Cardiac Module NIH Program Abstract
It was said...
"My postdoctoral experience with PTEI helped me determine the direction of my research concentration and contributed to my scientific accomplishment."
Jianying Zhang, PhD
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Project Title
Alan J. Russell, PhD
Institution
The Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative (PTEI) is the applicant organization for this Institutional NRSA to support postdoctoral fellowship training in musculoskeletal tissue engineering (TE) for clinical applications in medicine and surgery.
PTEI is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster TE research and education regionally, nationally, and internationally. The major regional academic institutions (Allegheny General Hospital, Carnegie Mellon University, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) are members of PTEI and provide the venues for TE academic research and development. PTEI supports these organizations through seed research grants and educational programs, including its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. As well, PTEI fosters university-academic relationships with the burgeoning TE biotechnology commercial enterprise.
The PTEI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program began in January 2000 and is special in that each fellow is assigned a primary and a secondary mentor, chosen from the member institutions and based on the correspondence between the mentors' expertise and the fellow's prior training and desired focus within TE. The two mentors may be in the same or different institutions. The mentors include M.D.s, D.M.D.s, D.D.S.s, Ph.D.s, and those with dual degrees; emphasis is on clinician-basic scientist pairing of mentors. The supporting facilities and didactic opportunities thus span the major academic institutions in Pittsburgh.
The Fellowship is 2 years long, with an option for a third year. Each fellow spends 2/3 to 3/4 of the 2-year fellowship in the primary mentor's laboratories and the rest with the secondary mentor; these assignments may be consecutive or concurrent. Additional ad hoc experiences are arranged as needed. An introductory course in starting a biotechnology company, taught at Carnegie Mellon University, and formal instruction in the responsible conduct of research are required didactic activities.
Musculoskeletal TE is the current major strength of PTEI's member institutions; this application, therefore, is focused on this area of TE and its clinical application.
Engineering Structural Tissues for Clinical Medicine
PI NameAlan J. Russell, PhD
InstitutionPittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative
Project PeriodOriginal Award/Extension: September 30, 2002 through June 30, 2009
Pending Award Extension: July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2014
NIH Funding InstitutionNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Grant Number1 T32 EB00424
AbstractThe Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative (PTEI) is the applicant organization for this Institutional NRSA to support postdoctoral fellowship training in musculoskeletal tissue engineering (TE) for clinical applications in medicine and surgery.
PTEI is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster TE research and education regionally, nationally, and internationally. The major regional academic institutions (Allegheny General Hospital, Carnegie Mellon University, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) are members of PTEI and provide the venues for TE academic research and development. PTEI supports these organizations through seed research grants and educational programs, including its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. As well, PTEI fosters university-academic relationships with the burgeoning TE biotechnology commercial enterprise.
The PTEI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program began in January 2000 and is special in that each fellow is assigned a primary and a secondary mentor, chosen from the member institutions and based on the correspondence between the mentors' expertise and the fellow's prior training and desired focus within TE. The two mentors may be in the same or different institutions. The mentors include M.D.s, D.M.D.s, D.D.S.s, Ph.D.s, and those with dual degrees; emphasis is on clinician-basic scientist pairing of mentors. The supporting facilities and didactic opportunities thus span the major academic institutions in Pittsburgh.
The Fellowship is 2 years long, with an option for a third year. Each fellow spends 2/3 to 3/4 of the 2-year fellowship in the primary mentor's laboratories and the rest with the secondary mentor; these assignments may be consecutive or concurrent. Additional ad hoc experiences are arranged as needed. An introductory course in starting a biotechnology company, taught at Carnegie Mellon University, and formal instruction in the responsible conduct of research are required didactic activities.
Musculoskeletal TE is the current major strength of PTEI's member institutions; this application, therefore, is focused on this area of TE and its clinical application.