Regional Postdoctoral Training Grant in Eating Disorders Research

摘要 这个“饮食失调研究博士后培训补助金”是一个机构露丝的续期申请 L. Kirschstein NRSA。这个多地点，多学科的计划结合了长期的优势， 明尼苏达大学、芝加哥大学和北达科他州大学的饮食失调研究 research.该计划的具体目标是提供多学科高级研究培训， 计划在饮食失调领域从事学术研究的博士毕业生。各博士后 该计划中的研究员与现场主要导师，个人指导委员会配对， 根据他们所选择的重点领域，酌情为他们提供二级科学导师。一系列广泛的说教 和科学研讨会发生在整个奖学金的经验。该培训计划的毕业生是 职业生涯早期，博士水平的学术研究人员，善于发起，进行，分析和报告- 设计了饮食失调领域的研究。该计划的毕业生将开发 必要的技能，具有高度竞争力的进一步研究，并帮助形成下一代的 饮食失调领域的研究人员。 到目前为止，该方案非常成功。入学竞争非常激烈，有一个强大的申请人池。 研究员在博士后培训期间工作效率很高，正在向独立角色过渡 初级调查员几乎所有的科学都被保留下来，研究生们积极发表，提交 并获得赠款。

Abstract This “Postdoctoral Training Grant in Eating Disorder Research” is a renewal application for an Institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA. This multisite, multidisciplinary program combines the long-standing strengths of the University of Minnesota, the University of Chicago, and the University of North Dakota in eating disorders research. The Specific Aim of the program is to provide multidisciplinary advanced research training to doctoral graduates planning academic research careers in the area of eating disorders. Each post doctoral fellow in the program is paired with an onsite, primary mentor, an individual mentoring committee, and secondary scientific mentors as appropriate to their chosen area of emphasis. An extensive series of didactic and scientific seminars occurs throughout the fellowship experience. Graduates of this training program are early career, doctoral level academic researchers skilled in initiating, conducting, analyzing, and reporting well- designed research studies in the field of eating disorders. Graduates of this program will have developed the skills necessary to be highly competitive for further research and help to form the next generation of researchers in the field of eating disorders. To date, the program has been highly successful. Entry is highly competitive, with a strong applicant pool. Fellows have been highly productive during post doc training and are transitioning to roles as independent junior investigators. Nearly all have been retained in science, and graduate are actively publishing, submitting and receiving grants.