PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Ph. D. PROGRAM
PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PROGRAMS
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW PROGRAM
CORE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Positions have been established through a Tissue Engineering and Regeneration Training Grant supported by the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). The primary objective of this training program is to provide an interdisciplinary research-intensive environment for individuals who wish to pursue careers in the oral sciences, with a focus in the area of restoration of oral-craniofacial tissues. All trainees are required to participate in the Core Training Requirements which include a course in Tissue Engineering, a monthly trainee dinner meeting, a Tissue Engineering and Regeneration Seminar Series and a biennial symposium.
The Tissue Engineering and Regeneration Program realizes that, just as interdisciplinary training significantly enhances a student’s educational experience, diversity in interests and in backgrounds of the members of the program provides an important enhancement to training. The maintenance of diversity in interests, backgrounds, culture and ethnicity of the members of the Program provides a setting where students will likely work both with scientists representing a number of diverse disciplines and with colleagues from different cultural backgrounds.
Trainees must be US citizens or permanent residents.
Ph.D. program - DDS/Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D.
Support for up to a 5-year period includes a stipend, tuition, health insurance and travel allowances to national scientific meetings.
Ph.D. program - Traditional Ph.D.
Support for up to a 2-year period includes a stipend, tuition, health insurance and travel allowances to national scientific meetings.
The Training Grant is NOT a degree-granting program and relies on individual departments and units for the primary recruitment of program candidates. Programs that nominate students are programs of the Horace H. Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan. A list of these degree-granting Ph.D. programs is provided below. Information on how to apply is available on the individual program websites.
School of Dentistry Oral Health Sciences Ph.D. Program (OHS): The doctor of philosophy degree in Oral Health Sciences is a program of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, offered through the School of Dentistry. The primary objective of this program is to train outstanding students to become leaders in academic research in oral health science. Major areas of study include: craniofacial development and anomalies; biomaterials and tissue engineering; oral infectious diseases and immunity; mineralized tissue and musculoskeletal disorders; oralfacial sensory and motor function; tissue regeneration and wound repair; and, oral and pharyngeal carcinogenesis. http://www.dent.umich.edu/ohsphd
College of Engineering Biomedical Engineering (BME): The Biomedical Engineering program at the University of Michigan is one of the finest graduate and undergraduate programs of its kind. The program benefits from its location in the midst of a world class Medical School, an outstanding College of Engineering and a strong Basic Sciences Program. It offers the most exciting interdisciplinary research environment and training in emerging areas that combine engineering with biomedical sciences. Research foci includes tissue engineering and programs which are highly complementary to tissue engineering efforts, e.g., imaging capability and microfabrication. http://www.bme.umich.edu/
College of Engineering Chemical Engineering: Research focus on biotechnology and bioengineering, e.g., modeling of biological systems and synthesis of biomaterials for tissue engineering and drug delivery. http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/cheme/
Medical School Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS): Graduate students entering the Program in Biomedical Science (PIBS) at the University of Michigan are offered flexibility in the choice of any of the participating Ph.D. programs, while retaining the small, focused environment of each of the individual training programs. Research activities of faculty are diverse and many have active research programs at the cellular and molecular level, which are focused on determining the key molecules regulating organ functions. http://www.med.umich.edu/pibs/
Medical School Clinical Research Program: The Training Program in Clinical Research at the University of Michigan Medical Center is a 2-year program. The program, with a specialized curriculum that trains health care professionals for academic careers in clinical research (see NIH, Office of Extramural Research), leads to a Master of Science degree in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis. http://www.umich.edu/~tpcr/
Medical Scientist Training Program: Program facilitates the combined M.D.-Ph.D. degree education for students. http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/mstp/
Application Process
Candidates must be US citizens or permanent residents. Support for a 2-year period includes a stipend, health insurance and travel allowances to national scientific meetings. Post-doctoral Fellowship candidates are recruited by individual program mentors or can self-nominate by sending a CV, three letters of recommendation, a description of relevance of research goals to tissue engineering and regenerations, and copy of their academic record to the Office of Research a the School of Dentistry. Any offer of training will be contingent on the applicant working in a laboratory of a Training Grant mentor.
1. Tissue Engineering 584. All trainees are required to participate. Graduate students are expected to enroll in the course (credit or audit), and post-docs are expected to audit the course. This course meets in the Fall, two lectures a week (3 credit course). The course provides an overview to the field, and an introduction to the fundamental engineering and biological concepts underlying virtually ever attempt to engineering new tissues. Trainees who have already completed this course are excused.
2. Tissue Engineering Trainee Group. All trainees will be required to participate. The major activity of this group is a monthly dinner meeting at which an informal seminar will be given by one of the trainees (all trainees will give at least one informal seminar while supported by the grant), or participating faculty members.
3. Oral Health Sciences/Tissue Engineering and Regeneration Seminars/Journal Club. The training program partners with the Oral Health Sciences seminar/journal club series. All trainees are required to attend the seminar/journal club series sponsored by the training grant and are invited to attend the additional seminar/journal clubs during the Fall and Winter semesters.
4. Biennial Symposium. All trainees will participate in a bi-yearly Symposium on Tissue Engineering and Regeneration. The Symposium will be a day-long event and consist of several external and internal speakers representing both basic science and clinical areas, and a trainee poster session. Mentors are expected to attend this symposium as well. The next symposium will be in the Spring of 2009.
5. Responsible Conduct of Research. All trainees will be required to take the Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS). The class meets for 6 weeks and is comprised of lectures and small group discussions. Trainees who have already completed this course or one similar are excused
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