Interdisciplinary Training Program in Metabolism

描述(申请人提供)：目前肥胖、胰岛素抵抗和糖尿病及其各种并发症的激增，突显出迫切需要增加新陈代谢领域训练有素的研究人员队伍。犹他大学新陈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后科学家提供博士后培训，并为新陈代谢领域的博士后医学博士和博士生提供培训。我们正在寻求3个博士后职位和2个博士后职位的支持。在西部山区，代谢性疾病方面的培训机会很少，因此，这项计划将满足迫切的需求。该培训计划旨在促进与处于不同职业阶段的基础和临床研究人员在跨学科环境中的科学互动和合作。该项目建立在犹他大学新陈代谢研究的独特优势之上，该研究涵盖了一系列模型生物的基础和机械研究，以及人类的翻译研究。该培训计划建立在基础和临床研究方面强有力的导师培训和严格的教学课程基础上，包括新陈代谢的核心课程以及研究方法和拨款撰写方面的具体培训。学员将接受量身定做的职业指导，以确保成功过渡到他们职业生涯的下一个阶段。培训教员由18名高度互动的教员组成，他们拥有强大的合作、稳定的校外资金和动态的研究计划，他们是新陈代谢兴趣小组的成员，该小组横跨医学院内的五个系和内科的四个科。新陈代谢兴趣小组的广泛影响范围将保证可靠地招聘到合适的受训人员。临床合格的实习生将从内分泌学、心脏病学、胃肠病学和肾脏病学的奖学金培训计划中招募，博士后将在全国范围内招募。博士前候选人将从犹他大学生物化学和分子生物学的联合项目中招聘。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计划的培训活动相结合。培训计划将通过内分泌学代谢和糖尿病司管理，并将由一个执行委员会监督，执行委员会由首席调查员和3名联席主任组成，他们都是高级调查人员，有着良好的记录和对指导学员的坚定承诺。

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.