Summer Program in Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition Training (SPORT)

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议通过为医学生提供一个有指导的夏季研究经验，以及在整个医学院持续的职业，学术，研究和临床指导，激发对糖尿病，肥胖和营养研究的热情，最终目标是为参与者准备在竞争激烈的住院医师培训项目中安置，从而成为独立的内科科学家。独特的目标是：1)匹配一年级医学生与优秀的教师导师，他们将保持导师关系，并在学生的整个医学院生涯中提供职业指导；2)为进行独立的、假设驱动的研究提供结构化的培训；3)通过招收来自生物医学研究中代表性不足的背景的学生来改善科学界的多样性，4)确保女性的参与，5)鼓励医科学生进入马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校（UMB）的几个联合硕士或博士课程之一。马里兰大学医学院（UM SOM）拥有丰富的学术环境，是糖尿病、肥胖和营养研究和临床护理的领先机构。我们汇集了50位经验丰富、资金充足的研究人员，他们的研究涵盖了不同的主题，包括流行病学、遗传学/基因组学、疾病的分子、细胞和病理生理机制、技术、转化研究和以患者为导向的临床研究。值得注意的是在我们的导师是医学院的院长,e·阿尔伯特Reece医学部门主席斯蒂芬·n·戴维斯的内分泌,糖尿病和营养和NORC的主任,阿兰·r·Shuldiner基因组科学研究所的主任,克莱尔·m·Fraser-Leggett粘膜生物学研究中心的主任和腹腔研究中心,塞法,和外科学系的主席,史蒂文Bartlett。该培训计划通过为医学生提供培训、指导和职业指导，以及帮助他们发展成功追求研究事业所必需的关键见解和哲学，扩大了糖尿病、肥胖和营养研究人员的发展渠道。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to inspire passion toward research in diabetes, obesity and nutrition by providing a mentored summer research experience for medical students as well as ongoing career, academic, research and clinical mentoring throughout medical school, with the ultimate goal of preparing participants for placement in competitive residency training programs leading to careers as independent physician scientists. The unique aims are to: 1) match first year medical students with outstanding faculty mentors who will maintain the mentor relationship and provide career guidance throughout students' medical school career; 2) provide structured training in the conduct of independent, hypothesis driven research; 3) improve diversity among the scientific community by recruiting students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research, 4) ensure the participation of women and 5) encourage medical students to enter one of several joint masters or doctoral programs at University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB). The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) is a rich academic environment, and a leading institution in diabetes, obesity and nutrition focused research and clinical care. We have assembled 50 mentors are experienced, well- funded investigators with excellent to outstanding track records of mentoring whose research covers diverse topics including epidemiology, genetics/genomics, molecular, cellular, and pathophysiological mechanisms of disease, technology, translational research, and patient-oriented clinical research. It is noteworthy that among our mentors are the Dean of the School of Medicine, E. Albert Reece, the Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Stephen N. Davis, Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition and the Director of the NORC, Alan R. Shuldiner, the Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences, Claire M. Fraser-Leggett, the Director of the Mucosal Biology Research Center and the Center for Celiac Research, Alessio Fasano, and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, Steven Bartlett. This training program expands the pipeline for the development of diabetes, obesity and nutrition researchers by providing training, mentoring, and career guidance for medical students as well as aiding the development of critical insights and philosophies necessary for successful pursuit of research careers.