National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grants (T32)

描述（由申请人提供）： 这是我们在爱荷华州大学儿童医院的儿童血液学和肿瘤学疾病机构培训补助金的第一次竞争性更新，该机构由NHLBI和NICHD联合赞助。我们最初建议专注于翻译和临床研究的培训，目的是招募更多的女性和少数民族从事学术事业。我们非常成功，因为迄今为止征聘的五名研究员中有三名是妇女，两名是少数族裔候选人。此外，“毕业”的两名女研究员（其中一人也是少数族裔受训人员）都在儿科系担任初级教员职务，积极从事临床研究。我们现在要求继续培训医生/科学家，他们将有助于改善血液病和恶性肿瘤儿童的诊断、治疗和预防战略。我们寻求增加一个博士研究员的职位，因为我们已经意识到基础科学家对成功的转化和临床研究的重要性。我们计划继续专注于招募和培训我们的计划中的女性，因为像许多儿科专科培训计划一样，我们爱荷华州的儿科部门招募的女性比男性更多，但在获得专科培训和追求学术医学事业的研究员队伍中失去了大多数女性。扭转学术界人才流失的趋势对于培养下一代医生和科学家至关重要，他们将专注于改善血液和肿瘤疾病儿童的护理。因此，我们提出以下具体目标，以实现我们的目标：1。扩大受训人员从事学术事业的机会，重点是儿童血液病和恶性疾病。2.为学员提供获得转化医学或临床医学硕士学位或非学位认证的机会。3.招募和培训妇女和少数民族候选人，使其事业成功，这将有利于患有血液和肿瘤疾病的儿童。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is our first competing renewal for this institutional training grant in Hematologic and Oncologic Diseases of Childhood at the University of Iowa Children's Hospital which is jointly sponsored by NHLBI and NICHD. We initially proposed to focus on training in translational and clinical research with the intent of recruiting more women and minorities for academic careers. We were highly successful as three of five fellows recruited to date have been women and two have been minority candidates. Moreover, the two female fellows who have "graduated", one of whom is also a minority trainee, are both in junior faculty positions in Departments of Pediatrics where they are actively engaged in clinical research. We are now asking to continue training physician/scientists who will contribute to improved diagostic, treatment and prevention strategies for children with blood diseases and malignancies. We seek to add one position for a PhD fellow because we have come to realize how important basic scientists are to successful translational and clinical research. We plan to continue to focus on recruiting and training women in our program because, like many pediatric subspecialty training programs, our Department of Pediatrics at Iowa recruits more women than men into residency, but loses most women from the ranks of fellows who obtain subspecialty training and pursue a career in academic medicine. Reversing this loss of talent in academia is crucial to training the next generation of physicians and scientists who will focus on improving care for children with hematologic and oncologic diseases. We therefore propose the following specific aims to accomplish our goals: 1. Expand opportunities for trainees to pursue academic careers with a focus on hematologic and malignant diseases of childhood. 2. Provide trainees with the opportunity to obtain a Master's degree or non-degree certification in either translational or clinical medicine. 3. Recruit and train women and minority candidates for successful careers that will benefit children with hematologic and oncologic disorders.