UAB Pre-Doctoral Training Program in Obesity-Related Research

肥胖是发病率和死亡率的主要来源，特别是心脏、肺和血液相关的发病率 and mortality.这是一个非常成功的跨学科博士前培训计划的续期申请 提供协调指导、教学培训、职业发展活动和监督研究 经验，准备博士生的职业生涯作为独立的调查。建立的pre-doctoral 该计划将建立在两个成功的资助周期和补充和接口与我们现有的国立卫生研究院- 资助的T32项目，用于肥胖研究的博士后培训。进入博士学位第二年的学生 参加针对个人兴趣的正式综合培训计划。学员参加 UAB的NIH资助的营养肥胖研究中心的调查项目，只有12个这样的中心之一 全国性的每个学员都有一个由一名主要导师和两名共同导师组成的个人导师团队 从三个主要学科领域（生物医学;行为/社会; 定量/物理）。教师的学科多样性（营养学家，运动科学家，医生， 心理学家、统计学家、生理学家、遗传学家、流行病学家等）和强大的合作关系 促进多学科培训。来自任何UAB部门的学生都可以申请该计划，但必须 有一个来自T32项目批准教师的指导团队。所有学生，无论他们的部门 联系，参加所有活动和课程，为这个T32计划。个人是从大型 符合条件的第一年博士生在校园里，并通过正式申请和委员会审查选择池， 根据研究生院的表现，教师的建议，并考虑到他们的程度， 兴趣与教师和正在进行的研究计划相吻合。所有学员必须有一个未来的计划， 肥胖相关研究的研究生涯该方案提倡一种调查方法， 在科学和伦理上都是严谨的与项目总监一起定期审查个别学员，确保 在独立的研究生涯中取得了足够的进展。我们成功地吸引了 有才华的学员，并引导他们走向职业生涯作为独立的科学家。我们的项目目前已获得 12个培训生名额，我们要求继续提供这一水平的支持。

Obesity is a major source of morbidity and mortality, and especially of heart, lung, and blood related morbidity and mortality. This renewal application for a highly successful interdisciplinary pre-doctoral training program offers coordinated mentorship, didactic training, career development activities, and supervised research experiences to prepare PhD students for careers as independent investigators. The established pre-doctoral program will build on two successful funding cycles and complements and interfaces with our existing NIH- funded T32 program for post-doctoral training in obesity research. Students entering their 2nd year of PhD training enroll in a formal integrated program tailored to individual interests. Trainees participate in the investigative programs of UAB’s NIH-funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center, one of only 12 such centers nation-wide. Each trainee has an individual mentoring team consisting of a primary mentor and two co-mentors with one mentor from each of three major disciplinary domains (Biomedical; Behavioral/Social; Quantitative/Physical). The faculty's disciplinary diversity (nutritionists, exercise scientists, physicians, psychologists, statisticians, physiologists, geneticists, epidemiologists, etc.) and strong collaborative ties facilitates multidisciplinary training. Students from any UAB department may apply to this program, but must have a mentoring team from this T32 program’s approved faculty. All students, regardless of their departmental affiliation, participate in all activities and coursework for this T32 program. Individuals are recruited from the large pool of eligible 1st year PhD students on campus and selected via formal application and committee review, based on graduate school performance, faculty recommendations, and consideration of the degree to which their interests fit with those of the faculty and ongoing research programs. All trainees must have as a future plan an investigative career in obesity-related research. The program promotes an approach to investigation that is scientifically and ethically rigorous. Regular reviews of individual trainees with the program directors ensure that adequate progress toward an independent research career is made. We have shown great success in attracting talented trainees and guiding them toward careers as independent scientists. Our program is currently funded for 12 trainee slots and we request continued support at this level.