RESEARCH TRAINING IN PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY

这是培训计划的首次更新申请， 培养处于基础研究前沿的研究人员， 小儿胃肠病学受训人员将全部达到博士后水平 将是一个混合医学博士。博士学位。的，支持33个月， 分别两年。允许招募一名新的医学博士。和博士 每年培训一名，共三名医学博士。每一个人，都有自己的一份。 第一，第二和第三年的支持）和两个博士学位。津贴（每人一份 在第一年和第二年的支助中） 学员，该计划非常重视分子生物学， 基本原理是分子方法已经变得越来越 重要的是在调查和治疗疾病相关的 小儿胃肠病学导师（五位医学博士）和五个博士学位的）的 代表了一个多学科小组的经验丰富的科学家从不同的 贝勒的部门所有的工作都是关于重要的问题， 小儿胃肠病学10名导师中有8名目前在 分子水平，其余两个正在移动，实验室正在 设备齐全，资金充足，彼此相距不到10分钟。 所有10名教师都已经与该计划有关，并已 良好的互动和参与记录。该计划已 双重领导：项目主任，谁保持最终的权威， 以及一名研究总监，负责管理日常运营。主要 行政决定（例如，挑选学员）由 执行委员会由六名导师（三名医学博士）组成。s，三 博士的）。与此无关的高级教师咨询委员会 格兰特每年都会对这个项目进行评估。培养方案 M.D.研究员包括研究轮调，以方便选择一个 导师，个人研究委员会，书面研究建议 必须向该委员会辩护，并定期审查 中求进工作总学员将从极具竞争力的申请者中挑选 贝勒医学院已经存在的游泳池。迄今为止 培训方案在招聘方面特别成功， 保留少数民族候选人。这将继续是一个优先事项 节目

This is the first renewal application of a training program designed to produce investigators at the cutting edge of basic research in the area of pediatric gastroenterology. Trainees will all be at the postdoctoral level and will be a mixture of M.D.'s and Ph.D.'s, supported for 33 months and two years, respectively. To allow recruitment of one new M.D. and Ph.D. trainee each year, a total of three M.D. stipends (one each in their first, second and third years of support) and two Ph.D. stipends (one each in their first and second years of support) are requested For all trainees, the program places strong emphasis on molecular biology, the rationale being that molecular approaches already have become increasingly important in both investigation and treatment of diseases associated with pediatric gastroenterology. The mentors (five M.D.'s and five Ph.D.'s) represent a multidisciplinary group of experienced scientists from various departments at Baylor. All work on questions that are important to pediatric gastroenterology. Eight of the 10 mentors currently work at the molecular level and the remaining two are moving in that laboratories are well equipped and well funded and are within a 10-minute w~ of each other. All 10 faculty members are already associated with the program and have excellent track records of interaction and participation. The program has dual leadership: the Program Director, who maintains ultimate authority, and a Director of Research, who manages the day-to-day operations. Major administrative decisions (e.g., selection of trainees) are handled by an executive committee comprising six of the mentors (three M.D.'s, three Ph.D.'s). An advisory committee of senior faculty not associated with this grant meets annually to critique the program. The training program for M.D. fellows includes research rotations to facilitate selection of a mentor, an individual research committee, a written research proposal which has to be defended to that committee, and periodic reviews of progress. Trainees will be selected from a highly competitive applicant pool that already exists at Baylor College of Medicine. To date, the training program has been particularly successful in recruitment and retention of minority candidates. This will continue to be a priority of the program.