Training Grant in Diabetes for Pediatric Endocrinologis*

描述(由申请人提供)： 这一培训应用旨在增加进入糖尿病生物医学和行为研究领域的儿科内分泌医生的工作力量。在这些应用中，我们计划每年为两名儿科内分泌研究员提供糖尿病研究培训，并促进三名儿科内分泌培训项目新近毕业的学生在儿科糖尿病研究领域的学术增长。乔斯林糖尿病中心非常适合提供这一职业发展的综合计划。我们的T32和KI2培训计划的申请将在乔斯林糖尿病中心，乔斯林和波士顿儿童医院的教师指导下进行。我们的计划为博士后研究员和初级教员提供糖尿病研究方面的多学科培训。我们相信，我们对糖尿病研究的承诺从我们长期指导博士后、博士后和初级教员进入学术医学的记录中可见一斑。目前应用的理由包括：1.由于儿童肥胖症的流行和青少年2型糖尿病发病率的增加，儿童糖尿病正在增加；2.幼儿1型糖尿病的发生率增加；3.有新的研究工具需要在儿科人群中进行充分的研究和评估；以及4.受过培训并致力于糖尿病研究的儿科内分泌学家严重短缺。Joslin糖尿病中心在糖尿病研究方面有着悠久的历史，其研究活动的广度，指导研究员和初级教员的历史，以及Joslin/儿童内分泌学联合培训计划的丰富，为研究人员致力于糖尿病问题提供了一个独特的培训环境。首席研究员Joseph Majzoub博士和项目主任Lori Laffel博士在执行委员会的支持下，处于协调这一努力的独特地位。Joslin的NIH支持的糖尿病和内分泌学研究中心、儿童医院综合临床研究中心、Joslin/BIDMC综合临床研究中心以及与哈佛医学院的密切联系加强了培训。我们已经证明了有能力吸引高素质的候选人加入我们的培训计划，并期待着迎接在糖尿病研究领域培训和培养成功的儿科内分泌学家的挑战。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This training application is directed at increasing the work force of pediatric endocrinologists entering the field of biomedical and behavioral research in diabetes. In these applications, each year, we plan to provide diabetes research training for two pediatric endocrine fellows and to foster the academic growth in the area of pediatric diabetes research of three recent graduates of pediatric endocrine training programs. The Joslin Diabetes Center is ideally suited to offer this integrated program for career development. Our applications for T32 and KI2 training programs will be based at the Joslin Diabetes Center with faculty mentors from Joslin and The Children's Hospital in Boston. Our program provides multi-disciplinary training in diabetes research for post-doctoral fellows and for junior faculty. We believe our commitment to diabetes research is evident in our long track record of mentoring pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, as well as junior faculty to enter academic medicine. The rational for the current application includes: 1. Diabetes in childhood is increasing due to the epidemic of childhood obesity and the increasing rate of type 2 diabetes in youth; 2. There is an increased occurrence of type 1 diabetes in young children; 3. There are new research tools that demand adequate study and evaluation in the pediatric population; and 4. There is a critical shortage of pediatric endocrinologists trained and committed to diabetes research. The Joslin Diabetes Center, given its long history of diabetes research, its breadth of research activities, history of mentoring fellows and junior faculty coupled with the richness of The Combined Joslin/Children's Training Program in Pediatric Endocrinology, provides a unique training environment for researchers to become committed to the problem of diabetes. Principal Investigator Dr. Joseph Majzoub and Program Director Dr. Lori Laffel, supported by an Executive Committee, are in a unique position to orchestrate this endeavor. Training is enhanced by Joslin's NIH supported Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center, The Children's Hospital General Clinical Research Center, the Joslin/BIDMC General Clinical Research Center, as well as strong ties with the Harvard Medical School. We have demonstrated the ability to attract highly qualified candidates to our training program and look forward to meeting the challenge of training and developing successful pediatric endocrinologists in diabetes research.