Training in Oral and Craniofacial Biology

口腔和颅面生物学培训

• 批准号: 8101165
• 负责人: Sharon M. Gordon
• 金额: $ 55.32万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8101165
• 关键词: Biology; Oral; Training; craniofacial

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the comprehensive training program in Oral and Craniofacial Biology is to train highly skilled, interactive basic and clinical scientists who can successfully address the expanding research opportunities in dental, oral and craniofacial research. At the University of Maryland, we have demonstrated the ability to provide an environment of flexible but integrated training opportunities in dental, oral and craniofacial research. By offering a broad selection of training options which serves a diverse population of college, dental, PhD and combined DDS-PhD students as well as junior and mid-career faculty, we plan to accomplish our primary objective of developing independent investigators in basic, clinical, and translational research. Secondary objectives are to train individuals to become important contributors to larger multidisciplinary research teams and to generate an appreciation of the need for continued oral health research in all of our students. The training program capitalizes on the unique geographic proximity between major medical centers in the City of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. and includes an expert faculty of more than 60 established scientists to provide mentoring for students and dental faculty. Training is organized around four major thematic areas of strength in clinical and basic research. These thematic areas of expertise are Hard Tissue and Neoplastic Diseases, Infectious and Autoimmune Diseases, Oral and Craniofacial Chronic Sensory Disorders, and Oral and Craniofacial Motor Disorders. Primary emphasis is placed on cross-disciplinary approaches that involve integration of basic, translational and clinical research in each trainee program. Toward this end we are initiating new partnerships with the School of Medicine. We plan to offer a new curriculum of formal clinical training for postdoctoral dentists and we are consolidating our graduate education into a system of campus-wide interdepartmental graduate programs in basic and translational science. Our program design includes a horizontal organization in which basic and clinical research trainees interact across disciplines and a vertical organization which provides more experienced trainees the opportunity to train younger scientists. We are particularly dedicated to enhanced training opportunities for underrepresented minorities and women in research relevant to improvement of oral health and better treatment of oral diseases.

描述（由申请人提供）：口腔和颅面生物学综合培训计划的总体目标是培养高技能、互动的基础和临床科学家，他们能够成功应对牙科、口腔和颅面研究领域不断扩大的研究机会。在马里兰大学，我们已经证明有能力在牙科、口腔和颅面研究方面提供灵活但综合的培训机会。通过提供广泛的培训选择，为大学、牙科、博士和 DDS-PhD 学生以及初级和中期教师等不同人群提供服务，我们计划实现在基础、临床领域培养独立研究人员的主要目标和转化研究。次要目标是培训个人成为更大的多学科研究团队的重要贡献者，并让我们所有的学生认识到持续进行口腔健康研究的必要性。该培训计划利用巴尔的摩市和华盛顿特区主要医疗中心之间独特的地理位置，并包括由 60 多名知名科学家组成的专家团队，为学生和牙科教师提供指导。培训围绕临床和基础研究的四大优势主题领域进行。这些专题专业领域包括硬组织和肿瘤疾病、传染病和自身免疫性疾病、口腔和颅面慢性感觉障碍以及口腔和颅面运动障碍。主要重点是跨学科方法，涉及每个实习项目中基础研究、转化研究和临床研究的整合。为此，我们正在与医学院建立新的合作伙伴关系。我们计划为博士后牙医提供新的正式临床培训课程，并且我们正在将研究生教育整合到基础科学和转化科学领域的全校跨部门研究生课程体系中。我们的项目设计包括水平组织和垂直组织，其中基础和临床研究学员可以跨学科互动，垂直组织为更有经验的学员提供培训年轻科学家的机会。我们特别致力于为代表性不足的少数群体和妇女提供与改善口腔健康和更好地治疗口腔疾病相关的研究的培训机会。