Multidisciplinary Training in Translational Gastrinointestinal and Liver Research

描述（由申请人提供）：这是哥伦比亚大学的更新申请，要求资助消化和肝脏疾病博士后培训计划。该计划旨在培养医学博士。研究人员成为独立的基础，临床和转化研究人员。该方案已经存在了四年，迄今为止，它的使命非常成功。该培训计划最初侧重于培训成人胃肠病学家，但现在寻求扩大到包括一个快速增长的儿科GI部门。这两个司现在在挑选和培训研究员方面都把重点放在研究培训上。该计划的教师，虽然主要来自成人和儿科GI部门，现在包括来自许多部门的教师。受训者被分配给基础或临床流行病学研究的导师，并获得特定的研究项目，但也要完成严格的教学指导计划，包括交叉培训和多学科教育。所有学员将接触基本的实验室调查，并接受生物统计学和临床试验设计方面的培训。该NIH培训计划建立在儿科和成人GI非常强大的学术奖学金基础上，目前正在这些学科中培养许多年轻的学术教师。蒂莫西·C博士Wang是该培训项目的PI和主任，但由副主任Joel Lavine博士和霍华德沃曼博士干练地协助。这三位项目负责人多年来一直积极指导年轻的基础和临床科学家，并在培训方面有着出色的记录。该计划得到内部和外部咨询委员会的支持，并与哥伦比亚大学CTSA和MS/POR培训计划紧密结合。强调招聘代表性不足的族裔群体，并培训道德和负责任的行为。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a renewal application from Columbia University that requests funding for postdoctoral training program in digestive and liver diseases. The program is designed to train M.D. investigators to become independent basic, clinical and translational researchers. The program has been in existence for four years and to date has been highly successful in its mission. The training program has been focused initially on training adult gastroenterologists, but now seeks to expand to include a rapidly growing pediatric GI division. Both divisions now put a primary emphasis on research training in both the selection and training of their fellows. The program faculty, while drawing primarily from adult and pediatric GI divisions, now includes faculty from many departments. Trainees are assigned to a mentor in basic or clinical epidemiology research, and are given a specific research project, but also complete a rigorous program of didactic instruction that includes cross training and multidisciplinary educaiton. All trainees will be exposed to basic laboratory investigation and receive training in biostatistics and clinical trial design. This NIH training program builds upon very strong and academic fellowships in pediatric and adult GI, which are now developing many young academic faculty in these disciplines. Dr. Timothy C. Wang is the PI and Director of this training program, but ably assisted by Associate Directors Drs. Joel Lavine and Howard Worman. All three program leaders have actively mentored young basic and clinical scientists for many years, and have superb track records in training. The program is supported by both Internal and External Advisory Committees, and is tightly integrated with the Columbia University CTSA and MS/POR training programs.Strong emphasis is given to the recruitment of underrepresented ethnic groups and to training in ethical and responsible conduct.