Research Training in Maternal, Infant & Child Nutrition

描述（由申请人提供）：现申请一个多学科的博士后培训项目，研究与母亲、婴儿和儿童营养有关，招收医学博士或博士学位。该项目以美国农业部/美国农业部儿童营养研究中心（CNRC）为中心，包括贝勒医学院的其他研究活动，提供与孕产妇、婴儿和/或儿童营养相关的基础和临床研究的深入培训。该计划的一个主要目标是加强医学博士和博士学员之间的互动，从而使医学博士学员更了解基础科学问题，而博士学员更了解应用营养问题，从而提高这两个群体之间继续合作的可能性。医学博士在贝勒医学院（BCM）或其他地方接受各种学科的临床培训后进入培训计划；博士直接从他们的研究生项目或从另一个博士后项目进入。主要的培训方法是研究指导，但也有一系列课程、会议和研讨会，有些是必修的，有些是可选的。所有培训教师都参与了资金充足的营养应用或基础研究，大多数在培养博士后研究员方面有丰富的经验。受训人员通常只得到两年的支助，但鼓励在其他来源的支助下进行额外的培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Continued support for a multidisciplinary postdoctoral training program in research related to maternal, infant and childhood nutrition for individuals with either an MD or a Ph.D. degree is requested. Centered at the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC), but including other research activities at Baylor College of Medicine, the program provides in-depth training in both basic and clinical research relevant to maternal, infant and/or childhood nutrition. A major goal of the program is to enhance interaction between MD and Ph.D. trainees thus making the MD trainees more cognizant of basic science issues and the Ph.D. trainees more cognizant of applied nutrition problems, thereby enhancing the likelihood of continued collaboration between these two groups. MDs enter the training program following clinical training in a variety of disciplines either at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) or elsewhere; Ph.Ds enter directly from their graduate program or from another postdoctoral program. The major training method is a research preceptorship but a series of courses, conferences and seminars, some required and others optional, are available. All training faculty are involved in well-funded applied or basic research in nutrition and most have had extensive experience in training postdoctoral fellows. Trainees usually are supported for only two years but additional training with support from other sources is encouraged. The Program Director is responsible for overall administration of the training program. He is assisted by an Advisory Committee, which meets yearly to review scientific and operational aspects of the program and review the progress of each trainee. A separate committee is responsible for review and initial screening of applicants. Those deemed acceptable are then presented to the Executive Committee, which makes the final selection. These committees meet as frequently as necessary to fulfill their responsibilities. A unique aspect of the program is a small individual committee that guides and supervises the progress of each trainee. This group, headed by the trainee's mentor, may suggest necessary/desirable course work, approves final research applications, assures that potentially beneficial collaborations with other units of BCM and collaborating institutions have been explored, and assesses progress. The competitive pool of applicants to this postdoctoral research training program has increased in both number and quality over the past few years, but additional efforts are planned to further enhance the overall quality of applicants and to increase the number of MD applicants as well as applicants from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups.