RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM IN DIABETES AND OBESITY

描述(由申请人提供)： 项目摘要 该计划的目标是为年轻的博士后和博士后阶段的研究人员提供与糖尿病、新陈代谢和肥胖症相关的研究培训。印第安纳大学医学院就是这样一个倡议的杰出论坛。来自四个系的22名教师将作为导师参加该项目。这批教师有良好的培训记录，拥有超过7500,000美元的外部资金。该项目支持两名博士后学生和两名博士后研究员，并在本申请涵盖的四年期间成功培训了三名学生和两名博士后研究员。博士生将辅修糖尿病和肥胖，其中包括一门糖尿病和肥胖的课程。博士后研究员也将参加这门课程。学生和博士后研究员都将参加糖尿病研究中心的研讨会，并将在同一系列中展示他们的结果，并将被鼓励在国家会议上展示他们的工作，例如美国糖尿病协会的科学会议。此外，他们还将学习研究伦理学课程(G505)。通过在为糖尿病研究提供强有力的多学科支持的环境和文化中进行培训，受训者很有可能保持对糖尿病的兴趣，即使他们的特定研究兴趣在他们的职业生涯中不断发展。 关联性。 在美国和其他发达国家，糖尿病是导致过早死亡的主要原因之一。此外，2型糖尿病的发病率正在增加，在这个国家，它可以被认为是一种流行病，预计2003年出生的儿童中每三个人中就有一个在一生中受到这种疾病的困扰。因此，重要的是提供糖尿病研究领域的培训，目的是增加致力于这一常见疾病的职业生涯的年轻研究人员的数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary The goal of the program is to provide training to young researchers, at both the pre-doctoral and postdoctoral stages of their careers, in research that is relevant to diabetes, metabolism, and obesity. The Indiana University School of Medicine is an outstanding forum for such an initiative. Twenty two faculty from four Departments will participate as mentors in the program. This group of faculty has a strong training record and has over $7,500,000 of external funding. The program supports two pre-doctoral students and two post-doctoral fellows, and has successfully trained three students and two post-doctoral fellows over the four year period covered by this application. Pre-doctoral students will take a Minor in Diabetes and Obesity which includes a course in Diabetes and Obesity. Post-doctoral fellows will also take the course. Both students and post-doctoral fellows will attend Center for Diabetes Research seminars, will present their results in the same series, and will be encouraged to present their work at national meetings such as the American Diabetes Association scientific sessions. Additionally, they will take the Research Ethics course (G505). By training in an environment and culture that gives strong multi-disciplinary support for diabetes research, there is a significant probability that the trainees will sustain an interest in diabetes, even as their specific research interests evolve over their careers. Relevance. Diabetes mellitus is one of the predominant causes of premature loss of life in the United States and other developed countries. Furthermore, the incidence of type 2 diabetes is on the increase to the extent that it can be considered an epidemic in this country and one in three children born in 2003 is predicted to be afflicted with the disease in their lifetime. Therefore, it is important to provide training in the area of diabetes research with the goal of increasing the number of young researchers committed to careers confronting this common disease.