Research Training Program in Diabetes and Obesity

描述（由申请人提供）：印第安纳州大学糖尿病和肥胖培训计划始于1999年，由NIDDK资助十年，目前有两名博士前和两名博士后学员。该计划的目标是在其职业生涯的早期阶段为年轻研究人员提供培训，研究与糖尿病，新陈代谢和肥胖有关，这是一个日益严重的国家健康问题。印第安纳州大学医学院是这一倡议的杰出论坛。来自六个系的二十四名教师将作为导师参加该计划。这群教师有着良好的培训记录，作为PI，他们的外部资金仅为1000万美元，其中370万美元来自NIDDK和JDRF。在下一个周期，需要为三名博士前和两名博士后受训人员提供支助。博士前学生将参加糖尿病和肥胖症的未成年人，其中包括最近开发的3学分糖尿病和肥胖症课程。博士后研究员也将参加该课程。学生和博士后研究员都将参加糖尿病研究中心的研讨会，将在同一系列中展示他们的成果，并鼓励他们在美国糖尿病协会科学会议等国家会议上展示他们的工作。此外，他们将参加研究伦理课程和赠款写作研讨会。该计划对多样性问题很敏感，在过去的资助周期中，招募了一名西班牙裔和一名非洲裔美国人受训。通过在为糖尿病研究提供强有力的多学科支持的环境和文化中进行培训，即使他们的特定研究兴趣在他们的职业生涯中不断发展，他们也很有可能保持对糖尿病的兴趣。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Indiana University Diabetes and Obesity Training Program began in 1999 and has been funded for ten years by NIDDK, currently at the level of two pre-doctoral and two post-doctoral trainees. The goal of the program is to provide training to young researchers at an early career stage of their careers, in research that is relevant to diabetes, metabolism, and obesity, an ever growing problem for the health of the nation. The Indiana University School of Medicine is an outstanding forum for such an initiative. Twenty four faculty from six departments will participate as mentors in the program. This group of faculty has a strong training record and has just short of $10M of external funding as PIs, with $3.7M from NIDDK and JDRF. For the upcoming cycle, support for three pre- and two post-doctoral trainees is requested. Pre-doctoral students will take a Minor in Diabetes and Obesity which includes a 3 credit Diabetes and Obesity course that has been recently developed. Post-doctoral fellows will also take the course. Both students and post-doctoral fellows will attend Center for Diabetes Research seminars, will present their results in the same series, and will be encouraged to present their work at national meetings such as the American Diabetes Association scientific sessions. Additionally, they will take a Research Ethics course and a Grant Writing Workshop. The program is sensitive to the issue of diversity and in the past funding cycle has recruited a hispanic and an African American trainee. By training in an environment and culture that gives strong multi-disciplinary support for diabetes research, there is a significant probability that th trainees will sustain an interest in diabetes, even as their specific research interests evolve ove their careers.