Institutional Research Training in Pediatric Gastroenterology

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请寻求匹兹堡大学和匹兹堡大学匹兹堡分校儿童医院儿科胃肠病学培训项目的持续支持。我们的具体目标是培养儿科医师-科学家和非医师科学家独立的学术生涯，研究与婴幼儿胃肠道，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准备好过渡到他们自己的导师奖学金（k系列）。我们的项目包括为医师科学家和非医师科学家提供两年的临床或实验室研究。研究年度将由一个由匹兹堡大学学术界挑选的教师委员会监督，该委员会根据他们的生产力历史，他们对胃肠病学或肝病学研究的兴趣，他们获得资金的历史以及他们对培训的承诺。除了为受训者提供研究环境外，学院成员还将担任量身定制的项目委员会成员，该委员会将监督、评估和指导每位受训者的科学和智力进步。受训者将与其他医学博士、博士和医学博士/博士在读前和博士后实习生并肩工作。在这种环境下，我们已经培养了四名内科科学家。这两名毕业生都在攻读学术课程，并继续从事研究工作。这两名将于2010年6月毕业的学生已经在学术机构获得了职位。在过去的拨款期间，儿科部门包括儿科胃肠病学部门搬进了新的30万平方英尺的研究大楼，毗邻新的儿童医院，证实了该机构对促进研究的承诺。机构对研究的承诺，我们的教师对指导年轻科学家的奉献精神，以及吸引到我们项目的优秀候选人，使我们的项目成为成功培养下一代儿科胃肠病学科学家的良好环境。

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.