UAB Pre-Doctoral Training Program in Obesity-Related Research

UAB 肥胖相关研究博士前培训项目

• 批准号: 10206227
• 负责人: BARBARA A GOWER
• 金额: $ 37.65万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-22 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10206227
• 关键词: Obesity; Research; Training Programs; pre-doctoral

Obesity is a major source of morbidity and mortality, and especially of heart, lung, and blood related morbidity and mortality. This renewal application for a highly successful interdisciplinary pre-doctoral training program offers coordinated mentorship, didactic training, career development activities, and supervised research experiences to prepare PhD students for careers as independent investigators. The established pre-doctoral program will build on two successful funding cycles and complements and interfaces with our existing NIH- funded T32 program for post-doctoral training in obesity research. Students entering their 2nd year of PhD training enroll in a formal integrated program tailored to individual interests. Trainees participate in the investigative programs of UAB’s NIH-funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center, one of only 12 such centers nation-wide. Each trainee has an individual mentoring team consisting of a primary mentor and two co-mentors with one mentor from each of three major disciplinary domains (Biomedical; Behavioral/Social; Quantitative/Physical). The faculty's disciplinary diversity (nutritionists, exercise scientists, physicians, psychologists, statisticians, physiologists, geneticists, epidemiologists, etc.) and strong collaborative ties facilitates multidisciplinary training. Students from any UAB department may apply to this program, but must have a mentoring team from this T32 program’s approved faculty. All students, regardless of their departmental affiliation, participate in all activities and coursework for this T32 program. Individuals are recruited from the large pool of eligible 1st year PhD students on campus and selected via formal application and committee review, based on graduate school performance, faculty recommendations, and consideration of the degree to which their interests fit with those of the faculty and ongoing research programs. All trainees must have as a future plan an investigative career in obesity-related research. The program promotes an approach to investigation that is scientifically and ethically rigorous. Regular reviews of individual trainees with the program directors ensure that adequate progress toward an independent research career is made. We have shown great success in attracting talented trainees and guiding them toward careers as independent scientists. Our program is currently funded for 12 trainee slots and we request continued support at this level.

肥胖是发病率和死亡率的主要来源，尤其是心脏、肺和血液相关发病率 和死亡率。这是一个非常成功的跨学科博士前培训项目的续签申请 提供协调的指导、教学培训、职业发展活动和监督研究 为博士生成为独立研究者的职业做好准备的经验。设立博士预科 该计划将建立在两个成功的资助周期的基础上，并与我们现有的 NIH- 资助肥胖研究博士后培训的 T32 计划。进入博士学位第二年的学生 培训参加针对个人兴趣量身定制的正式综合计划。学员参加 UAB 的 NIH 资助的营养肥胖研究中心的调查项目，该中心是仅有的 12 个此类中心之一 全国。每个学员都有一个单独的指导团队，由一名主要导师和两名辅助导师组成 来自三个主要学科领域（生物医学；行为/社会； 定量/物理）。教师的学科多样性（营养学家、运动科学家、医生、 心理学家、统计学家、生理学家、遗传学家、流行病学家等）和牢固的合作关系 促进多学科培训。来自任何 UAB 系的学生都可以申请该项目，但必须 拥有一支由该 T32 项目认可的教师组成的指导团队。所有学生，无论其院系如何 隶属关系，参与此 T32 计划的所有活动和课程。个人是从大型企业中招募的 校园内合格的一年级博士生池，通过正式申请和委员会审查选出， 基于研究生院的表现、教师的推荐以及对他们的学位程度的考虑 兴趣与教师和正在进行的研究项目相符。所有学员必须有一个未来计划 肥胖相关研究的调查生涯。该计划提倡一种调查方法，即 具有科学性和伦理性的严谨性。项目主管对个别受训者进行定期审查，确保 在独立研究事业方面取得了足够的进展。我们在吸引 培养才华横溢的学员，并引导他们成为独立科学家。我们的计划目前已获得资助 12 个实习生名额，我们请求继续提供这一级别的支持。