Institutional Training Grant in Pediatric Gastroenterology

 描述(由申请人提供)：本申请是科罗拉多州丹佛大学(UCD)和科罗拉多州儿童医院科罗拉多州奥罗拉市安舒茨医学院儿科胃肠病、肝病和营养学机构培训计划(T32)的第二次续签。该计划的总体目标是为博士后实习生提供特殊的监督培训经验，使他们能够发展或提高他们的研究技能和知识，为儿科胃肠病或肝病相关的研究生涯做准备。该计划的基本原理是利用安舒茨医学院强大的物理和科学协同效应、杰出的敬业和经验丰富的研究人员以及大量潜在的申请者。为培养基础实验室科学家或临床-转化型科学家，提供了两种研究培训途径，利用UCD在基础、翻译、临床和基于结果的研究方面的资源。研究培训将集中在四个一般的科学主题：组织损伤和修复的机制，免疫生物学和宿主防御，儿童肥胖和代谢综合征，以及健康结果研究。T32的教职员工已经发展到31名科学家，拥有超过2500万美元的NIH拨款和非常成功的培训记录。基础研究经验通过研究生课程、研讨会和多学科会议得到加强。临床-翻译研究的实习生将参加加州大学伯克利分校临床科学研究生项目的理学硕士学位，并将利用科罗拉多州临床和翻译科学研究所的基础设施。 研究培训是一个2-3年的项目，一般从副专业奖学金的第二年开始，或者在完成博士学位或同等学历之后开始。符合条件的候选人主要来自国家承认的儿科胃肠病学奖学金，其他学科的候选人也有潜力，包括新生儿学、营养学和相关的基础科学领域。为研究员提供至少80%的保护时间，以便在有指导和有组织的环境中接受2年或3年的培训。教育和研究经验的质量将由受训者、导师和执行委员会通过定义的衡量标准和持续的改进过程进行密切监测。在2014年前完成T32培训的16名学员中，有13名(81%)将拥有全职学术职位并正在发展他们的研究生涯。要求续设5个培训职位。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for the second renewal of the Institutional Training Program (T32) in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD) and Children's Hospital Colorado at the Anschutz's Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. The overall goal of this program is to provide post-doctoral trainees with an exceptional supervised training experience to allow them to develop or enhance their research skills and knowledge in preparation for a pediatric gastroenterology or hepatology related research career. The underlying rationale for this program is to take advantage of the strong physical and scientific synergies provided at the Anschutz Medical Campus, an outstanding committed and experienced research faculty, and a large pool of potential applicants. Two pathways of research training are offered to produce Basic Laboratory Scientists or Clinical- Translational Scientists, leveraging the resources at the UCD in basic, translational, clinical and outcomes-based research. Research training will be focused in four general scientific themes: mechanisms of tissue injury and repair, immunobiology and host defense, pediatric obesity and metabolic syndrome, and health outcomes research. The T32 faculty has grown to 31 scientists with over $25 million dollars in NIH grant funding and a highly successful training record. Basic research experiences are augmented by graduate courses, seminars and multidisciplinary meetings. Trainees in clinical-translational research will participate in the Masters of Science Degree in the Clinical Sciences Graduate Program of UCD and will leverage the infrastructure of the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. The research training is designed to be a 2-3 year program, generally beginning in the 2nd year of subspecialty fellowship or following completion of a PhD or equivalent. Eligible candidates are primarily drawn from the nationally recognized fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, with the potential for candidates in other disciplines including neonatology, nutrition and related basic science fields. Fellows are provided a minimum of 80% protected time for 2 or 3 years of training in a mentored and structured environment. The quality of the educational and research experiences will be closely monitored by the trainees, mentors and Executive Committee with defined metrics and ongoing improvement processes. Of the 16 trainees who will have completed the T32 training by 2014, 13 (81%) will have full-time academic positions and are developing their research careers. The continuation of 5 training positions is requested.