Yale Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Training Grant for Diabetes Research

耶鲁大学糖尿病研究跨学科生物工程培训补助金

• 批准号: 8730154
• 负责人: W. Mark Saltzman
• 金额: $ 28.19万
• 依托单位: YALE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-04 至 2018-09-03
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8730154
• 关键词: Biomedical Engineering; Diabetes Mellitus; Grant; Research; Training

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.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议开发一个跨学科培训计划，为生物工程师作为糖尿病独立研究人员的职业做好准备。该项目的长期目标是促进生物医学工程师在糖尿病相关跨学科研究中的职业发展。该项目将以耶鲁大学在生物医学工程师培训方面的丰富经验为基础，并与世界领先的糖尿病研究项目相结合。该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。这一要求基于以下几个因素：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提供了更多的机会。 3）具有工程背景的住院医师数量增加。 4）申请耶鲁大学博士后项目的生物医学工程师素质较高。我们在跨学科培训方面的经验表明，研究员需要三年或更长的研究培训才能培养独立研究所需的技能。我们相信，专门致力于向工程师介绍糖尿病领域前沿、跨学科研究的项目将有助于培养科学家，为建立有影响力的糖尿病研究项目做好准备。该项目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。 （2）为研究员匹配优秀的研究导师。 (3) 研究员与共同导师一起参与生物工程和糖尿病研究的研究项目。 (4) 参与核心教学研究课程。 （5）批判性、严格的学者和项目评价。 （六）建立就业指导方案。加入该计划后，博士后将有 80% 的时间专门致力于研究，并将提供为期 3 年的支持。该计划的重点是生物工程培训， 这已被确定为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而设计的几个既定项目。潜在的导师拥有美国国立卫生研究院的良好支持，并且拥有糖尿病或生物医学工程培训研究员的良好记录。请参阅所需的T32相关支持表。表1列出了参与部门；表2列出导师及级别；表3列出了导师部门的培训计划；表 4 列出了导师资助支持；表5列出了过去10年的导师学员；表8列出了过去5年申请奖学金的博士后。预计该计划将培训杰出人才 生物工程师，他们将开始专注于跨学科糖尿病研究的有前途的职业生涯。