Training in Maternal and Child Nutrition

描述（由申请人提供）：康奈尔大学营养科学部提出了一项独特而创新的母婴营养培训计划，该计划是美国致力于人类营养的最大学术单位。受训人员（4名博士前和2名博士后）将能够将基础生物科学的知识与在人口一级进行的研究联系起来，并确定和解决母亲及其子女的各种重要研究问题。为此目的，所有受训人员都将学习妇幼营养课程，该课程以前曾培训过这一领域的许多现任和未来领导人，还将学习分子营养和发育课程。核心课程中包括两门额外的课程，将营养知识整合在一起。在短期内，拟议的方案将填补在孕产妇和儿童营养培训的一个主要空白;从长远来看，个人由该方案培训应填补在这个问题上的综合研究的一个主要空白。参与该计划的是来自营养科学部的9名核心教师，每个人在广泛的学科中具有不同但互补的技能。核心教师在孕产妇和儿童营养方面有着丰富的经验，并在之前的三次赠款和福格蒂国际中心的当前赠款期间有着成功的培训记录。康奈尔大学许多系的相关教师也参与其中。在该部门，优秀的设施可用于拟议的计划，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，并广泛支持统计计算。学员还将有机会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计划包括康奈尔营养基因组学研究所，国际营养计划以及康奈尔食品和营养政策计划。

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.