Regional Postdoctoral Training Grant in Eating Disorders Research

描述(由申请者提供)：这份“进食障碍研究博士后培训助学金”是一份Ruth L.Kirschstein NRSA研究机构的申请。这一多地点、多学科的项目将结合明尼苏达大学、芝加哥大学和北达科他州大学在饮食失调研究方面的长期优势。该计划的具体目标是为计划在饮食失调领域从事学术研究的博士毕业生提供多学科高级研究培训。该项目中的每个博士后研究员将根据他们选择的重点领域与现场、主要导师、个人指导委员会和二级科学导师配对。在整个研究金过程中将举办一系列广泛的教学和科学研讨会；这些研讨会是这三个机构现有的长期研讨会的延伸和延伸。该培训计划的预期产品是一名早期职业、博士水平的学术研究人员，擅长发起、进行、分析和报告饮食失调领域精心设计的研究研究。该项目的毕业生将具备获得更多研究奖项所需的技能，例如美国国立卫生研究院颁发的K系列奖项。该项目的毕业生将是饮食失调领域下一代临床研究人员的重要组成部分。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This "Postdoctoral Training Grant in Eating Disorder Research" is an application for an Institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA. This multisite, multidisciplinary program will combine the long-standing strengths of the University of Minnesota, the' University of Chicago, and the University of North Dakota in eating disorders research. The Specific Aim of the program is to provide multidisciplinary advanced research training to doctoral graduates planning academic research careers in the area of eating disorders. Each post doctoral fellow in the program will be paired with an onsite, primary mentor, an individual mentoring committee, and secondary scientific mentors as appropriate to their chosen area of emphasis. An extensive series of didactic and scientific seminars will occur throughout the fellowship experience; these represent and extension of existing, longstanding seminars at the three institutions. The expected product of this training program is an early career, doctoral level academic researcher skilled in initiating, conducting, analyzing, and reporting well-designed research studies in the field of eating disorders. Graduates of this program will have developed the skills necessary to be highly competitive for further research awards, for example the K Series of Awards from NIH. Graduates of this program will represent an important part of the next generation of clinical researchers in the field of eating disorders.