Training Grant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

这份申请是为了续签#年明尼苏达大学的博士后培训补助金。 自1977年以来一直存在的糖尿病、内分泌学和新陈代谢。对此的需求 培训计划的规模从未像现在这样大。糖尿病、肥胖症和其他内分泌疾病现在影响 超过一半的美国人口，但致力于此的研究科学家的数量 调查范围没有跟上疾病流行率的增长。历史悠久的 该项目的目标一直是为医生和博士毕业生成功地 学术医学方面的研究生涯。这一准备工作一直集中在关键的 学员和研究导师之间的互动。参加该计划的所有导师都有国家级或 在各自领域享有国际声誉，并在指导方面有良好的记录。他们的 这些努力得到了强有力的管理结构的支持，该结构鼓励受训者在 获得成为独立调查人员所需的技能。这种结构也是定期的 评估和监督实习生和整个项目的成功情况，并支持 在学员和导师之间建立高度互动的关系。特别之处 我们教员的研究优势包括细胞代谢和遗传学；内分泌学和信号转导； 肥胖的神经生物学和食欲调节；干细胞生物学、自身免疫和β细胞生物学；以及 内分泌疾病的临床方面。该项目的申请者来自顶尖大学和 来自世界各地的医学院。我们的实习生要么都完成了驻院计划 在美国内科或在一个主要研究领域获得生物科学博士学位 在加入这一奖学金之前，我已经在大学毕业了。在此应用程序中，我们请求增加 我们的博士后研究员职位每年从3个增加到4个，这样我们就可以支持更多的博士 训练有素的科学家对内分泌学感兴趣，同时继续我们的长期工作 致力于培养内科科学家。这些职位将用于为2名MD提供支持 受过培训的博士后研究员和2名受过博士培训的博士后研究员因其突出的潜力而被挑选出来 每个预算年度都是糖尿病、内分泌学和新陈代谢领域的顶尖科学家。

This application is for the renewal of a post-doctoral training grant at the University of Minnesota in diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolism that has been in existence since 1977. The need for this training program has never been greater. Diabetes, obesity, and other endocrine diseases now affect more than half of the United States population but the number of research scientists committed to this area of investigation of has not kept pace with the growth in disease prevalence. The long-standing goal of this program has been to prepare physicians and graduates of PhD programs for successful research careers in academic medicine. This preparation has been centered upon the critical interaction between the trainee and the research mentor. All mentors in this program have national or international reputations in their respective areas and have strong track records in mentoring. Their efforts are supported by a strong administrative structure that encourages trainees to be deliberate in obtaining the skills they will need to become independent investigators. This structure also regularly evaluates and monitors the success of the trainee and the overall program as well as supports the development of a highly interactive relationship between the trainee and mentor. The particular research strengths of our faculty include cellular metabolism and genetics; endocrinology and signaling; neurobiology and appetite regulation of obesity; stem cell biology, autoimmunity, and β-cell biology; and clinical aspects of endocrine disease. Applicants for this program come from leading Universities and Medical Schools from around the world. Our trainees have all either completed a residency program in internal medicine in the United States or received a PhD in a biological science at a major research University before enrolling in this fellowship. In this application, we request an increase in the number of our post-doctoral fellowship positions from three to four each year so we can support more PhD trained scientists interested in endocrinology as a career while continuing our long standing commitment to training physician scientists. These positions will be used to provide support for 2 MD trained and 2 PhD trained post-doctoral fellows selected for their outstanding potential to become leading scientists in diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolism each budget year.