Nutrition Sciences and Health

描述(由申请人提供)：这是一份T32奖项(DK07734)的续签申请，该奖项自1996年以来一直支持埃默里大学营养与健康科学(NHS)博士项目。培训补助金对国民健康保险计划的稳定和发展至关重要，每年资助4000名学生。到目前为止，我们已经培养了78名博士生，其中41人完成了博士学位，6人获得了硕士学位，4人转学，2人退学；26名博士生目前招生情况良好。英国国民健康保险制度的计划非常成功。我们的学员获得了许多奖项和奖学金，在国内和国际会议上展示了他们的工作，并在一线期刊上有出色的发表记录。毕业生在学术界或疾控中心等公共卫生机构从事研究工作，并有望成为营养科学领域的领导者。营养领域的复杂性使得学生在营养研究方面的培训尤其具有挑战性。我们的学生必须在关键的专业领域获得深度，同时学习如何在快速变化的许多学科之间发挥作用。英国国民健康保险制度是这种跨学科培训的典范。我们的项目提供严格的跨学科培训，从基础科学到临床和转化性研究，再到公共卫生，为学生提供必要的技能，以调查营养与人类健康之间的关系，包括预防和控制国家和全球关注的营养相关疾病。NHS多学科项目的教职员工来自整个大学(主要是医学院和公共卫生学院)和总部设在亚特兰大的机构，即疾病控制和预防中心、美国癌症协会和CARE国际。项目主任乌莎·拉马克里希南博士是母婴营养方面的专家，自1996年以来一直是该项目的领导者。该项目拥有强大的内部领导和大学领导层的大力支持，他们承认该项目对培养下一代营养科学家的贡献。我们每年招收5-8名学生，其中4-5名符合资助条件。符合资助条件的申请者人数为每年约22名学生；越来越多的学生在入学时接受过一些营养方面的培训和/或硕士学位。该项目还招募了强大的新教师，他们主要对营养导向的研究感兴趣。鉴于我们受训人员的生产力、我们教师的实力以及亚特兰大独特的合作研究机会，我们请求每年支持6个培训时段，以进一步加强我们的研究生营养培训计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for the renewal of the T32 award (DK07734) that has supported the doctoral program in Nutrition and Health Sciences (NHS) at Emory University since 1996. The training grant has been critical for the stability and development of the NHS program and has supported 4 students per year. To date, we have trained 78 doctoral students of which, 41 completed their PhD degree, 6 received a MS degree, 4 transferred and 2 withdrew; 26 students are currently enrolled in good standing. The NHS program has been highly successful. Our trainees have won numerous awards and fellowships, have presented their work at national and international meetings, and have an outstanding publication record in front-line journals. Graduates pursue research careers in academia or public health agencies such as CDC and are on their way to becoming leaders in the field of nutrition science. The complexities of the field of nutrition make the training of students in nutrition research particularly challenging. Our students must acquire depth in key specialized areas, while learning how to function at the interfaces among many disciplines that are changing rapidly. The NHS program is a superb model for such interdisciplinary training. Our program offers rigorous interdisciplinary training that spans the spectrum from basic sciences through clinical and translational research to public health, providing students with the necessary skills to investigate the relationship between nutrition and human health, including the prevention and control of nutrition-related disorders of national and global concern. The multidisciplinary NHS program faculty come from across the university (primarily the Schools of Medicine and Public Health) and Atlanta based institutions, namely the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Cancer Society and CARE International. The program director, Usha Ramakrishnan, PhD, is an expert in maternal and child nutrition and has been a leader in the program since 1996. The program has strong internal leadership and strong support from university leadership who recognize its contributions toward training the next generation of nutrition scientists. We admit 5-8 students/year, of which 4-5 are grant eligible. The applicant pool of grant eligible students has been ~22 students/ year; an increasing proportion has some training in nutrition and/or a Masters degree upon entry. The program has also recruited strong new faculty with major interests in nutrition-oriented research. Given the productivity of our trainees, the strength of our faculty, and the unique opportunities for collaborative research in Atlanta, we request support for 6 training slots per year to further enhance and strengthen our graduate nutrition training program.