Newly Independent Faculty Recruitment and Support for Pulmonary Research

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请为一名内科科学家寻求启动资金支持，以加入并扩大迈阿密大学米勒医学院肺、重症监护和睡眠医学部门气道生物学实验室的重点。被招募的候选人将具有研究经验（在将气道生物学与间质纤维化或气道先天和适应性免疫联系起来的广泛领域内）。研究经验将通过以前的培训和同行评审的研究出版物来判断。理想的候选人还将在过去的写作和获得研究支持，无论是奖学金支持还是小额研究支持补助金。根据定义，新独立的研究人员正在过渡到他们的第一个教师职位，他们将准备申请资助支持（包括K奖），或者如果已经得到奖励（包括K奖）的支持，他们将有望继续撰写NIH ROI申请。因此，新独立的研究者除了对临床活动有预期的兴趣外，还要有一份对研究事业有明确和主要承诺的记录。该部门正在与一名候选人进行有希望的谈判（与另一名候选人进行备用谈判），并希望这些候选人中的一名能够利用这个项目，在今年最后一个季度开始作为迈阿密大学米勒医学院的新终身教职员工。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks support for start-up funds for a physician-scientist to join and expand the focus ofthe laboratories of airway biology within the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The to be recruited candidate will have demonstrated research experience (within the broad areas of connecting airway biology to interstitial fibrosis or airway innate and adapted immunity). Research experience will be judged by previous training and peer-reviewed research publications. The ideal candidate will also have written and obtained research support in the past, either fellowship support or small research support grants. The newly independent investigators, who by definition are transitioning to their first faculty position, will be ready to write for grant support (including K-awards) or if already supported by an award (including K), they will be expected to continue on the path to write an NIH ROI application. Thus, the newly independent investigator will have a record that shows a clear and dominant commitment to a research career in addition to the expected interest in clinical activities. The Division is in promising negotiation with one candidate (with back-up negotiations with another one) and hopes that one of these candidates will be able take advantage of this program by starting in the last quarter of this year as a new tenure-track faculty at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Lung diseases, including ainway diseases, are major health issues in the United States. By expanding the current research in lung diseases at the University of Miami, it is hoped that progress can be made in preventing and treating lung diseases at a more rapid pace. This grant application seeks support to hire a new physician scientist who can make an impact on lung diseases through research.