Interdisciplinary Training Program in Metabolism

描述（由申请人提供）：当前肥胖、胰岛素抵抗和糖尿病的激增及其各种并发症强调了迫切需要增加代谢领域训练有素的研究人员队伍。犹他大学代谢跨学科培训计划是一项新的培训计划，旨在为内科科学家和博士科学家提供博士后培训，并为代谢领域的博士前医学博士和博士候选人提供培训。招收博士后3个，博士预科2个。西部山间地区缺乏代谢性疾病的培训机会，因此这个项目将满足一个关键的需求。该培训计划旨在促进跨学科环境中与不同职业阶段的基础和临床研究人员的科学互动和合作。该项目建立在犹他大学代谢研究的独特优势之上，涵盖了一系列模式生物的基础和机制研究，以及人类的转化研究。培训项目建立在基础和临床研究方面的导师式培训和严格的教学课程基础之上，包括新陈代谢的核心课程以及研究方法和拨款写作方面的具体培训。学员将获得量身定制的职业指导，以确保顺利过渡到职业生涯的下一个阶段。培训师资队伍由18名高度互动的教师组成，他们拥有强大的合作关系，稳定的校外资金和动态的研究项目，他们是代谢兴趣小组的成员，该小组横跨医学院的五个部门和内科的四个部门。新陈代谢兴趣小组的广泛影响将保证可靠地招募到合适的学员。从内分泌学、心脏科、消化科、肾脏病学等学科的奖学金培训项目中招收临床合格的学员，并在全国范围内招收博士博士后。博士前候选人将从犹他大学生物化学和分子生物学联合项目中招募。该培训计划与分子医学计划、临床和转化科学中心以及分子生物学和生物化学研究生课程的培训活动相结合。该培训项目将由内分泌代谢和糖尿病部门管理，并将由一个执行委员会监督，该委员会由首席研究员和3名联合主任组成，他们都是资深研究员，具有良好的跟踪记录和坚定不移的指导学员的承诺。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current explosion in obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes, and their diverse complications underscores the urgent need to increase the cadre of well-trained investigators in the area of metabolism. The Interdisciplinary Training Program in Metabolism at the University of Utah is new training program, designed to provide post-doctoral training to physician scientists and PhD scientists and to provide training to pre-doctoral MD PhD, and PhD candidates in the area of metabolism. We are seeking support for 3 post-doctoral positions and 2-predoctoral positions. There is a dearth of training opportunities in metabolic disease in the intermountain west, and as such this program will meet a critical need. The training program is designed to stimulate scientific interactions and collaborations in an interdisciplinary environment with basic and clinical researchers at various career stages. The program builds on unique strengths in metabolism research at the University of Utah that spans basic and mechanistic investigation across a range of model organisms to translational studies in humans. The training program is built upon on strong mentor-based training in basic and clinical investigation and a rigorous didactic curriculum including a core curriculum in metabolism as well as specific training in research methodologies and grant writing. Trainees will receive tailored career mentoring to ensure a successful transition to the next stage of their career. The training faculty comprises 18 highly interactive faculty, with strong collaborations, stable extramural funding and dynamic research programs, who are members of the Metabolism Interest Group, which spans five departments within the School of Medicine, and four divisions within the Department of Internal Medicine. The broad reach of the Metabolism Interest Group will guarantee reliable recruitment of suitable trainees. Clinically qualified trainees will be recruited from fellowship training programs in Endocrinology, Cardiology, Gastroenterology and Nephrology and PhD post-docs will be recruited nationally. Pre-doctoral candidates will be recruited from the combined programs in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Utah. The training program is integrated with training activities of the Molecular Medicine Program, the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and the graduate programs in Molecular Biology and Biological Chemistry. The training program will be administered through the Division of Endocrinology Metabolism and Diabetes, and will be overseen by an executive committee comprising the Principal Investigator and 3 co-directors, all of whom are senior investigators with strong track records of and uncompromising commitment to mentoring trainees.