JHU-UMD Diabetes Research Center

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案寻求继续资助JHU-UMD糖尿病研究中心（DRC）。拟议的中心将继续涉及来自约翰霍普金斯大学和马里兰州大学的调查人员。这些研究人员在这些机构内部和之间的许多部门都有主要任命;虽然他们的科学背景不同，但他们对糖尿病和内分泌学研究有着共同的兴趣，许多人已经建立了合作关系。该中心的目标如下：1）在一个支持性的环境中促进协作性的、多学科的糖尿病和内分泌学研究; 2）提高已建立的糖尿病研究者的临床和基础研究能力; 3）鼓励未参与糖尿病研究的研究者对追求与糖尿病和内分泌学相关的问题感兴趣; 4）制定、实施和评估为糖尿病患者提供具有成本效益的医疗保健的方案; 5）加速将基础生物医学和遗传学研究的进展转化为临床竞技场，在那里它们可以应用于糖尿病患者的诊断和治疗;以及6）告知其他专业和非专业人士糖尿病研究和培训的成就，机会和进展。该申请包含六个独立的组成部分：行政，生物医学研究，试点和可行性，丰富，区域共享资源核心，以及共享研究核心和P&F计划扩展到历史上的黑人大学，霍华德大学医学院。行政部门将负责监督整个中心的运作。生物医学研究部分将由五个核心实验室组成，以促进糖尿病合作研究。试点和可行性部分将促进初级研究者与糖尿病相关研究中的资深研究者的参与和互动。丰富计划将促进约翰霍普金斯大学和马里兰州大学内部和之间的互动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal seeks continued funding for the JHU-UMD Diabetes Research Center (DRC). The proposed Center will continue to involve investigators from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland. These investigators have primary appointments in numerous departments within and between these Institutions; and while their scientific backgrounds are diverse, they share a common interest in diabetes and endocrinology research and many have established collaborations. The aims of the Center are the following: 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 become interested in pursuing problems related to diabetes and endocrinology; 4) to develop, implement and evaluate programs that deliver cost effective health care for the treatment of persons with diabetes; 5) to speed the translation of advances in basic biomedical and genetic research to the clinical arena where they may be applied to the diagnosis and treatment of persons with diabetes; and 6) to inform others in both professional and lay settings of the accomplishments, opportunities and advancements in diabetes research and training. This application contains six separate components: Administrative, Biomedical Research, Pilot and Feasibility, Enrichment, a Regional Shared Resource core, and a Shared Research Core and expansion of the P&F program to a Historically Black University, Howard University College of Medicine. The Administrative Component will be responsible for overseeing the operation of the Center as a whole. The Biomedical Research Component will consist of five Core Laboratories to foster collaborative diabetes research. A Pilot and Feasibility Component will foster the participation and interaction of junior investigators with established investigators in research' related to diabetes. The Enrichment Program will facilitate the interaction within and between Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland.