Training in Renal, GI, Endocrine, and Epithelial Biology

 描述(由申请人提供)：匹兹堡大学医学院肾脏、胃肠道、内分泌和上皮生物学短期医学生培训计划的目标是培养医学生对科学研究的兴趣，将其作为职业目标。我们为学生提供参与生物医学研究的机会，有高素质的导师和榜样。我们的计划支持医学生在医学院一年级到二年级之间的暑期研究培训体验。该课程旨在向学生介绍在基础科学或临床研究中进行科学探究的严格方法，重点放在三个主要研究领域：(1)肾脏和上皮细胞生物学，(2)消化和肝脏疾病，以及(3)内分泌学和糖尿病。学员是由执行委员会根据学生编写的项目提案挑选出来的，这些项目提案是与培训项目的教职员工共同制定并得到其认可的。教职员工既是研究培训者，也是导师。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Short-Term Medical Student Training Program in Renal, GI, Endocrine and Epithelial Biology is to foster an interest in scientific investigation as a career objective for medical students. We provide students with an opportunity to participate in biomedical research with highly qualified mentors and role models. Our program supports a summer research training experience for medical students between the first and second year of medical school. This program is designed to introduce students to a rigorous approach to scientific inquiry in basic science or clinical investigation, with a focus on three major areas of research: (1) renal and epithelial cell biology, (2) digestive and hepatic disorders, and (3) endocrinology and diabetes. Trainees are selected by an executive committee on the basis of student-authored project proposals developed with and endorsed by faculty members of the training program. Faculty members serve both as research trainers and as mentors.