Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Disorders Predoctoral Research Training Program

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请的目标是继续支持四名高素质的博士后候选人致力于营养和心脏代谢紊乱领域的创新研究事业。可以在基础科学、临床干预和基因-环境队列研究中获得培训机会，重点是工作的翻译性质。仅心血管疾病就占美国所有死亡人数的三分之一以上，少数族裔人口背负着不成比例的沉重负担。受过跨学科培训的科学家，特别是那些在营养学、功能基因组学和心脏代谢紊乱的交叉点上具有翻译成分的科学家，是唯一有资格为这一巨大的医疗挑战做出创新贡献的科学家。对于我们的培训计划，符合条件的候选人必须被塔夫茨大学弗里德曼营养科学与政策学院的博士课程录取，并完成一到两年的课程学习，这取决于之前的培训。考生还必须表现出突出的学术成就，确定营养和心脏代谢紊乱领域的论文主题，确立他们进行研究的能力，获得培训计划导师的承诺，担任他们的论文顾问，并表明他们的职业目标是成为一名独立的研究人员。培训项目导师来自塔夫茨大学健康科学校区的多个部门，在培训博士生和获得校外研究支持方面表现出了良好的记录。培训计划的关键组成部分包括结构严谨的教学课程、整个健康科学校园丰富的智力交流环境(例如，实验室会议、期刊俱乐部、研讨会和大学范围的研究日)、严格的导师论文研究，以及负责任地进行研究和学位后生存技能的全面培训。培训计划的管理和学员监督由该计划的主任和联席主任、指导委员会和外部顾问委员会负责。主任和联席主任负责培训方案的日常活动，特别是与个别受训人员和导师有关的活动。指导委员会每年召开两次会议，并“根据需要”，主要负责选择受训人员，根据方案基准监测受训人员的进展，确保培训机会的质量和广度，并确保有一个强有力的指导计划，特别强调促进他们向独立研究职业的过渡。额外的监督 由一个外部咨询委员会提供。我们相信，健康科学校园的集体培训环境为未来的营养和心脏代谢紊乱领域的研究人员提供了一个绝佳的机会，继续支持是对心脏代谢科学未来的一种值得投资。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this application is to maintain continued support for four highly qualified predoctoral candidates committed to innovative research careers in the area of nutrition and cardiometabolic disorders. Opportunities for training are available in basic science, clinical interventions, and gene-environment cohort studies, with emphasis on the translational nature of the work. Cardiovascular diseases alone account for over 1/3 of all deaths in the U.S., with minority populations carrying a disproportionally high burden. Scientists who are trained across disciplines, particularly in those that have a translational component at the intersection of nutrition, functional genomics and cardiometabolic disorders are uniquely qualified to make innovative contributions to this enormous healthcare challenge. For our Training Program, eligible candidates must have been admit- ted to the doctoral program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and completed one or two years of coursework, depending on prior training. Candidates must also have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, identified a dissertation topic in the area of nutrition and cardiometabolic disorders, established their aptitude to conduct research, obtained commitment from a Training Program mentor to serve as their Thesis Advisor, and have stated their career goal to become an independent researcher. Training Program mentors, from multiple divisions across the Tufts University Health Sciences Campus, have demonstrated a strong record in training doctoral students and garnering extramural research support. Critical components of the Training Program include a strong structured didactic curriculum, rich environment of intellectual exchange across the Health Sciences Campus (e.g., laboratory meetings, journal clubs, seminars and university-wide research days), rigorous mentored dissertation research, and comprehensive training in the responsible conduct of research and post-degree survival skills. Training Program administration and trainee supervision is governed by the program's Director and Co-Director, Steering Committee and External Advisory Board. The Director and Co-Director are responsible for the day to day activities of the Training Program, particularly as it relates to individual trainees and mentors. The Steering Committee meets two times per year, and on an 'as needed' basis, and is primarily responsible for selecting trainees, monitoring trainee progress based on programmatic benchmarks, ensuring the quality and breadth of training opportunities, and assuring a robust mentoring program with particular emphasis on facilitating their transition to an in- dependent research career. Additional oversight is provided by an External Advisory Board. We believe the collective training environment of the Health Sciences Campus provides an outstanding opportunity for future researchers in the area of nutrition and cardiometabolic disorders, and that continued support is a worthy in- vestment in the future of cardiometabolic science. (End of Abstract)