Training Program in Investigative Gastroenterology

描述(由申请人提供)： 胃肠病学研究培训计划的目标是为学术胃肠病学领域的独立研究人员的职业生涯培养医学博士、博士或医学博士/博士研究生。因此，我们选择了一个多元化的学院，他们可以为学员提供最大的机会学习细胞和分子生物学或临床研究的现代方法，并在许多广泛的研究领域指导学员，包括A)损伤、纤维化信号和基因调控；B)癌症生物学和遗传学和免疫学；C)运输、代谢、发育和基因治疗的分子基础；或D)以患者为基础的肝胆和胃肠道疾病的临床研究。我们相信，在这些领域中的任何一个领域获得的广泛经验应该会为受训人员未来在研究胃肠病学方面的成功奠定坚实的基础。为了提供这种多样性，我们从胃肠病和肝病科、医学系的其他四个科(免疫学、肺科、内分泌科和血液学/肿瘤科)以及医学院内的其他临床和基础科和中心(儿科、外科、生物化学和药理学、细胞和分子医学、肿瘤学、卫生政策和移植研究所)招聘了具有这些领域专业知识的教员。 在整个培训期间，MD学员将把大约90%的时间用于研究；博士生将100%的精力集中在研究上。学员的主要重点和绝大多数时间将在实验室或患者护理环境中工作，在一名或多名作为该培训计划教师的指导下，与奖学金监督委员会合作，进行特定的、个性化的研究项目。除了在工作台上工作外，实验室实习生还将参加他们的导师每周的实验室会议。以患者为基础的实习生将被要求参加K30课程，从而获得临床研究硕士学位。预计受训人员将花一部分时间参加特定的部门、部门和机构研究会议。对于那些仍在等待GL董事会资格的受训人员，受训人员将参加每周举行的胃肠病和肝科临床会议，并将每周参加一次连续性诊所，以满足董事会的要求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this Gastroenterology Research Training Program is to prepare M.D., Ph.D., or M.D./Ph.D. postdoctoral fellows for careers as independent investigators in academic Gastroenterology. A diverse Faculty has therefore been selected who can offer trainees the greatest opportunity to learn contemporary methods of cellular and molecular biology or clinical investigation, and to mentor trainees in a number of broad areas of research, including A) Injury, Fibrosis Signaling & Gene Regulation; B) Cancer Biology & Genetics, and Immunology; C) Molecular Basis of Transport, Metabolism, Development & Gene Therapy; or D) Patient-based Clinical Investigation in Hepatobililary and Gastrointestinal Diseases. It is our belief that the extensive experience gained in any one of these areas should provide trainees with a solid foundation for future success in investigative Gastroenterology. To provide this diversity we have recruited faculty with expertise in these areas from the Divisions of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, four other Divisions in the Department of Medicine (Immunology, Pulmonary, Endocrinology, and Hematology/Oncology) and other clinical and basic Departments and Centers within the School of Medicine (Pediatrics, Surgery, Biochemistry & Pharmacology, Cell & Molecular Medicine, Oncological Sciences, Health Policy, and the Transplantation Institute). Throughout the training period MD trainees will devote approximately 90% of their time to research; Ph.D. trainees will concentrate 100% of their efforts. The primary focus and vast majority of the trainee's time will be devoted to working in the laboratory or patient-care setting on a specific, individualized research project under the guidance of one or more mentors who are faculty of this training program, in cooperation with a Scholarship Oversight Committee. In addition to working at the bench, laboratory trainees will participate in weekly laboratory meetings of their preceptor. Patient-based trainees will be required to participate in the K30 curriculum leading to a Masters in Clinical Research. Trainees will be expected to spend a portion of their time attending specific divisional, departmental and institutional research-oriented conferences. For those trainees still awaiting Gl Board eligibility, trainees will be expected to attend the weekly Gastroenterology and Liver Division Clinical Conferences, and will attend one continuity clinic per week to satisfy Board requirements.