Minnesota Obesity Prevention Training (MnOPT)

明尼苏达州肥胖预防培训 (MnOPT)

• 批准号: 9391525
• 负责人: Robert W Jeffery
• 金额: $ 0.46万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-01 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9391525
• 关键词: Minnesota; Training; obesity prevention

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Halting and reversing upward secular trends in body weight in the US is an important medical and public health challenge. Additional skilled researchers in obesity prevention are much needed, but training programs are few. Obesity is a complex disorder that has multiple causes and multiple potential strategies for prevention and treatment. The present proposal is a competitive renewal application for a training grant called the Minnesota Obesity Prevention Training (MnOPT) program. Originally funded in 2010, its goal is to provide multidisciplinary training for a new generation of obesity prevention scientists MNOPT has successfully recruited 9 trainees over the last four years from a large pool of highly qualified applicants, six post docs and three predocs, all of whom have been matched with appropriate mentors and all of whom have been productive. We have also conducted a successful educational program with interdisciplinary training for all fellows in biological mechanisms and clinical and public health interventions as well as training in ethical conduct of research. We have directed each of the fellows to educational experiences, e.g. research design and analysis, as individually appropriate. We are proposing only minor changes to this successful program in this renewal. Because of the size and composition of the applicant pool, we are requesting two additional training slots to the five already approved and are also planning to combine the existing basic science and clinical tracks into a single training track. Robert Jeffery will remain the overall director, as well as director of the epidemiology/behavioral track, and Catherine Kotz, professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, will serve as co-director and director of the basic science/clinical track. The research base at the University of Minnesota remains strong. The number of participating faculty has decreased from 36 in the original application to 33 in the current renewal to include only those with documented mentoring experience and the strongest research base. The institutional support for the training program has also strengthened since the initial proposal.

 描述（由申请人提供）：在美国，阻止和逆转体重的长期上升趋势是一项重要的医学和公共卫生挑战。在肥胖预防方面，非常需要更多熟练的研究人员，但培训计划很少。肥胖是一种复杂的疾病，有多种原因和多种潜在的预防和治疗策略。目前的建议是一个竞争性的更新申请的培训补助金称为明尼苏达州肥胖预防培训（MnOPT）计划。最初资助于2010年，其目标是为新一代肥胖预防科学家提供多学科培训MNOPT在过去四年中成功地从大量高素质的申请人中招募了9名学员，6名博士后和3名predocs，所有这些人都与适当的导师相匹配，并且所有人都富有成效。我们还开展了一项成功的教育计划，为所有研究员提供生物机制和临床和公共卫生干预措施的跨学科培训，以及研究道德行为的培训。我们指导每个研究员的教育经验，例如研究设计和分析，作为个人适当的。在这次更新中，我们只建议对这个成功的计划进行微小的修改。由于申请人的规模和组成，我们要求在已经批准的五个培训名额之外增加两个培训名额，并计划将现有的基础科学和临床轨道联合收割机合并为一个单一的培训轨道。罗伯特杰弗里将继续担任总主任，以及流行病学/行为学主任。 轨道，凯瑟琳Kotz，在食品科学和营养系教授，将担任共同主任和基础科学/临床轨道主任。明尼苏达大学的研究基础仍然很强大。参与教师的数量从最初申请的36人减少到目前更新的33人，仅包括那些具有记录指导经验和最强研究基础的教师。自最初提出以来，对培训方案的机构支持也得到了加强。