Training Grant in Diabetes for Pediatric Endocrinologis*

描述（由申请人提供）： 该培训应用程序旨在增加儿科内分泌学家进入糖尿病生物医学和行为研究领域的工作人员。在这些应用中，每年，我们计划为两名儿科内分泌研究员提供糖尿病研究培训，并促进三名儿科内分泌培训计划的应届毕业生在儿科糖尿病研究领域的学术发展。乔斯林糖尿病中心非常适合提供这种职业发展的综合计划。我们的T32和KI 2培训计划的应用程序将基于乔斯林糖尿病中心与乔斯林和波士顿儿童医院的教师导师。我们的项目为博士后研究员和初级教师提供糖尿病研究的多学科培训。我们相信，我们对糖尿病研究的承诺是显而易见的，在我们的指导博士前，博士后，以及初级教师进入学术医学的长期跟踪记录。本次申请的依据包括：1. 2.儿童肥胖症的流行和青年2型糖尿病发病率的增加导致儿童糖尿病的增加;儿童1型糖尿病的发病率增加; 3.有新的研究工具，需要在儿科人群中进行充分的研究和评估;和4。受过训练并致力于糖尿病研究的儿科内分泌学家严重短缺。乔斯林糖尿病中心，鉴于其糖尿病研究的悠久历史，其研究活动的广度，指导研究员和初级教师的历史，再加上儿童内分泌学的乔斯林/儿童联合培训计划的丰富性，为研究人员提供了一个独特的培训环境，致力于糖尿病问题。首席研究员Joseph Majzoub博士和项目主任洛里拉菲尔博士在执行委员会的支持下，处于一个独特的位置来协调这一奋进。乔斯林的NIH支持的糖尿病和内分泌研究中心，儿童医院综合临床研究中心，乔斯林/BIDMC综合临床研究中心，以及与哈佛医学院的紧密联系，加强了培训。我们已经证明有能力吸引高素质的候选人参加我们的培训计划，并期待着迎接培训和培养糖尿病研究中成功的儿科内分泌学家的挑战。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This training application is directed at increasing the work force of pediatric endocrinologists entering the field of biomedical and behavioral research in diabetes. In these applications, each year, we plan to provide diabetes research training for two pediatric endocrine fellows and to foster the academic growth in the area of pediatric diabetes research of three recent graduates of pediatric endocrine training programs. The Joslin Diabetes Center is ideally suited to offer this integrated program for career development. Our applications for T32 and KI2 training programs will be based at the Joslin Diabetes Center with faculty mentors from Joslin and The Children's Hospital in Boston. Our program provides multi-disciplinary training in diabetes research for post-doctoral fellows and for junior faculty. We believe our commitment to diabetes research is evident in our long track record of mentoring pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, as well as junior faculty to enter academic medicine. The rational for the current application includes: 1. Diabetes in childhood is increasing due to the epidemic of childhood obesity and the increasing rate of type 2 diabetes in youth; 2. There is an increased occurrence of type 1 diabetes in young children; 3. There are new research tools that demand adequate study and evaluation in the pediatric population; and 4. There is a critical shortage of pediatric endocrinologists trained and committed to diabetes research. The Joslin Diabetes Center, given its long history of diabetes research, its breadth of research activities, history of mentoring fellows and junior faculty coupled with the richness of The Combined Joslin/Children's Training Program in Pediatric Endocrinology, provides a unique training environment for researchers to become committed to the problem of diabetes. Principal Investigator Dr. Joseph Majzoub and Program Director Dr. Lori Laffel, supported by an Executive Committee, are in a unique position to orchestrate this endeavor. Training is enhanced by Joslin's NIH supported Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center, The Children's Hospital General Clinical Research Center, the Joslin/BIDMC General Clinical Research Center, as well as strong ties with the Harvard Medical School. We have demonstrated the ability to attract highly qualified candidates to our training program and look forward to meeting the challenge of training and developing successful pediatric endocrinologists in diabetes research.