the School of Dentistry, Rackham School of Graduate Studies and the University of Michigan Central campus where in addition to the core curriculum in oral sciences, selected didactic, clinical, and research training will take place. Scholars will receive formal instruction in responsible conduct of research and scholarship. The University of Michigan values quality training programs and is committed to training dentist-scientists to become independent researchers, skilled clinicians, critical thinkers, and life-long learners, thus developing a diverse and uniquely qualified workforce that will accelerate the prevention and interventions of craniofacial diseases and disorders.