Institutional Research Training in Pediatric Gastroenterology

描述(由申请人提供)：此申请寻求继续支持匹兹堡大学和匹兹堡儿童医院的儿科胃肠病培训计划。我们的具体目标是培养儿科内科科学家和非内科科学家从事独立的学术生涯，研究与婴幼儿和儿童时期的胃肠道、胰腺和肝脏疾病相关的主题。拟议计划的一个关键目标是让每个学员做好准备，以过渡到他们自己的导师奖学金(K系列)。我们的计划包括为期两年的临床或实验室研究，面向内科科学家和非内科科学家。研究年度将由一个从匹兹堡大学学术团体中挑选出来的教员委员会监督，该委员会根据他们的生产力历史、他们对胃肠病或肝病研究的兴趣、他们获得资金的历史以及他们对培训的承诺来监督他们。除了为受训者提供研究环境外，教员还将为个人量身定做的项目委员会服务，这些委员会将监督、评估和指导每名受训者的科学和智力进步。实习生将与其他医学博士、博士和医学博士/博士后实习生一起工作。我们现在已经在这种环境下培训了四名内科科学家。毕业的两人都在攻读学术课程，并继续从事研究工作。将于2010年6月毕业的两人已经接受了学术机构的职位。在过去的赠款期间，儿科系包括儿科消化科搬进了毗邻新儿童医院的一座300,000平方英尺的新研究大楼，确认了该研究所促进研究的承诺。机构对研究的承诺，我们教员对指导年轻科学家的奉献精神，以及我们项目吸引的优秀同事候选人，使我们的环境成为成功培养儿科胃肠病学下一代科学家的杰出环境。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks continued support for a Pediatric Gastroenterology Training program at the University of Pittsburgh and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Our specific aim is to train pediatric physician- scientists and non-physician scientists for independent academic careers investigating topics relevant to gastrointestinal, pancreatic and hepatic diseases in infancy and childhood. A key goal of the proposed program is to prepare each trainee to transition to their own mentored scholar award (K-series). Our program includes two years of clinical or laboratory research for physician-scientists and non-physician scientists. The research years will be supervised by a committee of faculty selected from the University of Pittsburgh academic community based on their history of productivity, their interest in research in gastroenterology or hepatology, their history of obtaining funding and their commitment to training. In addition to providing a research environment for trainees, members of the faculty will also serve on individually tailored Project Committees, which will oversee, evaluate and guide the scientific and intellectual progress of each trainee. Trainees will work side-by-side with other MD, PhD and MD/PhD predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. We have now trained four physician-scientists in this environment. The two that graduated are in academic programs and continuing to pursue research careers. The two that will graduate in June 2010 have accepted positions at academic institutions. In the past grant period, the Department of Pediatrics including the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology moved into a new 300,000 square foot research building adjacent to the new Children's Hospital confirming the commitment of the Institution to fostering research. The institutional commitment to research, the dedication of our faculty to mentor young scientists and the excellent fellow candidates attracted to our program makes this an outstanding environment to successfully train the next generation of scientists in Pediatric Gastroenterology.