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August 2006
Letter From Our Chair
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L. Lyndon Key, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pediatrics |
Dear faculty, Children's Hospital staff and other friends,
As the roles of researchers and clinicians continue to grow more and more connected and synergic, it is an exciting
time to be in the world of medicine. We are proud to have the responsibility of preparing the next generation of pediatric
health professionals as they rise to these new challenges.
That preparation for the future includes competing for and winning prestigious grants such as the T32 MUSC Southeastern
Predoctoral Training in Clinical Research (SPTCR) program. It is a great honor to have qualified for and achieved this award.
Designed to create well-trained clinical researchers who will assume leadership roles in multidisciplinary clinical
investigations, the T32 training grant allows undergraduates the advantage of preparing for a future in pediatric research while they are still students.
Our goal is to help them become rigorous, high-quality and proactive clinical investigators in a multidisciplinary environment.
It will be exciting to see how the T32 SPTCR award and others like it bring together the talents of both doctors and researchers
to result in the "best of both worlds."
Ultimately, opportunities like this bring us closer to the ideal situation in which clinicians with research skills will partner
with basic scientists to manage leading causes of mortality and morbidity in children, and to prevent complications from diseases
that have a lifelong impact on the quality of life.
What a great honor to prepare these future trailblazers. We at MUSC and at the Children's Hospital embrace it.
Sincerely,
L. Lyndon Key, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
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