RESEARCH TRAINING IN PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY

这是培训计划首次续签申请，旨在 在基础研究领域的前沿培养研究人员 儿童胃肠病学。受训人员都是博士后级别的 将是医学博士S和博士S的混合体，支持33个月和 分别是两年。允许招聘一名新的医学博士和博士。 实习生每年，总共有三份医学博士津贴(每人一份 第一年、第二年和第三年的支持)和两份博士津贴(各一份 在他们第一年和第二年的支持中)都被要求 学员，该项目非常强调分子生物学， 理由是分子方法已经变得越来越多 在调查和治疗与以下疾病相关的疾病方面都很重要 儿童胃肠病学。导师(5名医学博士S和5名博士S) 代表一个由来自不同领域的经验丰富的科学家组成的多学科小组 贝勒的部门。所有工作都致力于解决对 儿童胃肠病学。10位导师中有8位目前在 分子水平和剩下的两个正在移动的实验室是 装备精良，资金充裕，彼此相距不到10分钟。 所有10名教职员工都已经参与了该项目，并拥有 良好的互动和参与记录。该计划有 双重领导：维护最终权威的项目主管， 以及一名研究总监，负责管理日常运营。主修 行政决定(例如，选择受训人员)由 执行委员会由六名导师组成(三名医学博士S，三名 S博士)。一个与此无关的高级教职员工顾问委员会 格兰特每年都会开会批评该计划。的培训计划 医学博士研究员包括研究轮换，以促进选择 导师、个人研究委员会、书面研究计划书 必须向该委员会进行辩护，并定期审查 进步。实习生将从竞争激烈的申请者中挑选 贝勒医学院已经存在的水池。到目前为止， 培训方案在招聘和培训方面特别成功 保留少数族裔候选人。这将继续是一个优先事项 这个项目。

This is the first renewal application of a training program designed to produce investigators at the cutting edge of basic research in the area of pediatric gastroenterology. Trainees will all be at the postdoctoral level and will be a mixture of M.D.'s and Ph.D.'s, supported for 33 months and two years, respectively. To allow recruitment of one new M.D. and Ph.D. trainee each year, a total of three M.D. stipends (one each in their first, second and third years of support) and two Ph.D. stipends (one each in their first and second years of support) are requested For all trainees, the program places strong emphasis on molecular biology, the rationale being that molecular approaches already have become increasingly important in both investigation and treatment of diseases associated with pediatric gastroenterology. The mentors (five M.D.'s and five Ph.D.'s) represent a multidisciplinary group of experienced scientists from various departments at Baylor. All work on questions that are important to pediatric gastroenterology. Eight of the 10 mentors currently work at the molecular level and the remaining two are moving in that laboratories are well equipped and well funded and are within a 10-minute w~ of each other. All 10 faculty members are already associated with the program and have excellent track records of interaction and participation. The program has dual leadership: the Program Director, who maintains ultimate authority, and a Director of Research, who manages the day-to-day operations. Major administrative decisions (e.g., selection of trainees) are handled by an executive committee comprising six of the mentors (three M.D.'s, three Ph.D.'s). An advisory committee of senior faculty not associated with this grant meets annually to critique the program. The training program for M.D. fellows includes research rotations to facilitate selection of a mentor, an individual research committee, a written research proposal which has to be defended to that committee, and periodic reviews of progress. Trainees will be selected from a highly competitive applicant pool that already exists at Baylor College of Medicine. To date, the training program has been particularly successful in recruitment and retention of minority candidates. This will continue to be a priority of the program.