Institutional Research Training in Pediatric Gastroenterology

描述（由申请人提供）： 此申请寻求匹兹堡儿童医院（CHP）和匹兹堡大学医学院（UPMC）的儿科胃肠病学培训计划的支持。我们的具体目标是培养儿科医生-科学家和非医生科学家，从事独立的学术职业，调查婴儿和儿童时期胃肠道，胰腺和肝脏疾病相关的主题。拟议计划的一个关键目标是让每位学员做好过渡到自己的导师学者奖（k系列）的准备。我们的计划包括医生科学家和非医生科学家的临床或实验室研究两年。研究年将由从UPMC学术界选出的教师委员会监督，该委员会根据他们的生产力历史，他们对胃肠病学或肝病学研究的兴趣，他们获得资金的历史以及他们对培训的承诺。除了为学员提供研究环境外，教师还将担任量身定制的项目委员会，该委员会将监督，评估和指导每位学员的科学和智力进步。学员将与其他MD，PhD和MD/PhD博士前和博士后学员并肩工作。与UPMC一起，CHP已承诺2亿美元和一个新的220，000平方米。英尺儿科研究项目的建设。这种对研究的承诺加上儿科胃肠病学部门对研究的新重视将为该计划提供出色的培训环境。基于越来越多的优秀候选人为我们的奖学金计划和需要训练有素的医生科学家在儿科胃肠病学，我们要求支持4博士后研究员一年，包括2名研究员在他们的第一年和2名研究员在他们的第二年的研究培训。通过提出的战略，该计划将有助于培养下一代儿科胃肠病学的医生科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks support for a Pediatric Gastroenterology Training Program at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPMC). Our specific aim is to train Pediatric physician-scientists and non-physician scientists for independent academic careers investigating topics relevant to gastrointestinal, pancreatic and hepatic diseases in infancy and childhood. A key goal of of the proposed program is to prepare each trainee to transition to their own mentored scholar award (k-series). Our program includes two years of clinical or laboratory research for physician-scientists and non-physician scientists. The research years will be supervised by a committee of faculty selected from the UPMC academic community based on their history of productivity, their interest in research in gastroenterology or hepatology, their history of obtaining funding, and their commitment to training. In addition to providing a research environment for trainees, members of the faculty will also serve on individually tailored Project Committees, which will oversee, evaluate, and guide the scientific and intellectual progress of each trainee. Trainees will work side-by-side with other MD, PhD, and MD/PhD predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. Together with UPMC, CHP has committed $200 milion and a new 220,000 sq. ft. reasearch building to the Pediatric research program. This commitment to research coupled with the new emphasis on research in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology will provide an outstanding training environment for this program. Based on the increasing number of excellent candidates for our Fellowship Program and the need for well trained physician scientists in Pediatric Gastroenterology, we request support for 4 postdoctoral fellows a year including 2 fellows in their first year and 2 fellows in their second year of research training. With the proposed strategies, the program will serve to train the next generation of physician-scientists in Pediatric Gastroenterology.