Research Training Program in Diabetes and Obesity

项目摘要 印第安纳州大学糖尿病和肥胖症培训计划始于1999年， 由NIDDK资助了十五年，目前在两个博士前的水平， 两名博士后。该计划的目标是为年轻人提供培训， 研究人员在他们的职业生涯的早期阶段，在研究，是相关的 糖尿病、新陈代谢和肥胖，这是一个日益严重的国民健康问题。 印第安纳州大学医学院是这一倡议的杰出论坛。 来自六个系的二十三名教师将作为导师参加该项目。 这组教师有很好的培训记录，并有720万美元的直接外部投资。 作为PI提供资金，其中250万美元来自NIDDK R-赠款，JDRF和ADA。此外该 该集团从NIDDK获得了290万美元的U和P赠款支持。对于即将到来的周期， 要求为两名博士前和两名博士后受训人员以及四个暑期班提供支助。 医学院的学生博士前学生将采取在糖尿病和肥胖未成年人， 包括2学分的糖尿病和肥胖课程。博士后研究员也将参加 当然了学生和博士后研究员都将参加糖尿病中心， 代谢疾病研讨会，将提出他们的结果在同一系列，并将 鼓励他们在国家会议上介绍他们的工作，如美国糖尿病协会， 协会科学会议。此外，他们将参加研究伦理课程， 科学严谨性课程和资助写作研讨会。该计划是敏感的， 多样性问题，在上一个供资周期，14名受训人员中有4人 URM。通过在一个环境和文化中进行培训， 支持糖尿病研究，有一个很大的可能性，学员将 保持对糖尿病的兴趣，即使他们的具体研究兴趣在他们的 careers.

Project Summary The Indiana University Diabetes and Obesity Training Program began in 1999 and has been funded for fifteen years by NIDDK, currently at the level of two pre-doctoral and two post-doctoral trainees. The goal of the program is to provide training to young researchers at an early career stage of their careers, in research that is relevant to diabetes, metabolism, and obesity, an ever growing problem for the health of the nation. The Indiana University School of Medicine is an outstanding forum for such an initiative. Twenty three faculty from six departments will participate as mentors in the program. This group of faculty has a strong training record and has $7.2M of direct external funding as PIs, with $2.5M of this from NIDDK R-grants, JDRF and ADA. In addition, the group has $2.9M of U and P grant support from NIDDK. For the upcoming cycle, support for two pre- and two post-doctoral trainees is requested as well as four summer medical students. Pre-doctoral students will take a Minor in Diabetes and Obesity which includes a 2 credit Diabetes and Obesity course. Post-doctoral fellows will also take the course. Both students and post-doctoral fellows will attend Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases seminars, will present their results in the same series, and will be encouraged to present their work at national meetings such as the American Diabetes Association scientific sessions. Additionally, they will take a Research Ethics course, a course on Scientific Rigor, and a Grant Writing Workshop. The program is sensitive to the issue of diversity and in the past funding cycle four out of fourteen trainees were URM. By training in an environment and culture that gives strong multi-disciplinary support for diabetes research, there is a significant probability that the trainees will sustain an interest in diabetes, even as their specific research interests evolve over their careers.