Minnesota Obesity Prevention Training (MnOPT)

摘要 在美国，阻止和扭转体重的长期上升趋势是一项重要的医疗和公共卫生政策。 挑战.非常需要更多的肥胖预防方面的熟练研究人员，但培训计划是必要的。 几个肥胖是一种复杂的疾病，有多种原因和多种潜在的预防策略， 治疗目前的建议是一个竞争性的更新申请培训补助金称为明尼苏达州 肥胖预防培训（MnOPT）计划。最初于2010年获得资助，其目标是提供多学科 培养新一代肥胖预防科学家。MnOPT已成功招募23名学员 在过去的八年里，从一大批高素质的申请人中，13名博士后和10名预科生， 他们都有合适的导师，而且都是有成效的。我们还 开展了一个成功的教育计划，为所有生物学研究员提供跨学科培训 这些措施包括建立科学机制、临床和公共卫生干预措施以及开展研究道德操守方面的培训。我们 指导每个研究员的教育经验，例如，研究设计和分析，如 个别合适。在这次更新中，我们只建议对这个成功的计划进行微小的修改。 由于申请人的规模和组成，我们要求额外的博士后培训 已批准的6个。罗伯特·杰弗里将继续担任总导演，以及 流行病学/行为跟踪，凯瑟琳Kotz，教授在综合生物学系和 生理学，将担任共同主任和基础科学/临床轨道主任。研究基地在 明尼苏达大学仍然很强大。参与的教师人数从2004年的36人减少到2005年的36人。 在目前的更新中，将最初的申请增加到33人，仅包括那些有记录的指导经验的人 最强的研究基地。自2001年以来，对培训计划的机构支持也得到了加强。 最初的建议。

Abstract Halting and reversing upward secular trends in body weight in the US is an important medical and public health challenge. Additional skilled researchers in obesity prevention are much needed, but training programs are few. Obesity is a complex disorder that has multiple causes and multiple potential strategies for prevention and treatment. The present proposal is a competitive renewal application for a training grant called the Minnesota Obesity Prevention Training (MnOPT) program. Originally funded in 2010, its goal is to provide multidisciplinary training for a new generation of obesity prevention scientists. MnOPT has successfully recruited 23 trainees over the last eight years from a large pool of highly qualified applicants, 13 post docs and 10 pre-docs, all of whom have been matched with appropriate preceptors and all of whom have been productive. We have also conducted a successful educational program with interdisciplinary training for all fellows in biological mechanisms and clinical and public health interventions as well as training in ethical conduct of research. We have directed each of the fellows to educational experiences, e.g., research design and analysis, as individually appropriate. We are proposing only minor changes to this successful program in this renewal. Because of the size and composition of the applicant pool, we are requesting one additional postdoc training slot to the six already approved. Robert Jeffery will remain the overall director, as well as director of the epidemiology/behavioral track, and Catherine Kotz, professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, will serve as co-director and director of the basic science/clinical track. The research base at the University of Minnesota remains strong. The number of participating faculty has decreased from 36 in the original application to 33 in the current renewal to include only those with documented mentoring experience and the strongest research base. The institutional support for the training program has also strengthened since the initial proposal.