Training in Maternal and Child Nutrition

描述（由申请人提供）：康奈尔大学营养科学系提出了一项独特而创新的母婴营养培训计划，该部门是美国最大的致力于人类营养的学术单位。受训者（4名博士预科生和2名博士后）将能够将基础生物科学的知识与人口层面的研究联系起来，并为母亲及其子女确定和解决各种重要的研究问题。为此目的，所有受训人员都将参加妇幼营养课程，该课程以前培训了该领域许多现任和未来的领导人，并将参加分子营养和发育课程。核心课程中还包括另外两门综合营养学知识的课程。在短期内，拟议的方案将填补孕产妇和儿童营养培训方面的重大空白；从长远来看，该项目培养的个人应该填补这一主题综合研究的主要空白。参与该项目的是来自营养科学部的9名核心教师，他们在广泛的学科领域拥有不同但互补的技能。核心教师在孕产妇和儿童营养方面拥有丰富的经验，并在之前的三次资助和福格蒂国际中心的当前资助中有成功的培训记录。来自康奈尔大学许多院系的一组相关教员也参与其中。在该司，为拟议的方案提供了优良的设施，包括设备齐全的实验室，一个新的门诊代谢单位，一个创新的质谱设施，以及对统计计算的广泛支持。学员还可以使用康奈尔大学的核心基因组学设施。该部门提供相关活动和专业知识的其他项目包括康奈尔营养基因组学研究所、国际营养项目和康奈尔食品与营养政策项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A unique and innovative program of training in maternal and child nutrition is proposed at the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, which is the largest academic unit devoted to human nutrition in the country. Trainees (4 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral) will be able to link knowledge from the basic biological sciences to research conducted at the population level as well as to identify and address a variety of important research questions for mothers and their children. To this end, all trainees will take the course in maternal and child nutrition that has previously trained many current and future leaders in this field as well as a course on molecular nutrition and development. Two additional courses that integrate knowledge across the breadth of nutrition are included in the core curriculum. In the short term, the proposed program will fill a major gap in training in maternal and child nutrition; in the long term, individuals trained by this program should fill a major gap in integrative research on this subject. Involved in the program is a group of 9 core faculty from the Division of Nutritional Sciences, each with differing yet complementary skills in a wide range of disciplines. Core faculty have extensive experience in maternal and child nutrition and have a successful record of training during three prior grants and a current grant from the Fogarty International Center. Also involved are a group of related faculty from many departments at Cornell. In the Division, excellent facilities are available for the proposed program, including well-equipped laboratories, a new outpatient metabolic unit, an innovative mass spectroscopy facility, and extensive support for statistical computing. Trainees also will have access to Cornell's core genomics facilities. Other programs in the Division that provide relevant activities and expertise include the Cornell Institute for Nutritional Genomics, the Program in International Nutrition, and the Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program.