Muldisciplinary Oral Science Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：UIC多学科口腔科学培训计划(MOST计划)的目标是在五个与口腔颅面复合体相关的领域为博士后和博士后学员提供出色的研究培训：微生物学/免疫学、口腔癌、伤口愈合、组织工程/生物材料和临床/翻译研究。MOST计划提供了一种全面而灵活的方法来培训个人，目标是建立一条年轻科学家和临床科学家的渠道，他们接受过专业培训，并将从事口腔健康研究。该计划由三个部分组成。第一个组成部分是为牙科学生提供的短期博士前研究培训，提供简短的培训活动，鼓励参与者考虑从事口腔健康研究。第二部分，长期博士前培训，将培训DSTP学生，并包括口腔科学COD博士课程或联合博士课程的学习。高资质的非牙医也可以获得这方面的博士学位。第三个组成部分，博士后培训，目标是已经拥有博士学位、DOS学位或DDS-PhD学位的个人，目标是让他们成为口腔健康研究中完全有能力的独立科学家。对于研究生来说，这个项目将是个人定制的。需要额外正式研究培训的研究生牙医将完成博士课程或临床研究硕士学位(通过UIC K30临床研究培训计划)。为了鼓励翻译研究，博士后和博士后非临床医生实习生将参加一个创新的临床问题导论项目。所有受训人员都可以通过UIC临床和翻译科学中心接受翻译研究方面的培训。来自所有项目组成部分的受训者将通过预定的期刊俱乐部、研讨会和会议进行互动。该计划由来自UIC牙科学院、工程学院、药房学院和医学院的27名教师导师组成的跨学科和协作小组提供支持。每位教员在五个研究重点领域内都有一个积极的研究计划，并有适当的指导经验。在既定和充满活力的招募计划的推动下，招收了人数不足的少数群体。由于我们的研究能力和基础设施最近的增长，UIC准备提供研究培训，以支持NIDCR所述的“确保一支充分和训练有素的研究队伍，反映当前和正在出现的科学需求，并包括来自不同学科和代表性不足群体的足够数量的研究人员”的目标。

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 provides a comprehensive and flexible approach to training individuals, with the goal of establishing a pipeline of young scientists and clinician scientists who are expertly trained and will pursue careers in oral health research. The program consists of three components. The first component, short term predoctoral research training for dental students, offers brief training activities that will induce participants to consider careers in oral health research. The second component, long-term predoctoral training, will train DSTP students, and includes study within the COD doctoral program in Oral Sciences or an aligned doctoral program. Highly qualified non-dentists may also obtain a PhD in this component. The third component, postdoctoral training, targets individuals who already hold a PhD, DOS, or DDS-PhD, with the goal of preparing them to be fully capable independent scientists in oral health research. For post-graduates, the program will be individually tailored. Post-graduate dentists who require additional formal research training will complete either a PhD program or the MS in Clinical Research (via a UIC K30 Clinical Research Training Program). To encourage translational research, predoctoral and postdoctoral non-clinician trainees will participate in an innovative Introduction to Clinical Problems Program. All trainees will have access to training in translational research via the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science. Trainees from all program components will interact through scheduled journal clubs, seminars, and meetings. The program is supported by an interdisciplinary and collaborative group of 27 faculty mentors from the UIC Colleges of Dentistry, Engineering, Pharmacy, and Medicine. Each faculty member maintains an active research program within the five focus areas of research and has appropriate mentoring experience. The enrollment of under-represented minorities is fostered by an established and vibrant recruitment plan. Due to recent growth in our research capacity and infrastructure, UIC is poised to provide research training to support the NIDCR stated goal of "ensuring an adequate and well trained research workforce that reflects the current and emerging needs of science and includes sufficient numbers of investigators from diverse disciplines and from underrepresented groups."