Summer Program in Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition Training (SPORT)

描述(由申请者提供)：我们计划通过为医学生提供有指导的夏季研究体验以及整个医学院持续的职业、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在竞争性住院医师培训计划中的安置做准备，从而成为独立的内科科学家。其独特的目标是：1)将一年级的医学生与优秀的教师导师配对，这些导师将在学生的整个医学院生涯中保持导师关系并提供职业指导；2)在进行独立的、假设驱动的研究方面提供结构化的培训；3)通过招收生物医学研究中代表性较低的背景的学生来提高科学界的多样性；4)确保女性的参与；5)鼓励医学生进入马里兰大学巴尔的摩大学(UMB)的几个联合硕士或博士项目之一。马里兰大学医学院(UM SOM)是一个丰富的学术环境，是糖尿病、肥胖症和营养研究和临床护理方面的领先机构。我们汇集了50名导师，他们都是经验丰富、资金充足的研究人员，拥有优秀到杰出的导师记录，他们的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、转化性研究和以患者为中心的临床研究。值得注意的是，我们的导师包括医学院院长E.Albert Reess，医学系主席E.Albert Reess，内分泌学、糖尿病和营养科主任Stephen N.Davis，国家癌症研究中心主任Stephen N.Davis，基因组科学研究所所长Alan R.Shuldiner，粘膜生物学研究中心和腹腔研究中心主任Claire M.Fraser-Leggett，Alessio Fasano和外科主任Steven Bartlett。这一培训计划通过为医学生提供培训、指导和职业指导，以及帮助发展成功追求研究事业所必需的关键见解和哲学，扩大了糖尿病、肥胖症和营养研究人员发展的渠道。

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.