Q: For whom is this training program designed?
A: Physicians, dentists, nurses, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, engineers, social scientists or other health professionals with M.D., Ph.D., DDS, PsyD, Pharm MD or equivalent degrees who aspire to focus on clinical research in their careers. We encourage clinical, surgical, and procedural specialties and subspecialities to apply.
Q: What is the purpose of the program?
A: The purpose of this NIH-funded program is to train the next generation of clinical and translational research leaders to be capable of leading multidisciplinary, team based research clinical/translational investigators who will succeed in competing for competitive research funding.
Q: How is clinical and translational research defined in this multidisciplinary training program?
A: The program's intent is to support the early career development of clinical and translational researchers from a variety of disciplines engaged in all types of clinical research.
NIH defines Clinical Research as:
- Patient-oriented research. Research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator (or colleague) directly interacts with human subjects.
- This area of research includes:
- Mechanisms of human disease
- Therapeutic interventions
- Clinical trials
- Development of new technologies
- This area of research includes:
- Epidemiologic and behavioral studies.
- Outcomes research and health services research.
- Excluded from this definition are in vitro studies that utilize human tissues but do not deal directly with patients. In other words, clinical or patient-oriented research is research in which it is necessary to know the identity of the patients from whom the cells or tissues under study are derived.
- This grant stands apart from others because of its focus on the multidisciplinary aspect of the clinical researchers whose research may include patient-oriented research, translational research, small- and large-scale clinical investigation and trials, and epidemiologic and natural history studies.
Q: Who are the participating institutions?
A: The schools and colleges of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø), in close collaboration with ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-affiliated academic medical centers -- Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals of Cleveland, MetroHealth Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), and the University of Toledo.
Q: What is the duration of the training period?
A: Candidates should prepare a research and career development plan to be completed in two years. A third year may be applicable in some cases.
Q: What are the benefits of the program?
A: Successful candidates will receive salary and benefits commensurate with prior experience and qualifications, a research stipend, and tuition benefits for two with the potential for a third year of funding.
Q: Will I be assigned an adviser when I arrive?
A: Yes, after acceptance into the program, Scholars will work with the K12 leadership to identify two mentors: a research mentor and a career development mentor. They will be assigned two mentors by the program's Steering Committee, and over 100 highly accomplished clinical research mentors are participating in this program.
Q: How do I select mentors?
A: After you arrive, an advisory committee will assist you in selecting appropriate mentors, taking into consideration your goals and the clinical investigators affiliated with this program. K12 Scholars will meet with potential mentors during their first few weeks on campus, prior to making their selection.