Research Training Program in Nutrition, Obesity and Metabolic Disorders

项目摘要 该应用程序寻求支持四个高素质的博士前候选人致力于创新 肥胖、代谢紊乱和营养领域的研究工作。我们的培训计划汇集了 塔夫茨大学的两个完善的博士课程，生物化学与分子营养（BMN）计划 Gerald J和Dorothy R Friedman营养科学与政策学院以及细胞，分子和 Sackler生物医学研究生院的发育生物学（CMDB）项目。两 项目位于塔夫茨大学的健康科学校园，每个项目都将通过以下方式提供有力的支持： 研究生招生、学生服务、注册和跟踪学术进展的基础设施， 重要的是，对学生的经济支持。已被BMN或CMDB博士录取的学生 计划，完成了他们的第一年的培训与区别，加入了培训计划教师的之一， 实验组，在培训计划的范围内选择论文主题，并陈述他们的意图， 从事研究科学家职业将有资格被任命参加培训计划。转向 委员会将建议培训计划的领导对计划的运作。他们将审查候选人， 任命和重新任命，评估论文项目与培训计划目标的一致性，以及 根据论文咨询委员会的书面报告评估学员的进展情况。该计划的教师有 根据他们的研究活动和业绩记录或他们作为导师的潜力来选择。值得注意的是， 培训计划的教师有一个强大的合作记录的研究资金和出版。我们将准备 博士生通过论文研究，教学和体验成为独立的研究科学家 学习学员将在两所学校中的任何一所就读，他们的课程有着相似的理念， 顺序两批学员将获得相同的职业发展和技能建设 活动，将通过共享研讨会，期刊俱乐部和学生研究报告进行互动，采取一些 课程在一起，并受益于NIDDK资助的波士顿营养肥胖的计划和资源 研究中心事实上，我们的学员将有一个更广泛的接触科学思想和方法比 在任何一所学校的传统项目中。按照设计，这一培训计划将有助于促进 培训学员，帮助他们学习在多学科环境中工作。程序部件包括 教学课程，基础课程，资格考试，研究轮换，论文研究，以及 职业发展规划。培训计划旨在真正多学科的方法， 提供广泛的培训机会，最终目标是让学员为成功的 作为研究科学家的职业。

PROJECT SUMMARY This application seeks support for four highly qualified predoctoral candidates committed to innovative research careers in the area of obesity, metabolic disorders and nutrition. Our training program brings together two well-established PhD programs at Tufts University, the Biochemical & Molecular Nutrition (BMN) Program at the Gerald J and Dorothy R Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and the Cell, Molecular & Developmental Biology (CMDB) Program at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. Both programs reside on Tufts’ Health Sciences Campus and each will contribute strong support through infrastructure for graduate admissions, student services, registration and tracking of academic progress and importantly, financial support for students. Students who have been admitted to the BMN or CMDB PhD programs, completed their first year of training with distinction, joined one of the training program faculty’s laboratory groups, selected a thesis topic within the scope of the training program, and stated their intent to pursue a career as a research scientists will be eligible for appointment to the training program. A Steering Committee will advise the training program’s leadership on program operations. They will review candidates for appointment and reappointment, assess the alignment of thesis projects with the training program’s goals, and evaluating trainee progress based on a written Thesis Advisory Committee report. The program faculty have been selected based on their research activities and track record or their potential as mentors. Of note, the training program faculty have a strong collaborative record of research funding and publication. We will prepare PhD students to become independent research scientists through thesis research and didactic and experiential learning. Trainees will be enrolled in either of two schools and their programs share a similar philosophy and sequence. Both cohorts of trainees will have access to the same career development and skill building activities, will interact through shared seminars, journal clubs and student research presentations, take some courses together and benefit from the programs and resources of the NIDDK-funded Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center. Indeed, our trainees will have a broader exposure to scientific ideas and approaches than those in traditional programs at either school. By design, this training plan will serve to foster cohesion among program trainees and help them learn to work in a multi-disciplinary environment. Program components include didactic coursework, seminar-bases courses, a qualifying examination, research rotations, thesis research, and career development planning. The training program is designed to be truly multi-disciplinary in approach and to provide a broad range of training opportunities with the ultimate goal of preparing trainees for successful careers as research scientists.