Regional Postdoctoral Training Grant in Eating Disorders

描述(由申请者提供)：这份“进食障碍研究博士后培训助学金”是Ruth L.Kirschstein NRSA机构的续签申请。这一多地点、多学科的项目结合了明尼苏达大学、芝加哥大学和北达科他州大学在饮食失调研究方面的长期优势。该计划的具体目标是为计划在饮食失调领域从事学术研究的博士毕业生提供多学科高级研究培训。该计划中的每个博士后研究员都与现场、主要导师、个人指导委员会和二级科学导师配对，视其所选的重点领域而定。一系列广泛的说教和科学研讨会在整个团契经历中发生。这一培训计划的毕业生是职业生涯早期、博士水平的学术研究人员，擅长发起、实施、分析和报告饮食失调领域精心设计的研究研究。该项目的毕业生将发展所需的技能，以便在进一步的研究中具有很强的竞争力，这是 饮食失调领域的下一代临床研究人员。到目前为止，该项目非常成功，填补了强大申请者池中的所有空缺。研究员的工作效率很高，正在过渡到独立初级调查人员的角色。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This "Postdoctoral Training Grant in Eating Disorder Research" is a renewal application for an Institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA. This multisite, multidisciplinary program combines the long-standing strengths of the University of Minnesota, the University of Chicago, and the University of North Dakota in eating disorders research. The Specific Aim of the program is to provide multidisciplinary advanced research training to doctoral graduates planning academic research careers in the area of eating disorders. Each postdoctoral fellow in the program is paired with an onsite, primary mentor, an individual mentoring committee, and secondary scientific mentors as appropriate to their chosen area of emphasis. An extensive series of didactic and scientific seminars occurs throughout the fellowship experience. Graduates of this training program are early career, doctoral level academic researcher skilled in initiating, conducting, analyzing, and reporting well- designed research studies in the field of eating disorders. Graduates of this program will have developed the skills necessary to be highly competitive for further research represent, and important part of the next generation of clinical researchers in the field of eating disorders. To date, the program has been highly successful, filling all slots from a strong applicant pool. Fellows have been highly productive and are transitioning to roles as independent junior investigators.