Yale Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Training Grant for Diabetes Research

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议开发一个跨学科的培训计划，为生物工程师作为糖尿病独立研究人员的职业生涯做好准备。该计划的长期目标是促进生物医学工程师在与糖尿病相关的跨学科研究中的职业发展。该计划将建立在耶鲁大学在生物医学工程师培训方面的丰富经验基础上，并将与世界领先的糖尿病研究计划相结合。本申请要求每年为五名博士后（MD，PhD或MD/PhD）研究员提供博士后津贴。这一要求是基于几个因素：1）对致力于研究糖尿病的生物工程科学家的持续迫切需求。2)我们的跨学科培训教师所提供的扩展机会。3)具有工程学背景的住院医师人数的增加。4)申请耶鲁博士后项目的生物医学工程师的高素质。我们在跨学科培训方面的经验表明，研究员需要三年或三年以上的研究培训，以培养独立研究所需的技能。我们相信，一个专门致力于向工程师介绍糖尿病前沿跨学科研究的项目将有助于培养准备好建立有影响力的糖尿病研究项目的科学家。该计划将有几个关键组成部分：（1）招募对糖尿病感兴趣的生物工程博士后研究员。(2)将研究员与优秀的研究导师配对。(3)研究员与生物工程和糖尿病研究的共同导师一起参与研究项目。(4)参加核心教学研究课程。(5)严谨和严谨的学者和计划评估。(6)制定职业指导方案。在该计划中，博士后研究员将有80%的时间专门用于研究，并将提供3年的支持。该计划的重点将是生物工程培训， 这已被确定为一个非常需要糖尿病科学家的领域。为了实现这些目标，我们将利用耶鲁大学专门为糖尿病培训设计的几个既定项目。潜在的导师有良好的NIH支持和糖尿病或生物医学工程培训研究员的证明记录。请参阅所需的T32相关支持表格。表1列出了参与部门;表2列出了导师和职级;表3列出了导师部门培训计划;表4列出了导师赠款支持;表5列出了过去10年的导师学员;表8列出了过去5年的博士后奖学金申请人。预计这一方案将导致培训的特殊 生物工程师，谁将开始有前途的职业生涯，重点是跨学科的糖尿病研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose the development of an interdisciplinary training program to prepare bioengineers for careers as independent researchers in diabetes. The long-term goal of this program is to foster the career development of biomedical engineers in interdisciplinary research related to diabetes. This program will build on Yale's considerable experience in the training of biomedical engineers, which will be coupled with world-leading programs in diabetes research. This application requests postdoctoral stipends for five postdoctoral (MD, PhD, or MD/PhD) fellows per year. This request is based on several factors: 1) The ongoing critical need for bioengineering scientists dedicated to studying diabetes. 2) The expanded opportunities afforded by our interdisciplinary training faculty. 3) The increase in the number of medical residents with engineering backgrounds. 4) The high quality of biomedical engineers applying to Yale postdoctoral programs. Our experience in interdisciplinary training indicates that three or more years of research training are needed for fellows to develop the skills needed for independent research. We believe a program specifically dedicated to introducing engineers to cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research in diabetes will lead to the development of scientists ready to build impactful research programs in diabetes. This program will have several key components: (1) Recruitment of bioengineering postdoctoral fellows with interests in diabetes. (2) Matching fellows with superb research mentors. (3) Participation of fellows in research projects with co-mentors in bioengineering and diabetes research. (4) Participation in a core didactic research curriculum. (5) Critical and rigorous scholar and program evaluation. (6) Establishment of a career guidance program. While enrolled in the program, postdoctoral fellows will have 80% of their time specifically dedicated to research, and support will be provided for 3 years. The focus of this program will be on bioengineering training, which has been identified as an area where diabetes scientists are greatly needed. To achieve these goals, we will take advantage of several established programs at Yale specifically designed for training in diabetes. Potential mentors have good NIH support and a proven record of training fellows in diabetes or biomedical engineering. Please see the required T32-related supporting tables. Table 1 lists participating departments; Table 2 lists mentors and rank; Table 3 lists mentor department training programs; Table 4 lists mentor grant support; Table 5 lists mentor trainees over the past 10 years; Table 8 lists post- doctoral applicants for fellowships over the past 5 years. It is anticipated that this program will lead to the training of exceptional bioengineers, who will embark on promising careers focusing on interdisciplinary diabetes research.