Pediatric Neurology Physician Scientist Program.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA

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Abstract

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Rapid advances in developmental neuroscience, imaging, genetics, and molecular therapeutics have thrust Child Neurology into the biomedical limelight. As a child neurology residency program director I am amazed at the increasingly spectacular qualifications of each new wave of resident applicants who are drawn to the fundamental problems facing our specialty. At Massachusetts General Hospital we are poised with a talented pool of residents interested in research, an abundance of basic science advances waiting to be translated to medical realities, an exceptionally rich research environment, and a PI, steering committee, and group of carefully selected mentors who together will guide the development of these trainees into successful physician scientists. We have assembled a group of accomplished NIH-funded mentors whose expertise is focused on brain development and neurological diseases of childhood. These are experienced investigators with a strong track record of training physician scientists. The K12 participants will have full access not only to their mentor's lab but also the many resources available through collaborative programs designed to accelerate neuroscience research at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A carefully structured curriculum of coursework, written evaluations, and meetings with the PI and child neurology co-mentors has been carefully designed to ascertain that all scholar participants advance smoothly to independent research funding.