Training Grant in Academic Nutrition

描述（由申请人提供）：学术营养培训补助金汇集了哈佛公共卫生学院和哈佛医学院的智力和体力资源，促进学员和教师之间的密切互动，包括31名导师和8名资源教师。首席研究员，沃尔特·威利特博士和联合首席研究员，W艾伦步行者博士，已经建立了强大而有力的前和博士后计划，我们现在正在寻求扩大一个额外的博士前插槽。该培训计划已成功招募了一批优秀的申请人，包括许多医学博士，他们表现出对营养科学研究的智力承诺和奉献精神。我们的计划提供四个关键领域的培训：营养生物化学，人类/临床营养，营养流行病学和公共卫生营养。我们的总体目标是将基础科学和应用科学的概念，方法和科学工具结合起来，使学员能够超越传统的专业界限。该培训计划是专为谁最近完成了本科学位，并正在进入正式的博士课程的个人，以及医生和其他博士课程的毕业生谁将进入一个密集的研究培训计划与选项，以获得正式学位。提供的学位是营养生物化学博士学位和营养流行病学或公共卫生营养学博士学位。对于MD研究员，我们提供了一个独特的临床研究硕士课程。无论轨道，所有学位候选人必须成功地完成教学课程，涉及基本的生物化学和分子概念和定量科学，包括流行病学和生物统计学的高级培训。所有学员都参加由处于各自领域“前沿”的科学家指导的、要求严格的“亲自动手”的导师指导的营养科学研究。该计划的毕业生已经建立了良好的出版记录和获得赠款的成功。 公共卫生相关性：我们建议继续一项培训计划，为营养科学的研究事业培养优秀人才。该计划汇集了哈佛公共卫生学院和哈佛医学院的智力和物理资源，提供超越传统专业界限的多学科课堂和研究经验。培训职位是为攻读营养学博士学位的个人和最近毕业并正在寻求博士后培训的人，特别是医学博士。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Training Grant in Academic Nutrition brings together the intellectual and physical resources of the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, fostering close interactions between trainees and faculty, including 31 preceptors and 8 resource faculty. The Principal Investigator, Dr Walter Willett, and Co-Principal Investigator, Dr W Allan Walker, have established strong and vigorous pre- and postdoctoral programs that we are now seeking to expand with one additional predoctoral slot. The Training Program has successfully recruited an outstanding cadre of applicants including many MDs who demonstrate intellectual promise and dedicated commitment to nutritional science research. Our program provides training in four key areas: Nutritional Biochemistry, Human/Clinical Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, and Public Health Nutrition. Our overall goal is to incorporate concepts, approaches, and scientific tools from both basic and applied science so that trainees are able to transcend conventional specialty boundaries. This Training Program is designed both for individuals who have recently completed their undergraduate degree and are entering a formal doctoral program, and for physicians and graduates of other doctoral programs who will enter an intensive research training program with options to obtain formal degrees. The degrees offered are the PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry, and the DSc in Nutritional Epidemiology or Public Health Nutrition. For MD fellows, we offer a unique Masters Program in clinical investigation. Regardless of track, all degree candidates must successfully complete didactic coursework involving both basic biochemical and molecular concepts and advanced training in quantitative sciences, including epidemiology and biostatistics. All trainees participate in demanding "hands-on" preceptor-guided nutritional science research guided by scientists who are at the "cutting edge" of their fields. Graduates of this program have established a strong record of publication and success in obtaining grants. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: We propose to continue a training program that will prepare outstanding individuals for a research career in nutritional sciences. This program brings together the intellectual and physical resources of Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School to provide multidisciplinary classroom and research experiences that transcend traditional specialty boundaries. Training positions are requested for individuals pursuing doctoral degrees in nutrition and for persons, especially MD's, who have recently graduated and are seeking postdoctoral training.