Training in Maternal and Child Nutrition

描述(由申请者提供)：康奈尔大学营养科学系提出了一个独特和创新的母婴营养培训计划，这是美国致力于人类营养的最大学术单位。受训人员(4名博士后和2名博士后)将能够将基础生物科学知识与在人口一级进行的研究联系起来，并为母亲及其子女确定和解决各种重要的研究问题。为此目的，所有受训人员将参加母婴营养课程以及分子营养和发育课程，该课程以前曾培训过该领域的许多现任和未来领导人。核心课程中还包括两门整合了营养学知识的额外课程。在短期内，拟议的计划将填补母婴营养培训方面的一个重大空白；从长期来看，由该计划培训的个人应该填补这一主题综合研究的一个重大空白。参与该计划的是来自营养科学部的9名核心教员，他们每个人在广泛的学科领域拥有不同但互补的技能。核心教员在母婴营养学方面有丰富的经验，在福格蒂国际中心之前的三次赠款和目前的一次赠款期间都有成功的培训记录。参与其中的还有来自康奈尔大学多个系的相关教职员工。在该司，为拟议的计划提供了一流的设施，包括设备齐全的实验室、新的门诊代谢单元、创新的质谱学设施，以及对统计计算的广泛支持。学员还可以使用康奈尔大学的核心基因组学设施。该司其他提供相关活动和专业知识的计划包括康奈尔营养基因组学研究所、国际营养计划以及康奈尔食品和营养政策计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A unique and innovative program of training in maternal and child nutrition is proposed at the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, which is the largest academic unit devoted to human nutrition in the country. Trainees (4 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral) will be able to link knowledge from the basic biological sciences to research conducted at the population level as well as to identify and address a variety of important research questions for mothers and their children. To this end, all trainees will take the course in maternal and child nutrition that has previously trained many current and future leaders in this field as well as a course on molecular nutrition and development. Two additional courses that integrate knowledge across the breadth of nutrition are included in the core curriculum. In the short term, the proposed program will fill a major gap in training in maternal and child nutrition; in the long term, individuals trained by this program should fill a major gap in integrative research on this subject. Involved in the program is a group of 9 core faculty from the Division of Nutritional Sciences, each with differing yet complementary skills in a wide range of disciplines. Core faculty have extensive experience in maternal and child nutrition and have a successful record of training during three prior grants and a current grant from the Fogarty International Center. Also involved are a group of related faculty from many departments at Cornell. In the Division, excellent facilities are available for the proposed program, including well-equipped laboratories, a new outpatient metabolic unit, an innovative mass spectroscopy facility, and extensive support for statistical computing. Trainees also will have access to Cornell's core genomics facilities. Other programs in the Division that provide relevant activities and expertise include the Cornell Institute for Nutritional Genomics, the Program in International Nutrition, and the Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program.