Regional Postdoctoral Training Grant in Eating Disorders

描述（由申请人提供）：“进食障碍研究博士后培训资助”是Ruth L. Kirschstein机构NRSA的续期申请。这个多地点、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进行学术研究的博士毕业生提供多学科高级研究培训。项目中的每个博士后都有一个现场导师、一个个人指导委员会和一个二级科学导师，根据他们选择的重点领域进行配对。一系列广泛的教学和科学研讨会发生在整个奖学金经历。该培训项目的毕业生是早期职业，博士水平的学术研究人员，能够在饮食失调领域发起，指导，分析和报告精心设计的研究。本课程的毕业生将具备在未来的研究中具有高度竞争力所必需的技能

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.