Diabetes Research and Trainig Center

总体描述(由申请人提供)： 这项提案寻求芝加哥大学糖尿病研究和培训中心(DRTC)的继续存在。该中心是一个跨部门和跨机构的合作项目，来自芝加哥大学、伊利诺伊理工学院、洛约拉大学芝加哥护理学院、北伊利诺伊大学、西北大学范伯格医学院和伊利诺伊大学芝加哥医学院和护理学院的研究人员具有不同的科学背景，但对糖尿病和相关研究有共同的兴趣。该中心的目标是：1.在支持性环境中促进协作性、多学科的糖尿病和内分泌学研究；2.提高现有糖尿病研究人员的临床和基础研究能力；3.鼓励没有参与糖尿病研究的研究人员追求与糖尿病和内分泌学有关的问题；4.加快基础生物医学和基因研究的进展，使其能够应用于糖尿病患者的诊断和治疗；以及5.向其他专业和非专业人员通报糖尿病研究和培训方面的成就、机会和进展。本申请由三部分组成：第1部分-概述；第2部分-管理部分；和第3部分-生物医学研究部分(研究基地、生物医学研究核心(胰岛细胞生物学、分子生物学和遗传学、配基分析、生理学和动物模型)、预防和 控制核心、试点和可行性计划以及浓缩计划)。它还包含一个附录。

DESCRIPTION, OVERALL (provided by applicant): This proposal seeks the continuation of the University of Chicago Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC). The Center is an interdepartmental and interinstitutional cooperative endeavor involving investigators from the University of Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, Loyola University Chicago School of Nursing, Northern Illinois University, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the University of Illinois at Chicago Schools of Medicine and Nursing with differing scientific backgrounds, yet sharing a common interest in diabetes and related research. The aims of the Center are: 1. To foster collaborative, multidisciplinary diabetes and endocrinology research in a supportive environment; 2. To enhance the clinical and basic research capabilities of established diabetes investigators; 3. To encourage investigators not involved in diabetes research to pursue problems related to diabetes and endocrinology; 4. To speed the transfer of advances in basic biomedical and genetic research to the clinical arena whey they may be applied to the diagnosis and treatment of persons with diabetes; and 5. To inform others in both professional and lay settings of the accomplishments, opportunities and advances in diabetes research and training. This application consists of three sections: Section 1 - Overview; Section 2 - Administrative component; and Section 3 - Biomedical Research Component (Research base, Biomedical research cores (Islet Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ligand Assay, Physiology, and Animal Models), Prevention and Control core, Pilot and Feasibility Program, and Enrichment Program). It also contains an Appendix.