RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

描述(由申请人提供)：波士顿儿童医院提供的发育内分泌学和新陈代谢方面的培训赠款旨在为博士后研究员提供资金，以从事有助于在学术儿科内分泌学领域独立发展的研究培训。学员以医学博士、医学博士或偶尔博士学位进入该项目，并从儿童医院高素质的儿科内分泌学研究员中挑选出来。28名培训人员包括13名儿科内分泌内科科学家(包括5名医学/博士)、13名其他学科的内科科学家和2名博士生。儿童医院是主要的培训地点，还有马萨诸塞州总医院、贝丝以色列女执事医疗中心、布里格姆妇女医院和乔斯林糖尿病中心的实验室。该培训基金的主要研究领域包括糖尿病、肥胖症、神经内分泌学、甲状腺疾病、骨骼健康、干细胞生物学、生物信息学、离子传输和人类成果研究的临床、转化性和基础实验室研究。培训包括教学课程，包括定量方法和研究的道德行为，以及一段时间的个人指导研究。计划的平均培训期限为两年。在过去10年中完成这一培训方案的15名受训人员中，除1人外，其余都是儿科学术机构的教员(1名教授、2名助理教授、9名讲师)和2名工业界教员。在这些人中，3人获得了独立的NIH K奖，1人获得了R01。他们的出版记录很好。该计划利用了内分泌科培训人员的广泛科学专业知识，以及更大的波士顿儿童医院社区和周围哈佛环境中的培训人员的广泛科学知识。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This training grant in developmental endocrinology and metabolism at Children's Hospital Boston intends to provide funding for postdoctoral fellows to engage in research training leading to independent careers in academic pediatric endocrinology. Trainees enter the program with either the MD, MD/PhD or occasionally the PhD degree, and are selected from highly qualified pediatric endocrinology fellows at Children's Hospital. The 28 trainers include 13 pediatric endocrine physician-scientists (including 5 MD/PhDs), 13 physician-scientists of other disciplines, and 2 PhD scientists. Children's Hospital is the major training site, along with laboratories at Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Joslin Diabetes Center. The major areas of research emphasis in this training grant include clinical, translational and basic laboratory research in diabetes mellitus, obesity, neuroendocrinology, thyroid disease, bone health, stem cell biology, bioinformatics, ion transport, and human outcomes research. Training consists of didactic courses, including in quantitative methods and the ethical conduct of research, and an intensive period of individually mentored research. The intended average duration of training is two years. Of the 15 trainees during the past 10 years who have completed this training program, all but 1 are faculty in academic pediatric institutions (1 Professor, 2 Assistant Professors, 9 Instructors) and 2 are in industry. Of these, 3 have had independent NIH K awards, and 1 has an R01. Their record of publication is strong. This program takes advantage of the breadth of scientific expertise of the training faculty within the Division of Endocrinology, as well as in the larger Children's Hospital Boston community and surrounding Harvard environment.