Research Teaching Day on Eating Disorders Conference

描述(申请人提供)：进食障碍是严重的精神健康问题，主要影响青春期女孩和年轻成年妇女。进食障碍对公共卫生的重要意义源于以下事实：进食障碍在青春期女孩中很常见，经常进行慢性病，与精神疾病和不孕不育和骨质疏松症等持久的不利健康后果有关，并有助于提高卫生服务的利用率。 由于进食障碍研究的历史相对较短，该领域在招募和教育年轻学者从事饮食障碍研究事业方面仍然存在挑战。培训新的调查员已被确定为NIMH资助的几个外地讲习班的优先关注事项。饮食失调的多因素病因和复杂的临床情况需要来自一系列学科的专家合作，以推进确定有效治疗和预防战略所需的科学知识库。此外，代表种族或少数民族群体的学者在该领域的代表性不足。该申请旨在通过一个旨在刺激和支持该领域研究职业兴趣的计划来应对这些挑战。具体来说，正在请求提供支助，以便a)在进食障碍学会(AED)年会的前一天举办一次研究教学日，提供深入的研究研讨会和个人辅导课程；b)向十名符合条件的个人(杰出的本科生和研究生、博士后研究员和精神科住院医生)颁发旅行奖学金，以参加研究教学日和AED会议；以及c)每年从相关领域邀请一名演讲者，他们将通过说明翻译研究的原则和实践来加强研究教学日。对于每个组成部分，将采取步骤将文化能力培训纳入课程，确保少数族裔教员的代表性，并招募种族或少数族裔研究员。要求提供为期五年的支持，并每年对该计划的成功情况进行评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Eating disorders are serious mental health problems, affecting primarily adolescent girls and young adult women. The public health significance of eating disorders derives from the fact that they are common among adolescent girls, often take a chronic course, are associated with psychiatric comorbidity and lasting adverse health outcomes such as infertility and osteoporosis, and contribute to elevated health services utilization. Because eating disorder research has a relatively short history, challenges remain in the field concerning the recruitment and education of young scholars into research careers in eating disorders. Training of new investigators has been identified as a priority concern in several NIMH funded workshops in the field. The multifactorial etiology and complex clinical picture of eating disorders require the collaboration of experts from a range of disciplines to advance the scientific knowledge base needed for identifying effective treatments and prevention strategies. Moreover, scholars representing racial or ethnic minority groups are under represented in the field. The application seeks to address these challenges with a program intended to stimulate and support interest in research careers in the field. Specifically, support is being requested to a) conduct a Research Teaching Day to be held the day preceding the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) annual conference, offering an in-depth research seminar and individual mentoring sessions; b) award travel fellowships to ten qualified individuals (outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and psychiatric residents) to attend the Research Teaching Day and AED conference; and c) invite one speaker per year from an allied field who will enhance the Research Teaching Day by illustrating the principles and practices of translational research. For each component, steps will be taken to integrate training in cultural competence into the curriculum, ensure representation of minority faculty, and recruit racial or ethnic minority fellows. Support is requested for five years, and the success of the program will be evaluated annually.