Training Program in Gastrointestinal Epidemiology

描述（由申请人提供）： 美国的目标。密歇根州培训计划在胃肠道流行病学是培养学术胃肠病学家谁是彻底的临床/转化研究的设计和执行培训。通过这种培训，我们的学员成为成功竞争外部资金的初级教师。为了达到这一目标，我们的计划要求学员完成以下项目：（a）在美国完成临床研究设计和统计分析硕士学位;密歇根大学公共卫生学院的硕士学位或通过我们的罗伯特·伍德·约翰农临床学者计划完成健康研究硕士学位。这两个方案都提供研究设计、流行病学和生物统计学方面的正式培训;（B）完成一个全面的全球流行病学系列，提供撰写赠款、保健政策和成果研究方法方面的额外技能;（c）设计和执行3个临床研究项目（荟萃分析，回顾性数据库分析和前瞻性临床试验）在研究导师团队的指导下;预计还将在国家会议上介绍这些研究项目，并在同行评审的期刊上发表这些项目;（d）编制和提交职业发展奖，为学术医学和研究领域的独立职业提供过渡性资金。我们的计划培养两名博士后学员（即，胃肠病学研究员）。我们要求将我们的计划扩大到每年三名学员。该计划在两年内完成。三名学员已经完成了我们的计划，所有学员都接受了学术医疗中心的终身职位，并成功申请了职业发展奖。这一成功在一定程度上反映了美国众多的培训资源。我们的教师在指导学员，教学研究技术和指导学员通过赠款准备的丰富经验。相关性：胃肠道疾病每年影响数百万美国人的健康，产生数十亿美元的直接和间接成本。基础科学正在迅速推进我们对GI疾病的理解，但是将这些发现应用于患者需要由在转化和临床研究方面受过训练的熟练研究人员进行的面向患者的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the U. of Michigan Training Program in Gastrointestinal Epidemiology is to develop academic gastroenterologists who are thoroughly trained in the design and execution of clinical/translational research. With this training, our trainees become junior faculty who successfully compete for external funding. In order to meet this objective, our program requires trainees to complete the following projects: (a) completion of a MSc in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis at the U. of Michigan School of Public Health or completion of a MSc in Health Research through our Robert Wood Johsnon [sic] Clinical Scholars Program. Both programs provide formal training in research design, epidemiology and biostatistics; (b) completion of a comprehensive Gl Epidemiology series, which provides additional skills in grant writing, health care policy, and outcomes research methods; (c) design and execution of 3 clinical research projects (meta-analysis, retrospective database analysis, and prospective clinical trial) under the guidance of a team of research mentors; presentation of these research projects at national meetings and publication of these projects in peer-reviewed journals is also expected; (d) preparation and submission of a Career Development Award, which provides transitional funding for an independent career in academic medicine and research. Our program trains two post-doctoral trainees (i.e., gastroenterology fellows) per year. We request that our program be expanded to three trainees per year. The program is completed in two years. Three trainees have completed our program, and all trainees accepted tenure-track positions at academic medical centers and successfully applied for career development awards. This success partly reflects the numerous training resources at the U. of Michigan and the vast experience of our faculty in mentoring trainees, teaching research techniques and in guiding trainees through grant preparation. Relevance: Gl diseases impact the health of millions of Americans each year, producing direct and indirect costs of billions of dollars. Basic science is rapidly advancing our understanding of Gl disease, but application of these findings to patients requires patient-oriented research performed by skilled investigators trained in translational and clinical research.