Education and Career Development
Specific Aims
Aim 1: Build a collaborative educational infrastructure that ensures
integration of basic, clinical, and community sciences. Leaders of this component are developing and managing a
program that assures all students and trainees have well-balanced, appropriate
educational and mentoring opportunities.
Aim 2: Transform educational programs and increase extramural funding for
training. Several UAMS innovative educational programs are being transformed to
offer degree programs in clinical/translational science (graduate certificate,
MS, PhD). In addition, UAMS is increasing
extramural funding for all training programs, especially T32 and K- and F-type
mechanisms. Pathfinders will ensure that all trainees have a broad-based
understanding of research design, community engagement, regulatory issues,
and research ethics.
Aim 3: Provide career development training to promote professional skills that
enhance scientific productivity and mentorship/leadership. This component
enhances skills in fundamental career areas in order to increase the
research productivity of postdoctoral scholars, subspecialty fellows, and junior
faculty. Career development training includes grant/manuscript writing and
professional presentations. Grant writing training is led by the UAMS Office of
Grants and Scientific Publications. Leadership and team building skills are
taught by personnel from various TRI components.
Aim 4. Expand the number and diversity of trainees/mentors who benefit from TRI
educational programs. Ensuring broad access to TRI educational programs is key;
thus, the TRI strives to increase the number and quality of trainees from
under-represented minority groups and assure full participation by female
trainees. The emphasis on diversity includes efforts to increase the number of
female mentors and mentors from under-represented minority groups.
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