Research Training in Biobehavioral Disturbances of Eating Disorders

描述(由申请人提供)：这是一份修改后的T32基金申请，名为“进食障碍的生物行为障碍研究培训”。这项建议的主要目标是培养博士后(MD、MD/PhD和PhD)研究员，使其成为饮食障碍的独立研究人员。这是一个为期两到三年的强化计划，在这个计划中，研究员将学习如何识别关键的研究问题，阐明假设，并设计和执行有效检验这些假设的实验。在培训过程中，研究员将 掌握与研究方法相关的一系列技能，包括与临床研究相关的实验设计和统计分析方面的专业知识。毕业研究员将能够以书面和口头形式清楚地介绍研究项目，出版物和演示文稿都能证明这一点。该培训计划利用了哥伦比亚大学的优秀教师和附近的威尔·康奈尔医学院的相关合作者，为饮食失调领域的未来研究人员提供了一个独特的机会。哥伦比亚饮食失调研究部在招聘和成功培训临床研究人员方面有着长期的记录，其成功反映在其学员获得K奖项和追求全职学术职业的高比率上。此外，哥伦比亚大学的项目在招募饮食失调领域的MD研究人员方面非常成功，使其成为该专业领域的一个不同寻常的培训项目。虽然哥伦比亚大学专门研究进食障碍的研究员之前曾接受过另外两个T32项目的培训，但这些项目已将重点转向基础科学和神经科学研究，因此更不愿接受对进食障碍领域感兴趣的候选人，这些候选人的研究重点包括与进食障碍相关的病理生理学和行为障碍，或治疗开发研究。NIMH已将进食障碍确定为一个研究不足的领域，需要进行研究。这份申请概述了这一重要临床领域未来研究人员的培训计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a revised application for a T32 grant, "Research Training in Biobehavioral Disturbances of Eating Disorders." The primary goal of this proposal is to train postdoctoral (MD, MD/PhD, and PhD) fellows for careers as independent researchers in Eating Disorders. An intensive two-to-three-year program is outlined in which fellows will learn how to identify key research questions, formulate hypotheses, and design and execute experiments that effectively test those hypotheses. In the course of training, fellows will acquire a range of skills relevant to research methodology, including expertise in experimental design and statistical analysis relevant to clinical research. Graduating fellows will be able to present research projects clearly in both written and oral forms as evidenced by publications and presentations. The training program outlined, utilizing the outstanding faculty at Columbia University and associated collaborators at nearby Weill Cornell Medical College, offers a unique opportunity to future researchers in the field of eating disorders. The Columbia Eating Disorders Research Unit has a long track record of recruiting and successfully training clinical researchers with its success reflected in high rates of its trainees receiving K awards and pursuing full-time academic careers. Also, the Columbia program has been highly successful at recruiting MD researchers into the field of eating disorders, making it an unusual training program in this specialized area. While research fellows specializing in eating disorders at Columbia have previously been trained using two other T32 programs, these programs have shifted their emphasis to basic science and neuroscience research, and have therefore been more reluctant to accept candidates with interests in the field of eating disorders whose areas of research focus have included the pathophysiology and behavioral disturbances associated with eating disorders, or treatment development research. The NIMH has identified eating disorders as an understudied area in need of research initiatives. This application outlines a training plan for future researchers in this important clinical area.