Summer Program in Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition Research Training (SPORT)

肥胖、糖尿病和营养研究培训暑期项目（SPORT）

• 批准号: 9763546
• 负责人: NANETTE I STEINLE
• 金额: $ 9.23万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9763546
• 关键词: Biomedical Research; Clinical; Clinical Research; Communities; Development; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Diet; Disease; Environment; Epidemiology; Evaluation; Funding; Future; Genetic; Genomics; Goals; Institution; Learning; Maryland; Medical Students; Mentors; Molecular; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Obesity; Participant; Peer Review; Physicians; Process; Program Evaluation; Program Reviews; Publications; Records; Request for Proposals; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Residencies; Scientist; Structure; Student recruitment; Students; Technology; Training; Training Programs; Translational Research; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Vocational Guidance; career; clinical care; cohort; experience; faculty mentor; improved; medical schools; meetings; member; nutrition; patient oriented; programs; summer program; summer research

This proposal requests ongoing funding to continue the Summer Program in Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition Research Training (SPORT) and aims to inspire passion toward research in diabetes, obesity and nutrition by providing a mentored summer research experience for 12 first year medical students per year, as well as ongoing career, academic, research and clinical mentoring throughout medical school, with the ultimate goal of preparing participants for placement in competitive residency training programs leading to careers as independent physician scientists. The aims are to: 1) match first year medical students with outstanding faculty mentors who will maintain the mentor relationship and provide career guidance throughout students' medical school career; 2) provide structured training and experience in the conduct of independent, hypothesis driven research; 3) improve diversity among the scientific community by recruiting students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research. With respect to the latter, overall, 8- 33% of the SPORT training cohorts have been students from underrepresented backgrounds. The training experience is founded on the principle that we learn by doing. In addition to completing the mentored research project, students participate in core seminars, a research retreat and forum to gain additional research exposure and develop a mentoring network. The University of Maryland School of Medicine is a rich academic environment, and a leading institution in diabetes, obesity and nutrition focused research and clinical care. We have assembled 50 mentors, many of whom are members of the NIDDK funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center, who are experienced, well-funded investigators with excellent track records of mentoring whose research covers diverse topics including epidemiology, genetics/genomics, molecular, cellular, and pathophysiological mechanisms of disease, technology, translational research, and patient- oriented clinical research. The program, trainees and mentors are evaluated through mid and end of program evaluations as well as a process involving a Steering Committee which meets twice annually to review program content, evaluations, student progress, and advise future direction. Students are offered opportunities for ongoing research and mentoring through 4th year research electives. Program participants have contributed to peer reviewed publications and participated in presentations at national meetings. SPORT provides a pipeline to attracting highly qualified physicians into biomedical research by providing medical students an early medical school opportunity for mentored research training, intellectual development and to gain technical experience in biomedical research focused on obesity, nutrition, diabetes and related research.

本提案要求持续资助肥胖症、糖尿病和糖尿病暑期项目