Research Training in Maternal, Infant & Child Nutrition

申请者描述(由申请人提供)：申请继续支持一个多学科的博士后培训项目，为拥有医学博士学位或博士学位的个人提供与产妇、婴儿和儿童营养相关的研究。该计划以美国农业部/ARS儿童营养研究中心(CNRC)为中心，但包括贝勒医学院的其他研究活动，提供与产妇、婴儿和/或儿童营养相关的基础和临床研究方面的深入培训。该计划的一个主要目标是加强MD和博士生之间的互动，从而使MD实习生对基础科学问题有更多的认识，使博士生对应用营养问题有更多的认识，从而增加这两个群体继续合作的可能性。MDS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计划或其他博士后计划进入。主要的培训方法是研究指导，但也有一系列的课程、会议和研讨会，有些是必需的，有些是可选的。所有培训教师都参与了资金充足的营养学应用研究或基础研究，大多数人在培训博士后研究员方面拥有丰富的经验。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。 项目主任负责培训项目的全面管理。他得到了一个咨询委员会的协助，该委员会每年召开会议，审查该计划的科学和操作方面，并审查每个受训人员的进展情况。一个单独的委员会负责审查和初步筛选申请者。然后将那些被认为可以接受的项目提交执行委员会，由执行委员会作出最后选择。这些委员会尽可能频繁地开会，以履行其职责。该计划的一个独特方面是一个小型的个人委员会，指导和监督每个受训人员的进度。该小组由受训者的导师领导，可能会建议必要的/理想的课程工作，批准最终的研究申请，确保已经探索了与BCM其他单位和合作机构的潜在有益合作，并评估进展情况。 过去几年，参加这一博士后研究培训项目的申请者人数和质量都有所增加，但计划进一步努力，进一步提高申请者的整体素质，增加MD申请者以及来自代表性不足的种族/民族群体的申请者的数量。

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.