Research Training in Biobehavioral Disturbances of Eating Disorders

这是T32资助的第一个更新申请，“生物行为研究培训” 饮食失调的症状”该培训计划的主要目标是培训 博士后（MD，MD/PhD和PhD）研究员作为独立研究人员在 饮食失调。一个为期三年的密集计划概述了研究员学习如何 确定关键研究问题，制定假设，设计和执行 这些实验有效地验证了这些假设。在培训过程中，学员们 获得一系列与研究方法相关的技能，包括以下方面的专业知识： 与临床研究相关的实验设计和统计分析。毕业 研究员能够以书面和口头形式清楚地介绍研究项目， 通过出版物和演讲证明。培训计划概述，利用 哥伦比亚大学的优秀教师为未来提供了独特的机会 饮食失调领域的研究人员。哥伦比亚饮食失调研究 Unit在招募和成功培训临床研究人员方面有着悠久的历史 其成功体现在其受训人员获得K奖和追求 全职学术生涯。此外，哥伦比亚项目在以下方面也非常成功： 招募医学博士研究人员进入饮食失调领域， 在这个专业领域。在2013年T32计划开始之前，研究 哥伦比亚大学专门研究饮食失调症的研究员使用了其他更普遍的研究方法 部门提供的培训计划。随着这些项目越来越关注 在基础科学和神经生物学方面，他们越来越不愿意接受 在饮食失调领域的兴趣，他们的兴趣可能更临床， 行为上和精神上都很专注T32饮食失调研究计划 已经有了一个良好的开端，提供全面的临床研究教育， 计划，为优秀的候选人感兴趣的饮食失调，如厌食症 神经性贪食症和暴食症。NIMH已经确定了吃 疾病作为一个欠研究的领域，需要研究的举措。本申请 概述了这一重要临床领域未来研究人员的培训计划。

This is the first renewal application for a T32 grant, “Research Training in Biobehavioral Disturbances of Eating Disorders.” The primary goal of this training program is to train postdoctoral (MD, MD/PhD, and PhD) fellows for careers as independent researchers in Eating Disorders. An intensive three-year program is outlined in which fellows learn how to identify key research questions, formulate hypotheses, and design and execute experiments that effectively test those hypotheses. In the course of training, fellows acquire a range of skills relevant to research methodology, including expertise in experimental design and statistical analysis relevant to clinical research. Graduating fellows are able to present research projects clearly in both written and oral forms as evidenced by publications and presentations. The training program outlined, utilizing the outstanding faculty at Columbia University offers a unique opportunity to future researchers in the field of eating disorders. The Columbia Eating Disorders Research Unit has a long track record of recruiting and successfully training clinical researchers with its success reflected in high rates of its trainees receiving K awards and pursuing full-time academic careers. Also, the Columbia program has been highly successful at recruiting MD researchers into the field of eating disorders, making it an unusual training program in this specialized area. Prior to the start of this T32 program in 2013, research fellows specializing in eating disorders at Columbia used other, more general research training programs available in the department. As these programs became more focused on basic science and neurobiology, they grew reluctant to accept candidates with interests in the field of eating disorders whose interests may have been more clinically, behaviorally, and translationally focused. The T32 program for eating disorders research has gotten off to an excellent start, offering a comprehensive clinical research education program, for outstanding candidates interested in eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. The NIMH has identified eating disorders as an understudied area in need of research initiatives. This application outlines a training plan for future researchers in this important clinical area.