Research Training in Diabetes and Endocrinology

这项提议寻求对提供博士后研究的机构NRSA的持续支持 对4名医学博士和/或博士研究生进行内分泌学、糖尿病和新陈代谢方面的研究培训。 还要求提供6个短期暑期医学生培训职位。这个多- 纪律计划涉及五个临床和基础科学领域的32名教员 范德比尔特大学医学院院系。它是 范德比尔特糖尿病研究和培训中心的培训活动。其目标是提供 具有独立翻译或临床研究所需知识和技能的受训人员 事业。它之前的设计是为了对医学博士和博士科学家进行同等数量的培训。 然而，由于NIH声明的增加临床研究的目标，我们将专注于我们的 医学博士S、医学博士S和博士S有更多临床研究兴趣的招聘工作。 这种培训可能是在临床前、转化性或临床研究领域，重点是 在适当的情况下提供基本的科学体验。学员将从以下项目中选出 传统上在范德比尔特接受培训的全国范围内的申请者。医学博士或医学博士/博士。 学员通常要接受三到四年的相关实习培训才能进入 程序。博士后实习生将被考虑为他们的第一次博士后经历。实习生是 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 该计划利用了一种基于导师的方法，即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。有几个标准可用于 授课老师和学员的匹配，包括学员的兴趣、建议项目的质量、金额 教授可以提供的直接监督，以及研究资金的充分性和 提供设施。典型的研究主题包括荷尔蒙在人体内的作用，因为它与 糖尿病、肥胖症和代谢调节。这款T32的研究培训最多两年， 目标是由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。实习生 监督委员会每年对进展情况进行两次评估，并对计划进行评估 每年都是由同一个委员会。在NIH支持的46年中，该计划已经支持了132 博士后实习生。在完成培训的人中，超过80%的人已经开始 在学术界、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.