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

该提案要求持续提供资金，以继续开展肥胖、糖尿病和糖尿病夏季项目。 营养研究培训(运动)，旨在激发人们对糖尿病、肥胖症和 营养，每年为12名一年级医学生提供有指导的暑期研究体验，如 以及在整个医学院进行的职业、学术、研究和临床指导， 最终目标是让学员为参加竞争性住院医师培训计划做好准备，从而 作为独立内科科学家的职业生涯。其目的是：1)将医科一年级学生与 优秀的教师导师，将维持导师关系并提供职业指导 在医学生的整个职业生涯中；2)提供有组织的培训和经验 独立、假设驱动的研究；3)通过招聘提高科学界的多样性 来自生物医学研究背景的学生比例偏低。就后者而言，总体上，8- 33%的运动训练队列是来自代表性不足的背景的学生。培训 经验是建立在我们从实践中学习的原则上的。除了完成指导课程之外 研究项目，学生参加核心研讨会，研究静修和论坛，以获得额外的 研究曝光率，并建立一个指导网络。马里兰大学医学院是一所富有的 学术环境，以及以糖尿病、肥胖和营养为重点的研究和 临床护理。我们已经召集了50名导师，其中许多人是NIDDK资助的营养组织的成员 肥胖研究中心，他们是经验丰富、资金充足的研究人员，在 导师，研究涵盖流行病学、遗传学/基因组学、分子、 疾病的细胞和病理生理机制、技术、转化研究和患者- 以临床研究为导向。通过年中和年末对计划、实习生和导师进行评估 计划评估以及一个指导委员会参与的进程，该委员会每年举行两次会议，以 审查课程内容、评估、学生进度，并提出未来发展方向。为学生提供 通过四年的研究选修课获得持续研究和指导的机会。计划参与者 为同行评议的出版物作出了贡献，并参加了在国家会议上的发言。 体育运动为吸引高素质的医生进入生物医学研究提供了一条渠道， 医学生在医学院早期有机会接受导师的研究培训，发展智力 并在生物医学研究方面获得技术经验，重点是肥胖、营养、糖尿病和相关 研究。

This proposal requests ongoing funding to continue the Summer Program in Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition Research Training (SPORT) and aims to inspire passion toward research in diabetes, obesity and nutrition by providing a mentored summer research experience for 12 first year medical students per year, 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 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 and experience in the conduct of independent, hypothesis driven research; 3) improve diversity among the scientific community by recruiting students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research. With respect to the latter, overall, 8- 33% of the SPORT training cohorts have been students from underrepresented backgrounds. The training experience is founded on the principle that we learn by doing. In addition to completing the mentored research project, students participate in core seminars, a research retreat and forum to gain additional research exposure and develop a mentoring network. The University of Maryland School of Medicine is a rich academic environment, and a leading institution in diabetes, obesity and nutrition focused research and clinical care. We have assembled 50 mentors, many of whom are members of the NIDDK funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center, who are experienced, well-funded investigators with excellent 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. The program, trainees and mentors are evaluated through mid and end of program evaluations as well as a process involving a Steering Committee which meets twice annually to review program content, evaluations, student progress, and advise future direction. Students are offered opportunities for ongoing research and mentoring through 4th year research electives. Program participants have contributed to peer reviewed publications and participated in presentations at national meetings. SPORT provides a pipeline to attracting highly qualified physicians into biomedical research by providing medical students an early medical school opportunity for mentored research training, intellectual development and to gain technical experience in biomedical research focused on obesity, nutrition, diabetes and related research.