Training Program Overview and Direction
1. Program Direction. The Institutional National Research
Service Award entitled, "Molecular Biology and Gene Therapy Training
in Burns and Trauma" at the University of Florida College of Medicine
is under the overall direction of Dr. Lyle L. Moldawer, who serves as
Program Director. Dr. Moldawer is assisted by an Executive Committee,
comprised of Dr. Richard W. Moyer (Professor and Chairman, Department
of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology) and Dr. Timothy C. Flynn
(Professor of Surgery, Director of the Surgical Resident Residency
Program, and Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, University
of Florida College of Medicine) . Dr. Moldawer's departmental office
assumes administrative responsibility for correspondence with the
faculty and trainees, and with the NIH.
2. Qualifications of Research Training Candidates. Applicants
for training positions must be United States citizens or nationals, or
permanent residents in approved surgery or medicine programs who have
satisfactorily completed at least two years of postdoctoral clinical
exposure (PGY-II) in an approved general or subspecialty residency.
Candidates in emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and internal
medicine are also encouraged.
In every case, attention will be given to recruiting individuals from
minority groups under-represented in the biomedical sciences with
applications from approved residencies identified by the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Candidate selection is
dependent upon letters of reference from chairmen in the United States
or Canada, prior research accomplishments, academic records and class
rank in medical school, and academic/clinical progress, as evaluated
by the program director of the residency in which the prospective
research affiliate trained. In certain circumstances, trainees who
have completed five-years of surgical training and will be
board-eligible to the American Board of Surgery or the ABMS
subspecialty surgical equivalent will be considered.
Candidate acceptance is limited to individuals pursuing a career in
academic medicine and for individuals who have a manifest interest in
the disciplines of burn/trauma, critical care medicine or inflammation
biology. Further, candidates extramural to the University of Florida
Surgery Residency Program must supply evidence in writing from the
chairmen of their respective institutions that they will be accepted
back into the parent residency program for completion of their senior
and chief years of residency following completion of the two-year
training requirement of this research program.
3. Research Training. Residents selected as trainees are
expected to spend greater than 95% of their efforts in a structured,
organized basic research environment in accordance with the research
design approved by their research and clinical
mentors, and the Executive Committee. In no circumstance will
clinical responsibilities be afforded the research trainee and this
activity will be monitored by the Program Director and the Executive
Committee. Such requirements are essential to accomplish the
objectives of high quality basic research and to enhance the
scientific knowledge of the trainee. Furthermore, the didactic course
work offered the trainee is purposely included to correct knowledge
deficiencies that may be evident with scientific inquiry in the
expanding fields of molecular biology, and gene therapy.
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