Duke Training Grant in Digestive Diseases and Nutrition

 描述(由申请人提供)：杜克大学胃肠病学部自1965年以来一直致力于胃肠病学和肝脏病学方面的临床医生和科学家的培训。其理念一直是通过促进临床医生和科学家之间关系的环境，从患者护理中出现的挑战中产生研究问题。在过去的十年里，我们的计划在安排毕业生进入学术职位方面取得了特别成功的成就。我们的目标是通过创造一个环境，促进能够追求成功研究事业的年轻研究人员的发展，来保持这一生产力的历史。随着这一竞争的更新，罗杰·利德尔博士和安德鲁·缪尔博士担任联席董事。该小组与前主任和执行委员会合作，对我们的受训人员的经验进行了许多实质性的改进。培训计划被重组为两个轨道，一个是由利德尔博士领导的基本/转换轨道，另一个是由缪尔博士领导的临床研究轨道。我们还将教职员工数量减少到专注于胃肠病或肝病研究的教师数量。尽管杜克大学将继续寻求与邻近大学的合作，但我们的目标是加强胃肠病和肝病研究人员的联系，以改善研究培训计划的社区环境。其他变化的具体例子包括：1)重组指导团队，增加一名职业导师，并在基础和临床研究人员中有更广泛的代表性；2)将指导计划设计应用于初级教员；3)扩大初级导师计划；4)扩大招聘过程，以使申请者群体多样化；5)发展对博士生的培训，以获得临床经验，并发展与临床医生和临床研究人员的工作关系；6)由胃肠病学部资助的新的访问学者计划，使受训人员接触到领先的研究人员；7)每年举行杜克大军研究研讨会，颁发最佳研究员报告奖；8)制定科学文化和问责计划，以促进科学诚信为最高优先事项的环境；9)成立一个新的外部咨询委员会。该项目的目标是继续培训有才华的研究人员，并建立在杜克大学的环境基础上，确保我们的博士后研究员发展成为非常成功的、创新的、独立的研究人员。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Duke University Division of Gastroenterology has been engaged in the training of clinicians and scientists in gastroenterology and hepatology since 1965. The philosophy has been to generate research questions from challenges that emerge in the care of patients through an environment that facilitates the relationships of clinicians and scientists. In the last decade, our program has been particularly successful in the placement of graduates into academic positions. Our goal is to maintain this history of productivity by creating an environment that facilitates the development of young investigators capable of pursuing successful research careers. With this competing renewal, Dr. Rodger Liddle and Dr. Andrew Muir have assumed the leadership as Co-Directors. In collaboration with the former Director and Executive Committee, the team has implemented a number of substantial enhancements to the experience of our trainees. The training program has been reorganized into two tracks with a basic/translational track led by Dr. Liddle and a clinical research track led by Dr. Muir. We have also reduced the number of faculty to those focused in gastroenterology or hepatology research. Although collaborations will continue to be sought across Duke and with neighboring universities, our goal is to strengthen the bonds of the gastroenterology and hepatology researchers to enhance the community environment of the research training program. Specific examples of other changes include: 1) reorganization of mentoring teams with the addition of a career mentor and broader representation among basic and clinical researchers; 2) application of the mentoring program design to junior faculty; 3) expansion of the junior preceptor program; 4) expansion of the recruitment process to diversify the applicant pool; 5) development of training for PhD fellows to gain clinical experience and develop working relationships with clinicians and clinical researchers; 6) a new Visiting Scholar Program funded by the Division of Gastroenterology to expose trainees to leading researchers; 7) an annual Duke GI Research Symposium with awards for the best fellow presentations; 8) development of a science culture and accountability plan to foster an environment where scientific integrity is the highest priority; 9) formation of a new External Advisory Committee. Th goal of this program is to continue training talented researchers and to build on the Duke environment that will ensure our postdoctoral fellows develop into highly successful, innovative, independent investigators.