Interdisciplinary Training in Pain Research

疼痛研究跨学科培训

• 批准号: 9104214
• 负责人: DONNA L HAMMOND
• 金额: $ 20.98万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9104214
• 关键词: Pain Research; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Chronic pain is a significant issue in health care delivery, affecting 116 million Americans at a conservative cost of $560 billion. This application seeks renewal of support for an interdisciplinary training program in pain research at the University of Iowa. The program has been highly successful in terms of increasing collaborations among trainers and mentoring pre- and postdoctoral trainees of exemplary quality to independent funding and careers. The program will continue to study the cellular, molecular, pharmacological, physiological and anatomical mechanisms that subserve acute and chronic pain while further strengthening the clinical and translational work begun during the previous award. The 16 core program faculty are NIH-funded investigators with complementary expertise in the fields of molecular, cellular and systems neurobiology. They comprise a balanced representation of basic and physician scientists, as well as bench and patient-based research. Each trainer has a strong record of training both predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows and will also mentor a subset of junior trainers of great promise. Support is requested for two predoctoral and two postdoctoral trainees for this award period. In line with our goal to strengthen translational research, the postdoctoral positions will be primarily targeted for MD, MD/PhD, PT/PhD or DPT trainees, but will also accept PhD trainees with a strong interest in translational research. These individuals will benefit from a period of protected time to learn the elements of research and/or to restart their research programs in advance of a faculty level appointment. Two nurse scientists continue as adjunct trainers to pursue collaborations in clinical and translational research programs developed in the last award period. In the next funding period, the program proposes to build a stronger relationship with members of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science who have expertise in patient-centered outcomes research and comparative effectiveness research. This approach will recruit new faculty to the training program and increase attractiveness to clinicians. The training program provides a highly structured and diverse program of didactic coursework, including monthly seminars, weekly journal clubs and biweekly work-in-progress meetings, that is coupled with research training in a highly collaborative and inter-active environment. All courses, as well as mechanisms of interaction and trainee evaluation are established. The overall goal of the training program is to provide our trainees with (1) an individualized curriculum that provide a solid knowledge base appropriate to their career plans; (2) rigorous training in the elements of scientific investigation including the formulation of research hypotheses, experimental design and analysis; (3) mastery of two to three research techniques; (4) opportunities to develop their verbal communication skills; (5) experience in the construction of manuscripts and grant proposals; and (6) the ability to interact and collaborate with basic and clinical investigators boh within and outside the institution who are actively engaged in research. Trainees in this program will acquire the knowledge, experience, and skill sets necessary for successful transition to an independent research career in academia, industry or government.

描述（由申请人提供）：慢性疼痛是医疗保健提供的重要问题，影响了1.16亿美国人，保守损失为5600亿美元。该应用程序寻求续签爱荷华大学疼痛研究跨学科培训计划的支持。该计划在增加培训师之间的合作以及指导典型质量的典型学员到独立资金和职业方面取得了成功。该计划将继续研究细胞，分子，药理，生理和解剖学机制，这些机制会导致急性和慢性疼痛，同时进一步增强上一个奖项期间开始的临床和翻译工作。 16个核心计划教师是NIH资助的研究人员，在分子，细胞和系统神经生物学领域具有互补的专业知识。它们包括基本和医师科学家的平衡表示，以及基于替补的研究。每个教练都有良好的培训记录，既有训练前者和博士后研究员，也将指导一部分具有良好前途的初级教练。在此奖项期间，请求支持两名五名前和两名博士后学员。符合我们加强转化研究的目标，博士后职位将主要针对MD，MD/PHD，PT/PH/PHD或DPT受训者，但也将接受对转化研究浓厚兴趣的博士学位培训生。这些人将从一个受保护的时期中受益，以学习 在教师任命之前，研究和/或重新启动研究计划的要素。两名护士科学家继续担任辅助培训师，从而在上一个奖项期间开发的临床和转化研究计划中的合作。在下一个资金期间，该计划提议与临床和转化科学研究所成员建立更牢固的关系，他们在以患者为中心的结果研究和比较有效性研究方面具有专业知识。这种方法将招募新的教师参加培训计划，并提高对临床医生的吸引力。该培训计划提供了一项高度结构化和多样化的教学课程计划，包括每月研讨会，每周期刊俱乐部和每两周工作的会议，再加上在高度协作且活跃环境中的研究培训。建立了所有课程，以及互动和学员评估的机制。培训计划的总体目标是为学员提供（1）个性化课程，提供适合其职业计划的可靠知识基础； （2）在科学研究要素中进行严格的培训，包括研究假设的制定，实验设计和分析； （3）掌握两到三种研究技术； （4）发展其口头交流技能的机会； （5）在构建手稿和赠款建议方面的经验； （6）能够与积极从事研究的机构内外与基本和临床研究人员进行互动和合作。该计划的学员将获得成功过渡到学术界，工业或政府独立研究生涯所必需的知识，经验和技能。