Research Training in Gastroenterology

这是11-15年培训计划的续签申请，该培训计划旨在为科学家 进行最先进的、多学科的研究，以加快科学技术的转化 对改善人们和人群消化健康的行动的发现，以及谁将承担 在消化系统疾病流行病学和卫生服务研究中的领导作用。实习生在 博士后水平：博士和博士的混合体，为期2年。该计划非常强调 关于流行病学和保健服务研究，其理由是迫切需要“病床到床边” 翻译研究。还需要“床边对临床”，或“疗效对有效性，以及患者 “以比较有效性为中心”的翻译或成果研究。导师(3名医学博士，3名医学博士/英里/小时，1名 MD/MSHS、2个MD/PhD和3个博士)代表了一个由来自 贝勒医学院(BCM)的各个系，都有资金充足的研究项目，涵盖 临床研究的广泛领域，包括流行病学(例如，临床、分子、遗传和微生物组)， 卫生服务研究、决策和实施研究与几个消化相关 精神错乱。现有教职员工有出色的指导历史，以及出色的 参加我们的培训计划活动。项目主任，医学博士，公共卫生硕士哈什姆·B·塞拉格将 继续这笔赠款，MSHS医学博士Fasiha Kanwal将作为联席主任加入。他们将共同维护 拥有项目的最终权威，并管理日常运营。在一起，他们将协调 招聘和选拔考生，监督课程设置，并负责选拔和 对指导团队的评估。重大行政决策(例如，选拔受训人员)由 培训咨询委员会，由项目主任、联席主任和其他三个项目组成 教职员工。学员有单独的研究指导委员会，必须准备一份书面研究计划书。 向委员会辩护，并进行定期审查，包括学术和职业评估。 学员参加每周一次的研究系列研讨会和月刊俱乐部，并在会上发表演讲。他们是 从BCM现有的竞争激烈的申请者池中挑选。在过去的4年里，录取 对该项目的竞争一直很激烈，所有的空缺职位都充满了高素质的候选人。 实习生表现良好，两名博士后毕业生获得了公共硕士学位 健康，仍在学术界，在同行评议中发表了几篇第一作者的原创研究论文 期刊并在国家研究会议上发表论文。当前的提案包括新功能 旨在丰富和加强现有的计划，包括新的导师，创建了两个截然不同的 培训轨道(流行病学和卫生服务研究)，以及扩大浓缩活动， 比如团队训练，每月一次关于学术生涯成功的研讨会，以及一个健康计划。

This is the renewal application for Years 11-15 of a training program designed to prepare scientists to conduct state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary research that will accelerate the translation of scientific discoveries into actions that improve digestive health of people and populations and who will assume leadership roles in digestive disease epidemiology and health services research. Trainees are at the postdoctoral level: a mixture of MDs and PhDs supported for 2 years. The program places strong emphasis on epidemiology and health services research, the rationale being the critical need for “bench to bedside” translational research. There is also a need for “bedside to clinic”, or “efficacy to effectiveness, and patient centered comparative effectiveness” translational or outcomes research. The mentors (3 MDs, 3 MD/MPH, 1 MD/MSHS, 2 MD/PhD and 3 PhDs) represent a multidisciplinary group of experienced investigators from various departments at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), all with well-funded research programs that cover broad areas of clinical research including epidemiology (e.g., clinical, molecular, genetic, and microbiome), health services research, decision making, and implementation research related to several digestive disorders. Existing faculty members have outstanding mentoring histories, and excellent track records of participation in our training program activities. The Program Director, Hashem B El-Serag, MD, MPH, will continue on the grant, and Dr. Fasiha Kanwal, MD, MSHS will join as co-Director. They will jointly maintain ultimate authority for the program and manage day-to-day operations. Together, they will coordinate recruitment and selection of candidates, oversee the curriculum, and be responsible for the selection and evaluation of the mentoring team. Major administrative decisions (e.g., selection of trainees) are handled by the Training Advisory Committee, composed of the Program Director, co-Director, and three other program faculty. Trainees have individual research mentoring committees, must prepare a written research proposal to be defended to the committee, and have periodic reviews that include academic and career assessment. Trainees attend and present at a weekly research seminar series and a monthly journal club. They are selected from a highly competitive applicant pool that already exists at BCM. In the past 4 years, admission to the program has been very competitive, and all available slots were filled with high quality candidates. The trainees have performed well, with the two post-doctoral graduates obtaining master’s degrees in Public Health, remaining in academia, publishing several first author original research papers in peer reviewed journals and presenting at national research conferences. The current proposal includes new features designed to enrich and enhance the existing program, including new mentors, the creation of two distinct training tracks (epidemiology and health services research), and the expansion of enrichment activities, such as team training, a monthly seminar on success in academic careers, and a wellness program.