Educating Physician-Neuroscientists: The R25 at UCSF

教育医师神经科学家：UCSF 的 R25

• 批准号: 8432879
• 负责人: STEPHEN L HAUSER
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8432879
• 关键词: Address; Age; Alzheimer' s Disease; Area; Biomedical Research; California; Cancer Education Grant Program; Clinical; Commit; Communities; Coupled; Development; Disease; Education; Environment; Epilepsy; Face; Family; Fellowship; Funding; Goals; Grant; Home environment; Human Resources; Industry; Letters; Life Style; Low income; Maintenance; Measures; Mentorship; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Neurology; Neurosciences; Neurosciences Research; Nursing Faculty; Parkinson Disease; Physicians; Positioning Attribute; Prevention; Private Practice; Probability; Radiology Specialty; Research; Research Personnel; Research Support; Research Training; Residencies; Resources; San Francisco; Scientist; Security; Stroke; Time; Training; Training Programs; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Vision; abstracting; career; career development; clinical care; experience; improved; interest; lifestyle factors; medical schools; nervous system disorder; neurosurgery; programs; success

Project Summary/Abstract There is a shortage of physician scientists and the number of physicians choosing to enter research careers is declining. This shortage threatens the biomedical research enterprise at a time when the opportunities for physician-neuroscientists to make substantial discoveries contributing to understanding and treatment of nervous system diseases (e.g.-Alzheimer disease, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson disease) have increased dramatically.1 The National Institute of Health (NIH) has developed a roadmap to encourage disease-oriented research in supportive academic environments, including a special emphasis on improving the success rate of training programs for physician-scientists.2 One reason for the current decline in the physician-scientist pipeline is the long training period required to reach research independence. The average age of a first-time NIH R 01 grant recipient (one commonly used measure of research independence) has reached 43 years for MD applicants who face unique challenges on the path to research independence. By the time physicians have completed clinical residency training and are ready to apply for career development funding, many have reached their late 30s. This period is marked by important lifestyle decisions (e.g.-having a family, becoming financially independent, purchasing a first home) and career development decisions. Coupled with an average debt of approximately $150,000 at the end of medical school, these financial and lifestyle factors combine to discourage potential physician-scientists from embarking on research careers associated with low income, low rates of grant funding, and little long term security. Other career avenues (e.g.-private practice, industry) may seem more attractive for many of the brightest physicians in training. The R25 research education program implements the vision of the NIH roadmap at NINDS by providing new resources to assist promising physician investigators with improved training, mentorship, a supportive research environment, and resources that maximize the probability of a successful transition from the training environment to independent research careers. The Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) are committed to addressing the problem of declining interest in research careers by encouraging residents to develop or extend investigative pursuits during the clinical training years. The Department of Neurology at UCSF is well positioned to serve as the primary sponsor of the clinical neuroscience research education program, detailed below, that is the focus of this application.

项目摘要/摘要 医师科学家缺乏，并且选择进入研究职业的医生数量是 下降。这种短缺威胁着生物医学研究企业 医师 - 神经科学家将大量发现有助于理解和治疗 神经系统疾病（例如 - 阿尔茨海默氏病，中风，癫痫，帕金森病）有所增加 1个国家卫生研究院（NIH）开发了一个路线图，以鼓励以疾病为导向 支持学术环境的研究，包括特别强调提高成功率 医师科学家的培训计划2 医师科学家管道当前下降的原因之一是需要长时间的训练期 达到研究独立性。首次NIH R 01赠款接收者的平均年龄（一个常用 衡量研究独立性的衡量标准已达到43年的MD申请人，他们面临着独特的挑战 研究独立性的途径。到医师完成临床居住培训时， 准备申请职业发展资金，许多人已经到达了30多岁。这个时期标志着 重要的生活方式决策（例如，一个家庭，在财务上独立，购买第一个房屋） 和职业发展决策。加上在结束时平均债务约15万美元 医学院，这些财务和生活方式因素结合在一起，使潜在的医师科学家从 踏上与低收入，低赠款利率和长期长期相关的研究职业 安全。其他职业途径（例如，私人实践，行业）对于许多人来说似乎更具吸引力 培训中最聪明的医生。 R25研究教育计划通过提供新的NIH路线图的愿景 为有前途的医师调查人员提供改进的培训，指导，支持性研究的资源 环境和资源最大化从培训中成功过渡的可能性 独立研究职业的环境。神经病学，神经外科和放射学系 在加利福尼亚大学，旧金山（UCSF）致力于解决下降的问题 通过鼓励居民在研究期间发展或扩展调查追求，从而对研究事业的兴趣 临床培训年。 UCSF的神经病学部门有效地作为主要 下面详细介绍的临床神经科学研究教育计划的赞助商，这是重点 应用。