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）：我们建议制定一项跨学科培训计划，以准备生物工程师作为糖尿病独立研究人员的职业生物工程。该计划的长期目标是促进与糖尿病有关的跨学科研究中生物医学工程师的职业发展。该计划将基于耶鲁大学在生物医学工程师的培训中的丰富经验，该培训将与糖尿病研究中的世界领先计划相结合。该申请要求每年为五个博士后（MD，PhD或MD/PhD）研究员提供博士后津贴。该请求基于几个因素：1）致力于研究糖尿病的生物工程科学家的持续关键需求。 2）我们跨学科培训学院提供的扩大机会。 3）具有工程背景的医疗居民数量的增加。 4）适用于耶鲁大学博士后计划的生物医学工程师的高质量。我们在跨学科培训方面的经验表明，研究人员需要进行三年或更长时间的研究培训，以发展独立研究所需的技能。我们认为，一项专门针对向工程师介绍糖尿病的跨学科研究的计划将导致科学家的发展，准备在糖尿病中建立有影响力的研究计划。该计划将有几个关键组成部分：（1）招募对糖尿病兴趣的生物工程博士后研究员。 （2）与出色的研究导师的匹配研究员。 （3）研究员参与研究项目，并与联合学者一起从事生物工程和糖尿病研究。 （4）参加核心教学研究课程。 （5）关键而严格的学者和计划评估。 （6）建立职业指导计划。尽管参加该计划，但博士后研究员将有80％的时间专门用于研究，并提供3年的支持。该计划的重点将放在生物工程培训上， 它被确定为极其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计划。潜在的导师有良好的NIH支持，并在糖尿病或生物医学工程中具有良好的训练研究员记录。请参阅所需的T32相关辅助表。表1列出了参与部门；表2列出了导师和等级；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年中的导师学员；表8列出了过去5年的博士申请人奖学金。预计该计划将导致训练特殊 生物工程师将着重于跨学科糖尿病研究的有前途的职业。