Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Research Training Grant

描述(由申请者提供)：我们的计划培养内科科学家和博士后、基础和临床科学家，以多学科协作的方法进行肺部和重症监护医学的临床相关研究。主要目标是为他们的学术生涯做好准备，其特点是独立研究、生产力和在这些学科上对其他人的成功培训。该计划的显著特点是其培训教师的质量和专业知识，它整合了多个学科和不同的研究方法，它成功地培训了院士，并对不断变化的年轻科学家培训需求做出了动态反应。研究培训有三个方面：呼吸细胞和分子生物学；综合呼吸生理学；以及临床研究。每个轨道都有一大批经验丰富的导师，为学员提供丰富的研究主题，以研究学习小组为中心，并进行教学课程工作，通过让学员接触更广泛的方法和研究主题来丰富研究培训经验。临床调查跟踪包括在流行病学系或卫生服务部注册硕士学位课程。除了这三个课程外，还有一个紧密结合的翻译研究培训计划。希望成为翻译调查员的学员在一个主要培训课程中注册，接受另一个学科的交叉培训，以补充他们的主要培训课程。他们参加了这两个方面的研究学习小组，有一个扩展的指导计划，并且是我们机构CTSA内的转化健康科学研究所的活跃成员。该计划的特点是选择研究导师的成熟程序和第一年的一个项目(临床实习生)，其中包括由高级培训教师为每个实习生提供咨询，然后在秋季的一周内，实习生被解除临床责任，与选定的潜在导师进行面谈。正式的指导委员会跟踪每个研究员在实现他们的研究培训目标方面的进展。受训人员在几个论坛上介绍他们的研究，包括在实验室会议上，以及在进行中的更有组织的研究工作小组中，在全大学范围内的肺部和重症护理研究会议上，以及在区域和国家会议上。培训包括手稿和补助金撰写的指导，以及研究报告的审查过程。一项导师发展和评估计划已经到位。这种支持性、灵活性和多样性的环境一直是我们成功留住学术医学学员的关键。相关性(见说明)：该计划强调以道德和科学负责的方式进行研究，并持续致力于吸引代表人数不足的少数群体的个人。

Description (provided by applicant): Our program trains physician-scientists and post-doctoral PhD basic and clinical scientists in a multidisciplinary collaboarative approach to clinically relevant research in pulmonary and critical care medicine. The primary objective is to prepare them for academic careers characterized by independent research productivity and the successful training of others in these disciplines. The program's distinguishing characteristics are the quality and expertise of its training faculty, its integration of multiple disciplines and diverse research methodologies, its success in training academicians, and its dynamic response to changing needs for training young scientists. Research training is available in three tracks: respiratory cell and molecular biology; integrative respiratory physiology; and clinical investigation. Each track has a critical mass of experienced mentors providing a rich range of research topics for the trainee, a research study group as a central focus, and didactic course work to enrich the research training experience by exposing trainees to a broader range of methodology and research topics. The clinical investigation track includes enrollment in a Masters degree program in the Departments of either Epidemiology or Health Services. In addition to the three tracks, there is a tightly integrated Translational Research Training Program. Trainees enrolled in one of the primary training tracks who desire to become translational investigators receive cross- training in another discipline to complement their primary track. They participate in the research study groups of both tracks, have an expanded mentoring program, and are active members of the Institute of Translational Health Sciences within our insttituional CTSA. The program features a well-established process for selecting research mentors and a project during the first year (clinical trainees) that includes counseling each trainee by senior training faculty followed by a week in the fall during which trainees are relieved of their clinical responsibilities to conduct interviews with selected potential mentors. Formal mentoring committees track each fellows' progress toward their research training goals. Trainees present their research in several forums includng infernally at laboratory meetings as well as in more structured research works in progress groups, a University-wide pulmonary and critical care research conference and at regional and national meetings. Training includes instruction in manuscript and grant writing and a review process for research presentations. A program for mentor development and assessment is in place. This supportive, flexible, and diverse environment has been the key to our success in retaining our trainees in academic medicine. RELEVANCE (See instructions): The program stresses the conduct of research in an ethical and scientifically responsible manner and has an on-going commitment to attract individuals from under-represented minorities.