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指导的夏季研究经验以及整个医学院正在进行的职业，学术，研究和临床指导来激发对糖尿病，肥胖和营养研究的热情，最终目标是为参与者准备竞争性住院医师培训计划，从而成为独立的医生科学家。其独特的目标是：1）匹配一年级的医学生与优秀的教师导师谁将保持导师关系，并提供职业指导整个学生的医学院生涯; 2）提供结构化的培训，在独立的，假设驱动的研究行为; 3）通过招收生物医学研究背景不足的学生，提高科学界的多样性，4）确保妇女的参与，5）鼓励医学生进入马里兰州巴尔的摩大学（UMB）的几个联合硕士或博士课程之一。马里兰州大学医学院（UM SOM）是一个丰富的学术环境，是糖尿病，肥胖和营养重点研究和临床护理的领先机构。我们已经召集了50名导师，他们都是经验丰富、资金充足的研究人员，具有出色的指导记录，其研究涵盖了各种主题，包括流行病学、遗传学/基因组学、分子、细胞和疾病的病理生理机制、技术、转化研究和以患者为导向的临床研究。值得一提的是，我们的导师中有医学院院长E。阿尔伯特·里斯，医学系主任，斯蒂芬·N·史密斯。内分泌、糖尿病和营养科主任，NORC主任，Alan R。Shuldiner，基因组科学研究所所长，Claire M.弗雷泽-莱格特、粘液生物学研究中心和腹腔研究中心主任阿莱西奥法萨诺和外科系主任史蒂文·巴特利特。该培训计划通过为医学生提供培训，指导和职业指导，以及帮助成功追求研究事业所需的关键见解和哲学的发展，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.