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- Successful applicants
will be appointed as Assistant Professor with the expectation
of ongoing appointments upon completion of the program
- Scholarships generally
last 2 or 3 years. We also offer 1/2 or 2/3-time scholarships,
lasting 3 or 4 years. This part-time option allows scholars
to maintain parental and caregiving roles. We offer at least
two positions every year of the funded program.
- Scholars, with
guidance from their Senior Mentors, develop a Training Plan.
The Plan starts wtih coursework drawn from UCSF's Training in
Clinical Research and Program In Biomedical Sciences. Each Plan
is built around milestones toward independence: publications,
presentations, and independent funding.
- Scholars will spend
at least 75% of their time involved in didactic training or
mentored research experience. The distribution of time in activities
will differ from Scholar to Scholar, depending on their backgrounds,
interests and goals.
- Monthly Core
Seminars in Women's Health will cover biological, medical,
social, and economic aspects of sex, gender and chronic disease.
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Scholars can participate in the UCSF
TICR according to their previous experience and goals. Options
range from obtaining a Masters Degree in Clinical Research,
a Certificate in Clinical Research or enrolling in selected
courses.
- Scholars may take courses
from the UCSF Program
in biomedical Sciences (BMS). BMS is a nationally acclaimed
didactic training program in basic science methods. A series
of integrated courses includes Biological Regulatory Mechanisms,
Cell Biology, Principles in Molecular Genetics, Structure of
Macromolecules, Developmental Biology, and Molecular Biology
of Animal Viruses. Some courses are especially designed for
trainees in clinical departments who wish to explore current
concepts of molecular genetics and cell biology and their application
to human biology and disease, including Introduction to Molecular
Genetics and Cell Biology.
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(Dr. Bernard Lo): This six-session course is designed to give
students a working knowledge of the evolving ethical issues
in clinical research, the current regulatory requirements for
the conduct of research on human subjects, and an approach to
current and future controversies. Students are required to articulate
in detail the ethical issues in their own research project and
also serve as a mock-IRB member in providing written reviews
of ethical issues raised in the protocols of other students
in the course.
- (Dr.
Elizabeth Holly and Dr. Steve Cummings): This 5-session seminar
series focuses on how NIH works and how to write clear K- and
RO-1 proposals. Trainees learn to use NIH websites, study and
revise samples of abstract, specific aims and other key features
of an NIH proposal. Time is also devoted to finding funding
from Foundations and pharmaceutical companies with advice about
how to locate foundations and companies with relevant interests,
approach them, and write clear proposals tailored to each.
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(Dr. Warren Browner): This 6-session course focuses on all aspects
of scientific presentation including manuscript writing, and
poster and oral presentation. Dr. Warren Brown, Executive Editor
of the American Journal of Medicine and author of Publishing
and Presenting Clinical Research (Williams & Wilkins, 1998)
directs the course. Each Scholar will write or rewrite a complete
scientific paper during the course.
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The Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS) at UCSF offers
a variety of curricular modules that are taught in flexible
formats (courses, intensive workshops, retreats, etc) tailored
to meet the needs of fellows and junior faculty. These modules
are designed to examine how policy problems are identified,
events that occur after an issue is defined, technical mechanisms
for addressing policy and economic issues, and how different
methodologies might answer questions differently.
Direct research experience
will be based in areas of UCSF-Kaiser strength, represented by
13 interdisciplinary research areas.
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- Breast
Cancer
- Cardiovascular
Disease
- Complementary
and Alternative Medicine
- Dementia
and cognitive Dysfunction
- HIV
in Women
- Menopause
and Hormone Therapy
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
and osteoarthritis
- Screen
for Disease
- Urinary
Incontinence
·Each research area
is represented by a Senior Mentor and
has four to six other interdisciplinary resource faculty who are
experts in the area and available to assist and collaborate with
the Scholars. Each resource area also includes research
units, databases, and repositories
of biological specimens. These resources will provide opportunities
for secondary data analyses, ancillary studies, and systematic
reviews. In addition to the research areas described above,
potential scholars may propose other areas of investigation in
women’s health.
Scholars will be paired
with a Senior Mentor from both their
research area and academic department.
Role of Senior Mentor:
- Guide the Scholar
toward development of an independent research career.
- Help the Scholars
develop their Training Plans
- Meet monthly with
Scholars; review the plan
- Attend the Scholar's
Start-up seminar
- Attend Scholar's
local research presentations
- Help the Scholar
in making contacts with potential collaborators
within the various research areas will also be
available to assist scholars in developing their own independent
research careers.
Role of Resource
Faculty:
- Be available to
Scholars working in their area of expertise
- Meet with the Scholar
as needed
- Collaborate with
the Scholar on appropriate research projects
- Attend Scholar's
local research presentations
- Help Scholars make
use of databases that the resource faculty member may have
- Some may serve as
mentors
Each scholar will present
a 2 to 3 hour "Start-up" Seminar during the first year of their
training. These seminars will be interdisciplinary reviews of
individual Scholar's research plans with selected local and national
experts and potential collaborators. Progress toward building
an independent career will measured, in part, by achievement of
milestones required of every Scholar: publications, presentations
at national meetings and proposals for independent funding.
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