Research Training in Pediatric Nephrology

小儿肾脏病学研究培训

• 批准号: 8513986
• 负责人: CARLTON MATTHEW BATES
• 金额: $ 19.75万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8513986
• 关键词: Childhood; Nephrology; Research Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks to obtain NIH funding to train pediatric nephrology fellows at the University of Pittsburgh/Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) to become successful clinician scientists. Presently fewer than 5% of the membership of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology have active R01 grants and few Divisions have more than one or two NIH funded Pediatric Nephrologists. Furthermore, there are few dedicated pediatric nephrology T32 training grant positions available to train fellows. Given current financial difficulties, it has also been difficult for Medical Schools and Departments of Pediatrics to commit resources to training fellows to do research. Taken together, there are often inadequate resources and few mentors available to train pediatric nephrologists to do basic, translational, or clinical research. The resulting paucity of pediatric nephrology fellows that develop successful careers in research dramatically impedes progress in deciphering pathophysiology and ultimately treatments for kidney diseases that affect children. The objective of this program is to train Pediatric Nephrology fellows to become clinician researchers. There will be four positions, two for PGY5 and two for PGY6 Pediatric Nephrology medical fellows. Fellows will be selected during their PGY4 year and with the guidance of the Program Director and Executive Committee, they will select a research mentor and convene a Mentoring Committee. The fellows will then participate in the program during their PGY5 and 6 years. This training program is uniquely positioned in that there are four (soon to be five) NIH-funded Pediatric Nephrology faculty members in this division (three of which are qualified to be trainers). This is also one of the largest Pediatric Nephrology divisions in the country with seven (soon to be eight faculty) with a robust clinical program that will enhance fellow recruitment. There is also an extreme wealth of high quality, NIH funded kidney/urinary tract research beyond our division at the University of Pittsburgh, including investigators in the College of Medicine and the College of Public Health. Moreover, the University of Pittsburgh ranks 5th in NIH awards obtained from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), much of which is in areas of kidney and urinary tract diseases. All of the faculty trainers in this program also have a significant track record of mentoring pre and post-doctoral trainees. The research areas are very diverse and include trainers focused on basic, translational, and clinical research. The environment is also very supportive and includes coursework and even optional degrees for fellows (e.g. Fundamentals of Biomedical Science courses for basic science and Certificate in Clinical Research, Masters in Clinical Research, or Masters of Public Health for clinical/translational science). The training program is also very focused on increasing the diversity of trainees and on education regarding the responsible conduct of research. In summary, the breadth of the research opportunities, training track record, and outstanding environment make this institution an excellent place to train research based Pediatric Nephrology fellows.

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请旨在获得NIH资金，以培训匹兹堡大学/匹兹堡儿童医院（CHP）的小儿肾脏病学研究员（CHP）成为成功的临床医生。目前，美国儿科肾脏病学会的成员资格不到5％，具有活跃的R01补助金，很少有一两个以上的NIH资助的儿科肾脏医生。此外，很少有专门的小儿肾脏病T32培训赠款职位可用于训练研究员。鉴于当前的财务困难，医学院和儿科部门也很难将资源投入培训研究员进行研究。综上所述，通常没有资源不足，很少有指导者可以培训儿科肾病学家进行基本，转化或临床研究。在研究领域发展成功职业的小儿肾脏科学研究员的缺乏，极大地阻碍了破译的病理生理学和最终对影响儿童的肾脏疾病的治疗。该计划的目的是培训小儿肾脏科研究员成为临床研究人员。将有四个位置，两个位置为PGY5，而PGY6小儿肾脏病医学研究员将有两个职位。研究员将在他们的PGY4年内选出，并在计划主任和执行委员会的指导下，他们将选择一名研究导师并召集指导委员会。然后，研究员将在PGY5和6年期间参加该计划。该培训计划的独特位置是，该部门中有四个（即将成为NIH资助的儿科肾脏学院成员）（其中三名有资格为培训师）。这也是该国最大的儿科肾脏科之一，拥有七个（即将成为八名教职员工），并具有强大的临床计划，可以增强同胞招聘。除了我们在匹兹堡大学的部门以外，还拥有大量高质量的高质量，NIH资助的肾脏/尿路研究，包括医学院和公共卫生学院的研究人员。此外，匹兹堡大学在美国国家糖尿病和消化研究所和肾脏疾病（NIDDK）获得的NIH奖项中排名第五，其中大部分在肾脏和尿路疾病的地区。该计划中的所有教师培训师还具有指导前后学员的重要记录。研究领域非常多样化，包括专注于基本，转化和临床研究的培训师。环境也非常支持，包括研究员的课程工作，甚至包括可选学位（例如，临床研究基础科学和基础科学生物医学科学课程，临床研究硕士学位或临床/转化科学公共卫生硕士学位）。该培训计划还非常专注于增加受训者的多样性和有关负责任的研究的教育。总而言之，研究机会，培训记录和杰出环境的广度使该机构成为培训基于研究的儿科肾脏科学研究员的好地方。