Enrichment Program

项目摘要 消化健康中心（DHC）丰富计划的总体目标是促进消化系统的健康。 通过创建一个论坛，研究人员将提出新的研究发现，了解新的 技术，并寻求新的合作。该方案主任和地区保健中心领导人致力于实现这一目标 四个互补的目标。在第一个目标“，以促进知识共享，通过每周研讨会， 研讨会系列”，该计划赞助了一系列高度互动的研讨会和演讲， 来自学术健康中心的调查人员和消化系统疾病领域的校外科学家 research.这些研讨会还包括以技术为中心的研讨会，由核心董事和 工作人员演讲者及时收到反馈和建议，他们的实验方法和新兴的 技术.研讨会和讲习班是各组织之间合作和知识共享的场所， 参与者在第二个目标“通过联合教育计划促进多学科研究”中， 项目总监寻求与焦点小组和其他专业部门合作的机会， 对该领域的持续关注。例子包括与“内胚层俱乐部”的伙伴关系， 类器官系统来模拟人类疾病。在这种伙伴关系中，校外杰出的发言人可以 参加俱乐部的会议，介绍和讨论正在进行的工作。我们还与各部门合作， 发育生物学和免疫生物学，使DHC研究人员和学员接触到最多的 成功的科学家在这个领域。演讲者与DHC调查员和学员会面。在第三个目标“举行 一年一度的科学研讨会，以突出消化系统疾病的发现，”DHC结合每年的访问 外部咨询委员会的一天，专门通过一个高度订阅的消化系统疾病研究 专题讨论会，由一位杰出的发言人和一个介绍海报报告的科学论坛 实习生和初级教员的新发现。在第四个目标中，“提高消化系统疾病的可见度， 学术健康中心的研究”该计划出版了一份季刊， 在整个学术健康中心，分享即将举行的研讨会，成就和 DHC调查员的奖励，以及核心服务的更新。

PROJECT SUMMARY The overall goal of the Enrichment Program of the Digestive Health Center (DHC) is to advance digestive disease research by creating a forum where investigators will present new research findings, learn about new technologies, and pursue new collaborations. The Director of the Program and DHC leaders pursue this goal with four complementary aims. In the First Aim “to promote knowledge sharing through a weekly seminar and workshop series,” the Program sponsors a series of highly interactive seminars and presentations by investigators from the academic health center and extramural scientists who are leaders in digestive disease research. These seminars also include technology-centered workshops that are given by Core directors and staff. Presenters receive timely feedback and suggestions on their experimental approaches and emerging technologies. Seminars and workshops represent a nidus of collaboration and knowledge-sharing among participants. In the Second Aim “to foster multi-disciplinary research by joint educational programs,” the Program Director seeks opportunities to partner with focus groups and other specialty Divisions to fertilize ongoing interests in the field. Examples include the partnership with the “Endoderm Club,” which focuses on organoid systems to model human disease. In this partnership, extramural distinguished speakers can participate in the Club’s meetings to present and discuss work-in-progress. We also partner with the Divisions of Developmental Biology and Immunobiology to expose DHC investigators and trainees to the most successful scientists in the field. Speakers meet with DHC investigators and trainees. In the Third Aim “to hold an annual scientific symposium to highlight digestive disease discoveries,” the DHC combines the annual visit of the External Advisory Board with a day devoted to digestive disease research via a highly subscribed symposium featuring a distinguished speaker and a scientific forum for the presentation of posters reporting novel findings by trainees and junior faculty. And in the Fourth Aim, “to increase visibility for digestive disease research in the Academic Health Center” the Program publishes a quarterly Newsletter that is circulated throughout the academic health center to share information on upcoming seminars, accomplishments and awards of DHC investigators, and updates of Core services.