Pediatric Endocrinology Research Training Grant

芝加哥大学的儿科内分泌学研究培训计划将培训儿科医生-科学家研究内分泌疾病。该培训计划将有助于填补全国儿科内分泌学领域医生科学家的短缺。要求提供四个研究培训名额，以便每年有两名受训人员参加为期两年的研究培训方案。因此，该计划适用于在儿科内分泌学培训的第一年进行了介绍性实验室和课程工作的学员，并开发了一个研究项目，他们准备在两年的培训期间投入80%的精力。该培训是基于一个新合并的儿科成人内分泌学，糖尿病和代谢单位，内分泌发现和临床护理研究所。高级培训学院有来自四个大学部门（医学，儿科学，人类遗传学，健康研究）的15名研究人员，他们开展了广泛的内分泌相关临床和基础研究，并得到了NIH和其他同行评审研究赠款的大量支持。每个人都是一名既定的调查员。此外，该计划还得到了来自医学，儿科，妇产科和健康研究部门的13名副培训教师的参与。大学提供了其他教师和物理资源的丰富环境。受训人员的选择是基于先前的个人成就，包括先前的研究培训和经验，以及对学术研究生涯的承诺。受训者选择一名基础和临床研究导师和一名顾问，受训者和导师共同确定一个主要和次要的研究项目。然后，受训者在导师的研究实验室接受至少2年的培训，在此期间，他们承担了越来越大的责任，发展研究假设，设计实验，分析数据，准备摘要和科学手稿。在培训的最后一年，确定一个研究领域，这是从导师的研究有足够的不同，让受训者提交一个同行评审的指导研究补助金的建议。这种研究培训发生在所需的核心课程的框架内，包括描述和审查当前研究方法和研究进展以及研究数据的统计分析的课程。该设置是一个强调转化研究和及时监测学员的进展。

The Pediatric Endocrinology Research Training Program at the University of Chicago will train pediatric physician-scientists in the investigation of endocrine diseases. This training program will help fill the national shortage of physician-scientists in the area of pediatric endocrinology. Four research training slots are requested so that two trainees can be entered annually into a two-year research training program. Thus, this program is for trainees who have had introductory laboratory and course work in their initial year of pediatric endocrinology training and have developed a research project to which they are prepared to dedicate 80% effort for the two-year training period. The training is based in a newly combined Pediatric-Adult Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism unit, the Institute for Endocrine Discovery and Clinical Care. The Senior Training Faculty numbers 15 investigators from four University departments (Medicine, Pediatrics, Human Genetics, Health Studies) who carry out a broad range of endocrine-related clinical and basic research supported by a substantial base of NIH and other peer-reviewed research grants. Each is an established investigator. In addition, the program is aided by the participation of 13 Associate Training Faculty from the Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn and Health Studies. The University provides a rich environment of other faculty and physical resources. Trainees are selected on the basis of prior individual accomplishments including prior research training and experience as well as commitment to an academic research career. Trainees select a basic and clinical research mentor and an advisor, and the trainee and mentors jointly identify a primary and secondary research project. Trainees then undergo at least 2 years of training in the research laboratory of the preceptor(s), during which time they assume a progressively greater responsibility for developing research hypotheses, designing experiments, analyzing the data and preparing abstracts and scientific manuscripts. In the final year of training, an area of research is identified which is sufficiently different from the research of the preceptor to allow the trainee to submit a peer-reviewed mentored research grant proposal. This research training occurs within the framework of a required core curriculum consisting of courses that describe and review current research methodology and research advances as well as statistical analysis of research data. The setting is one that emphasizes translational research and timely monitoring of trainee progress.