Interdisciplinary Training in Pathobiology and Rehabilitation Medicine

病理生物学和康复医学跨学科培训

• 批准号: 10176169
• 负责人: Thomas W Buford
• 金额: $ 38.4万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-04 至 2023-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10176169
• 关键词: Physical Medicine; Training

The overarching goal of the mixed predoctoral and postdoctoral T32HD071866 training program is to develop burgeoning scientists into future leaders in translational rehabilitation research – scientists who are equipped to test and disseminate novel rehabilitative strategies that will alleviate impairment and compromised life quality in the face of chronic disease management. To meet this goal, we will build on achievements during the first funding cycle, as the program grew in number of trainees and established a reputation that attracts high caliber applicants nationwide. The now proven program leverages an exceptionally rich institutional environment that offers myriad resources, and a collaborative team that has grown to 50 productive mentors in three categories (Core, Content, Mentors-in-Training); all of whom are deeply committed to training and career development. Trainees benefit from two years of interdisciplinary training that carefully meld three core levels of scientific inquiry: (i) molecular pathobiology; (ii) rehabilitation science/physiology; and (iii) rehabilitation medicine (i.e. clinical trials). Consequent to recent successes in faculty recruitment – seeding more interdisciplinary teams – translational rehabilitation research training in the renewal period will expand to four areas of concentrated strength: (i) Musculoskeletal Disorders; (ii) Neurologic Diseases; (iii) Cardiometabolic Diseases; or (iv) Cancer. Predoctoral trainees are selected from a highly competitive and diverse national pool admitted to a UAB graduate program (e.g., Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Rehabilitation Science). Nationally recruited postdoctoral trainees leverage institutionally funded training/career development programs tailored to meet diverse postdoctoral training goals. Each trainee's primary mentor and Translational Mentoring Team are drawn from expert program faculty in the Schools of Medicine (cell/integrative biology; physical medicine & rehabilitation; neurology; pathology; medicine; surgery; oncology; pediatrics; biomedical engineering), Health Professions (rehabilitation & nutrition sciences), Public Health (biostatistics; epidemiology), and Arts & Sciences (psychology). Together the trainee, mentor, and Translational Mentoring Team craft an individual development plan, approved and monitored semi-annually by the Executive Committee. The plan includes coursework, laboratory and clinical research, professional development programs, workshops, presentations locally and at national meetings, and training in the responsible conduct of research. Learning to conduct and publish high-impact research is a primary focus. The program will continue mentoring 4 predoctoral and 4 postdoctoral trainees each year, and will leverage expanded resources to maximize recruitment and training of underrepresented minorities and individuals with disabilities. As a top 25 NIH-funded academic medical center with over 80 state-of-the-art scientific core facilities and 24 University-wide, interdisciplinary research centers, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is remarkably well-positioned to cultivate truly translational scientists equipped to drive the field of rehabilitation medicine with cutting edge research.

混合博士前和博士后T32HD071866培训计划的总体目标是开发 新兴科学家成为转化康复研究的未来领导者——有能力的科学家 测试和传播新的康复策略，以减轻损伤和生活质量下降 面对慢性病管理，我们将在第一阶段的成果基础上再接再厉。 随着该计划受训人员数量的增加并建立了吸引高素质人才的声誉，资金周期不断延长 现已证实的计划利用了极其丰富的制度环境， 提供无数资源，协作团队已发展到拥有 50 名富有成效的导师，分为三个类别 （核心、内容、培训导师）；所有人都致力于培训和职业发展。 学员受益于两年的跨学科培训，该培训精心融合了三个核心科学水平 探究：（i）分子病理学；（ii）康复科学/生理学；以及（iii）康复医学（即） 由于最近在教师招聘方面取得的成功——培养了更多的跨学科团队—— 更新期间的转化研究康复训练将扩展到四个重点领域 强度：(i) 肌肉骨骼疾病；(ii) 神经系统疾病；(iii) 心脏代谢疾病；或 (iv) 癌症。 博士前培训生是从 UAB 录取的竞争激烈且多元化的国家人才库中选拔出来的 研究生课程（例如生物医学研究生、康复科学）。 博士后学员利用机构资助的培训/职业发展计划来满足 每位学员的主要导师和转化指导团队都有不同的培养目标。 来自医学院（细胞/综合生物学；物理医学和 康复医学；病理学； 专业（康复和营养科学）、公共卫生（生物统计学；流行病学）以及艺术与 科学（心理学）。实习生、导师和转化指导团队共同打造一个个体。 发展计划，由执行委员会每半年批准和监督该计划包括。 课程作业、实验室和临床研究、专业发展计划、研讨会、演讲 学习在当地和国家会议上进行会议，并接受负责任地进行研究的培训。 发表高影响力的研究是该计划的主要重点，将继续指导 4 名博士生和 4 名博士生。 每年招收博士后培训生，并将利用扩大的资源最大限度地招募和培训博士后 作为 NIH 资助的排名前 25 的学术医疗中心。 拥有 80 多个最先进的科学核心设施和 24 个全校跨学科研究中心， 阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校在培养真正的转化科学家方面具有令人惊讶的优势 有能力通过尖端研究推动康复医学领域的发展。