Research Training in Diabetes and Endocrinology

这项建议寻求继续支持机构NRSA，提供博士后 研究训练到4医学博士和/或博士内分泌学、糖尿病和新陈代谢方面的受训者。 还要求提供6个短期暑期医科学生培训职位。这多- 学科计划涉及五个临床和基础科学的32名教师 范德比尔特大学医学院的各个系。它是一个组成部分， 范德比尔特糖尿病研究和培训中心的培训活动。它的目标是提供 具有独立翻译或临床研究所需知识和技能的学员 careers.它以前被设计用来训练医学博士和和博士数量相等的科学家。 然而，由于NIH增加临床研究的既定目标，我们将重点关注 医学博士的招聘工作医学博士/博士博士学位。更多的临床研究兴趣 这种培训可能是在临床前，转化或临床研究领域，重点是 在适当的情况下提供基本的科学经验。学员将从 传统上在范德比尔特寻求培训的全国范围内的申请者。M.D.或医学博士/博士 学员通常在入职前接受三至四年的相关驻院训练， 程序.博士将考虑学员的第一次博士后经验。学员 根据他们作为未来研究人员和教育工作者的潜力进行选择。培训 该计划采用基于导师的方法，其中受训者开发一个研究项目 在教师导师和指导委员会的指导下。有几个标准用于 匹配导师和学员，包括学员的兴趣，项目的质量，金额 导师可以提供的直接监督，以及研究资金的充足性， 设施齐全。典型的研究课题包括人类的激素作用，因为它涉及到 糖尿病、肥胖和代谢调节。T32的研究训练最多两年， 目标是通过个人研究金赠款提供额外的培训年数。培训是 辅以会议、研讨会、课程和职业指导工作。见习 监督委员会每年两次对进展情况进行评估， 每年由同一个委员会。在NIH支持的46年中，该计划支持了132个 博士后研究生。在完成培训的人中，超过80%的人已经开始 学术界、工业界或政府的职业生涯。

This proposal seeks continued support for an Institutional NRSA that provides post-doctoral research training to 4 M.D. and/or Ph.D. trainees in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Also requested are 6 short-term summer medical student training positions. This multi- disciplinary program involves 32 faculty preceptors in five clinical and basic science departments of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. It is an integral component of the training activities of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center. Its goal is to provide trainees with the knowledge and skills required for independent translational or clinical research careers. It was previously designed to train both M.D. and Ph.D. scientists in equal numbers. However, due to the stated NIH goal of increasing clinical research, we will focus our recruitment efforts on M.D.'s, M.D./Ph.D.'s and Ph.D.'s with more clinical research interests. This training may be in pre-clinical, translational, or clinical research areas, with emphasis on providing a basic science experience where appropriate. Trainees will be selected from the nationwide pool of applicants that traditionally seek training at Vanderbilt. M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. trainees usually have three to four years of relevant residency training before entering the program. Ph.D. trainees will be considered for their first post-doctoral experience. Trainees are selected on the basis of their potential as future researchers and educators. The training program utilizes a preceptor-based approach, in which the trainee develops a research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor and mentoring committee. Several criteria are used to match preceptor and trainee, including trainee interests, quality of the project proposed, amount of direct supervision that the preceptor can provide, and adequacy of the research funding and facilities available. Typical research topics include hormone action in humans as it relates to diabetes, obesity, and metabolic regulation. Research training on this T32 is at most two years, with the goal of extra training years provided by individual fellowship grants. Training is supplemented by conferences, seminars, coursework, and career guidance efforts. Trainee progress is evaluated by the oversight committee twice-yearly and the program is evaluated yearly by the same committee. In the 46 years of NIH support, the program has supported 132 post-doctoral trainees. Of those who have completed training, over 80% have embarked upon careers in academia, industry or government.