Bioengineering Interdisciplinary Training for Diabetes Research

描述（由申请人提供）：2型糖尿病的发病率正在上升，糖尿病快速和广泛的性质在美国被称为大流行病; 1型糖尿病也以意想不到的速度增加。因此，迫切需要创新的治疗方法和技术来应对这种情况，因此需要培养一批未来的科学家，他们可以通过深入的知识和培训来设计设备和治疗方法，将他们的研究与临床护理联系起来，以解决糖尿病的预防和治疗问题。印第安纳州生物工程跨学科培训糖尿病研究计划的构想，以满足这一需要。我们计划的一个新颖和值得注意的方面是普渡大学韦尔登生物医学工程学院的顶级教师与印第安纳州大学医学院的卓越糖尿病研究教师的互动和整合，为未来的生物工程师提供精英培训经验。凭借我们印第安纳州MSTP T32和我们印第安纳州CTSI培训计划的成功，这种教育模式已经被证明是可行的。印第安纳州生物工程跨学科培训糖尿病研究计划的目的是提供跨学科的综合研究培训，将博士前学生培养成能够领导综合和团队方法的生物工程师，以解决与糖尿病和糖尿病并发症的理解，预防和治疗相关的问题。这种独特和综合的形式受益于共同董事的每个机构计划使用多PI机制，与博士A。Panitch（生物医学工程PI，普渡大学）和D。瑟蒙德（糖尿病研究PI，印第安纳州大学医学院）协调一组示范性的生物工程和糖尿病为基础的研究院系选择共同指导我们的学生，结合精心设计的灵活的课程，为学生提供深入的培训工程相关糖尿病。我们的计划强调的课程，扩大了研究培训在板凳上定量技能，提供公开演讲的机会，提供了一系列丰富的课外机会，并允许在整个培训多年的医学和科学/工程的整合。制定了明确的监督机制，以跟踪学员在整个计划中的进展。通过在为生物工程和糖尿病研究提供强有力的跨学科支持的环境和文化中进行培训，生物工程学员很可能会对糖尿病保持兴趣，即使他们的具体研究兴趣在他们的职业生涯中不断发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is on the rise to the extent that diabetes rapid and widespread nature has been referred to as pandemic in the United States; type 1 diabetes is also increasing at an unexpected rate. As such, there is an urgent need for innovative therapeutics and technologies to deal with this situation, and hence a need to train a cadre of future scientists who can engineer devices and therapeutics with in-depth knowledge and training to link their research to clinical care to address the prevention and treatment of diabetes. The Indiana Bioengineering Interdisciplinary Training for Diabetes Research program was conceived to meet this need. A novel and notable aspect of our program is the interaction and integration of premier faculty of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University with the exceptional diabetes research faculty of the Indiana University School of Medicine, providing and elite training experience for future bioengineer-diabetologists. This educational model has already proven feasibility, by virtue of the successes of our Indiana MSTP T32 and our Indiana CTSI training programs. The aim of the Indiana Bioengineering Interdisciplinary Training for Diabetes Research program is to provide interdisciplinary, integrated research training to develop predoctoral students into bioengineers capable of leading integrative and team-based approaches to solve issues relevant to the understanding, prevention and treatment of diabetes and diabetic complications. This unique and integrated format benefits from co-directorship by each institutional program using the multi-PI mechanism, with Dr. A. Panitch (Biomedical engineering PI, Purdue University) and Dr. D. Thurmond (Diabetes research PI, Indiana University School of Medicine) coordinating a select group of exemplary bioengineering and diabetes-based research faculties to co-mentor our students, in combination with a carefully designed flexible curriculum that provides in-depth training for students in engineering relevant to diabetes. Our program emphasizes coursework that broadens research training at the bench with quantitative skills, provides opportunities for public speaking, provides a range of enriching extracurricular opportunities, and allows for integration of medicine and science/engineering throughout all years of training. Defined oversight mechanisms are in place to track the progress of trainees throughout the program. By training in an environment and culture that gives strong interdisciplinary support for bioengineering and diabetes research, there is a significant probability that the bioengineering trainees will sustain an interest in diabetes, even as their specific research interests evolve over their careers.