UCSF Nutrition Obesity Research Center

加州大学旧金山分校NORC概述：摘要 加州大学旧金山分校NORC整合了几个不同领域的营养、肥胖和 新陈代谢。在过去的12年里，加州大学旧金山分校积极扩大了在这些关键学科的研究基础。 在过去的四年里，NORC在最近几个阶段的扩张中提供了极大的帮助。 具体地说，这一强大的研究基础得益于行政和设施基础设施 反映了加州大学旧金山分校推动扩大NORC相关研究的部门和中心的多样性。 NORC的更新将维持这一连贯的方案、行政和共享设施 基础设施，以进一步整合在加州大学旧金山分校进行的业已强大的研究，提供 为其未来的协调增长制定框架。 加州大学旧金山分校NORC包括细胞、动物、翻译、临床、流行病学和行为研究 方向。尽管涉及面很广，但这些项目具有高度的互动性，并与 即使是最具差异性的项目。例如，放射科医生与临床科学家合作，以非 侵入性地观察人类的新陈代谢。人类遗传学家与细胞和动物研究人员合作 来研究那些系统中更容易处理的假设。行为科学家与营养学家合作 寻找改善结果的方法。总而言之，加州大学旧金山分校-NORC内部的58名跨学科调查人员 由高级和早期研究人员组成，总共获得了78项与肥胖有关的NIH拨款， 新陈代谢和营养研究。他们的共同目标是定义疾病的潜在机制和 为预防和治疗肥胖及其并发症作出重大贡献。 加州大学旧金山分校NORC的目的是促进和发展肥胖、营养和新陈代谢方面的研究 加州大学旧金山分校和整个加州北部。这是通过以下方式实现的： ·维持、改进和促进实地研究人员与 彼此之间，以及与赛场外的人。 ·支持维护和发展最先进的研究核心，以满足肥胖症的需求； 营养学和新陈代谢研究。 ·通过以下方式促进新研究方向的发展和新的研究人员进入该领域 试点和可行性机会。 ·通过相关的教育论坛和其他场所丰富NORC研究界 支持研究互动的发展和维护。 ·整合行政支持，确保基础设施满足当地肥胖者的需求， 营养和新陈代谢研究社区。

UCSF NORC Overview: Summary The UCSF NORC integrates multiple research programs across several different areas of nutrition, obesity and metabolism. Over the last twelve years, UCSF has actively expanded its research base in these critical subject areas, and for the last four years, the NORC has greatly aided the recent phases of this expansion. Specifically, this robust research base has benefitted from an administrative and facilities infrastructure reflecting the diversity of the departments and centers pushing to expand NORC-relevant research at UCSF. Renewal of the NORC will sustain this cohesive programmatic, administrative and shared facilities infrastructure in order to further integrate the already strong research conducted at UCSF, providing a framework for its coordinated future growth. The UCSF NORC includes cellular, animal, translational, clinical, epidemiological, and behavioral research directions. Despite this breadth, these programs are highly interactive with extensive collaborations amongst even the most divergent of programs. For example, radiologists collaborate with clinical scientists to non- invasively visualize metabolism in humans. Human geneticists collaborate with cellular and animal researchers to investigate hypotheses more tractable in those systems. Behavioral scientists coordinate with nutritionists to search for ways to improve outcomes. In all, the 58 interdisciplinary investigators within the UCSF-NORC consist of a mixture of senior and early stage investigators with a collective 78 NIH grants relevant to obesity, metabolism and nutrition research. Their collective goal is to define the underlying mechanisms of disease and to significantly contribute to the prevention and treatment of obesity and its complications. The purpose of the UCSF-NORC is to promote and grow research in obesity, nutrition, and metabolism at UCSF and throughout northern California. This is realized by: · Maintaining, improving, and promoting the interactions and collaborations of researchers in the field with each other and with those outside the field. · Supporting the maintenance and evolution of state-of-the-art Research Cores to meet the needs of obesity, nutrition, and metabolism research. · Facilitating the development of new research directions and the entry of new researchers into the field via Pilot & Feasibility opportunities. · Enriching the NORC research community through pertinent educational forums and other venues that support the development and maintenance of research interactions. · Integrating administrative support to ensure that the infrastructure meets the needs of the local obesity, nutrition and metabolism research community.