Pharmacological Sciences

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请旨在更新药理学培训计划，以支持七名优秀的博士前学生攻读药理学和生理学博士学位或他们导师的计划，重点研究细胞通讯和通过内分泌、心血管和神经系统施加的控制。这是一项基础广泛、多学科的工作，涉及圣路易斯大学医学院六个系的28名教职员工。这些学科包括：药理学和生理学；生物化学和分子生物学；化学；内科；以及眼科学。学生将从成功完成一年基础生物医学核心计划后进入药理和生理科学或其导师计划的候选人中挑选，已完成基础科学课程并希望获得药理和生理科学博士学位或其导师计划的医学博士/博士学生，以及最终以较高成绩进入药理和生理科学计划的学生。在第一年的学习中，所有传统的博士生都将参加生物医学科学跨学科核心研究生项目。该计划旨在为学生提供基础生物医学科学各方面的坚实基础，以及探索不同研究机会的自由。课程包括讲座、小组讨论和研讨会。完成核心计划的学生、医学博士/博士学生或拥有硕士学位的学生将进入药理学和生理学或其导师的计划，并参加高级课程、期刊俱乐部和研讨会。所有博士候选人的后续培训将集中于在药理学培训学院的一名或多名成员的指导下，发展特定研究领域的研究和教学能力。参与这一计划的导师和实验室都有能力提供最先进的研究培训。此外，还提供先进技术的核心和共用设施，以加强参与候选人的研究培训。这一培训方案的总体目标是为个人提供在药理学领域取得高度能力的机会，从而为他们的教学和研究生涯做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for a renewal of the Training Program in the Pharmacological Sciences to support seven outstanding predoctoral students who will be working for a Ph.D. degree in Pharmacological and Physiological Science or the program of their mentor with research emphasis on cellular communication and control exerted through the endocrine, cardiovascular and nervous system. This is a broadly based, multidisciplinary effort which involves 28 faculty from six departments in the School of Medicine at Saint Louis University. These include: Pharmacological and Physiological Science; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Internal Medicine; and Ophthalmology. Students will be selected from among candidates entering the Pharmacological and Physiological Science or the program of their mentor after successfully completing the one year Core Program in Basic Biomedical Science, M.D./Ph.D. students who have completed the basic science curriculum and now wish to obtain the Ph.D. degree in Pharmacological and Physiological Science or the program of their mentor and finally students who enter the Pharmacological and Physiological Science Program with an advanced standing. During the first year of study, all traditional Ph.D. students will participate in the interdisciplinary Core Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences. This program has been designed to provide students with a strong foundation in all aspects of basic biomedical science and the freedom to explore diverse research opportunities. The curriculum combines lectures, small group discussion and seminars. Students completing the Core Program, M.D./Ph.D. students or students with M.S. degrees will enter the program in Pharmacological and Physiological Science or the program of their mentor and take advanced courses, journal clubs and seminars. Subsequent training for all Ph.D. candidates will concentrate on the development of research and teaching competence in a specific area of inquiry under the mentorship of one or more members of the Pharmacological Sciences Training Faculty. The mentors and laboratories participating in this program are well equipped to provide state-of-the-art research training. In addition, core and shared facilities for advanced technologies are available for enhancement of the research training of the participating candidates. The overall objectives of this training program are to provide individuals with the opportunity to achieve a high degree of competence in the area of pharmacological sciences thus preparing them for teaching and research careers.