Growth Hormone and Cardiovascular Disease

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案的科学目标是研究相对生长激素缺乏和替代对腹部肥胖男性和女性的身体组成和心血管风险标志物的影响。该应用程序的职业发展目标是通过提供足够的时间进行研究和指导活动，支持候选人作为临床研究员和研究员和初级教师在以患者为导向的临床研究中的成功导师的专业发展。该应用程序的指导目标是促进临床研究中的研究员和初级教师的培训，以形成独立职业的基础。候选人的NHLBI资助的R01补助金调查生长激素替代对相对生长激素缺乏的内脏脂肪男性和女性的身体组成和心血管风险标志物的影响，将构成补助金培训计划的基础。额外的研究机会是以正在进行的研究的形式提供的，这些研究由一些其他来源资助。候选人在国家一级指导方面具有领导记录，并在马萨诸塞州总医院（MGH）内分泌奖学金计划和其他学科中成功指导学员。MGH的机构环境，拥有强大而多样化的医学系，通过哈佛医学院授予的临床转化科学中心和临床研究计划，是杰出的。医学系在MGH已经作出了实质性的承诺，包括90%的保护时间和专用空间，对候选人的发展作为一个临床研究人员负责培训研究员和初级教师。以患者为导向的研究的中期职业研究者奖是一个理想的机制，以确保必要的支持，以减少临床和行政责任，并确保候选人作为导师和临床研究人员的持续成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The scientific goal of this proposal is to investigate the effects of relative growth hormone deficiency and replacement on body composition and cardiovascular risk markers in men and women with abdominal obesity. The career development goal of this application is to support the candidate's professional development as a clinical investigator and successful mentor for fellows and junior faculty in patient-oriented clinical research by providing sufficient time for research and mentoring activities. The mentoring goal of this application is to facilitate the training of fellows and junior faculty in clinical research to form the basis of independent careers. The candidate's NHLBI-funded R01 grant investigating the effects of growth hormone replacement on body composition and cardiovascular risk markers in viscerally adipose men and women with relative growth hormone deficiency will form the basis for the training plan of the grant. Additional research opportunities are available in the form of ongoing studies that are funded by a number of other sources. The candidate has a record of leadership in mentoring on a national level and a successful track record of mentoring trainees in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Endocrine Fellowship program and other disciplines. The Institutional environment at the MGH, with a strong and diverse Medicine Department, Clinical Translational Science Center grant through Harvard Medical School, and Clinical Research Program, is outstanding. The Department of Medicine at the MGH has made a substantial commitment, including 90% protected time and dedicated space, toward the candidate's development as a clinical researcher responsible for training fellows and junior faculty. The Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient Oriented Research is an ideal mechanism to ensure the necessary support to reduce clinical and administrative responsibilities, and ensure the candidate's continued success as a mentor and clinical researcher.