UAB Pre-Doctoral Training Program in Obesity-Related Research

肥胖是发病率和死亡率的主要来源，尤其是心脏、肺和血液相关的发病率。 和死亡率。本次续签申请了一个非常成功的跨学科博士前培训项目 提供协调的指导、教学培训、职业发展活动和有监督的研究 博士生成为独立调查员的经验。已建立的博士后 该计划将建立在两个成功的资金周期基础上，并与我们现有的NIH- 资助T32项目，用于肥胖研究的博士后培训。进入博士二年级的学生 培训报名参加为个人兴趣量身定制的正式综合计划。学员参加 UAB的NIH资助的营养性肥胖研究中心的调查项目，该中心是仅有的12个此类中心之一 全国范围内。每个学员都有一个单独的指导团队，由一名主要导师和两名共同导师组成。 有来自三个主要学科领域(生物医学；行为/社会； 数量/物理)。教师的学科多样性(营养学家、运动科学家、内科医生、 心理学家、统计学家、生理学家、遗传学家、流行病学家等)和强大的协作关系 促进多学科培训。来自任何UAB系的学生都可以申请这个项目，但必须 有一个由该T32项目认可的教职员工组成的指导团队。所有学生，不分系 加入，参加T32课程的所有活动和课程。个人是从大公司中招募的 通过正式申请和委员会审查挑选出来的在校一年级合格博士生， 基于研究生院的表现，教师的推荐，以及对他们的程度的考虑 兴趣符合教职员工和正在进行的研究项目的兴趣。所有实习生都必须有一个未来计划 肥胖症相关研究的研究生涯。该计划促进了一种调查方法，即 在科学和伦理上都很严谨。与项目主管一起对个别受训人员进行定期审查，确保 在走向独立研究事业方面取得了足够的进展。我们在吸引客户方面取得了巨大成功 有才华的实习生，并引导他们走向独立科学家的职业生涯。我们的项目目前得到了资助 12个实习生职位，我们要求在这一级别继续提供支持。

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.