Institutional Research Training in Pediatric Gastroenterology

描述(由申请人提供)： 本申请寻求对匹兹堡儿童医院(CHP)和匹兹堡大学医学院(UPMC)的儿科胃肠病培训计划的支持。我们的具体目标是培养儿科内科科学家和非内科科学家从事独立的学术生涯，研究与婴儿期和儿童期胃肠道、胰腺和肝脏疾病相关的主题。计划的一个关键目标是使每个受训人员做好准备，以过渡到他们自己的指导学者奖(K系列)。我们的计划包括为期两年的临床或实验室研究，面向内科科学家和非内科科学家。研究年度将由一个从UPMC学术社区中挑选出来的教员委员会监督，该委员会的依据是他们的生产力历史、他们对胃肠病或肝病研究的兴趣、他们获得资金的历史以及他们对培训的承诺。除了为受训者提供研究环境外，教员还将为个人量身定做的项目委员会服务，这些委员会将监督、评估和指导每一名受训者的科学和智力进步。实习生将与其他医学博士、博士以及医学博士和博士后实习生一起工作。与UPMC一起，CHP已经承诺2亿美元和新的22万平方米。英国《金融时报》儿科研究计划的研究大楼。这种对研究的承诺，加上儿科胃肠病学部对研究的新重视，将为这一计划提供一个出色的培训环境。基于我们奖学金计划的优秀候选人数量不断增加，以及对儿科胃肠病学专业训练有素的内科科学家的需求，我们请求每年支持4名博士后研究员，其中包括2名第一年的研究员和2名第二年的研究员。通过建议的战略，该计划将用于培训下一代儿科胃肠病学的内科科学家。

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.