Minnesota Obesity Prevention Training (MnOPT)

明尼苏达州肥胖预防培训 (MnOPT)

• 批准号: 9263934
• 负责人: Robert W Jeffery
• 金额: $ 28.62万
• 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/9263934
• 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，阻止和扭转体重长期上升的趋势是一个重要的医学和公共卫生挑战。肥胖预防方面迫切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。目前的提案是对名为明尼苏达州肥胖预防培训(MnOPT)计划的培训拨款的竞争性续签申请。MNOPT成立于2010年，其目标是为新一代肥胖预防科学家提供多学科培训，在过去四年中，MNOPT从一大批高素质的申请者中成功招募了9名实习生，6名博士后和3名博士后，他们都得到了合适的导师的匹配，而且都很有成效。我们还成功地开展了一项教育方案，对所有研究员进行了生物机制和临床和公共卫生干预方面的跨学科培训，以及研究道德行为方面的培训。我们已指导每位研究员根据个人情况进行教育经验，例如研究设计和分析。在这次续订中，我们只建议对这一成功的计划进行微小的修改。由于申请者的规模和组成，我们要求在已经批准的五个培训名额的基础上再增加两个培训名额，并计划将现有的基础科学和临床课程合并为一个单一的培训课程。罗伯特·杰弗里将继续担任总干事以及流行病学/行为学主任 Track，食品科学和营养学系教授Catherine Kotz将担任基础科学/临床Track的联席主任和主任。明尼苏达大学的研究基础依然强大。参与的教职员工数量已从最初申请的36人减少到目前的33人，只包括那些有书面指导经验和最强大的研究基础的人。自最初的提议以来，对培训计划的机构支持也得到了加强。