Training Program in Neuroendocrinology of Homeostasis

描述（由申请人提供）： 我们正在请求支持继续一个非常成功的培训计划，支持神经内分泌学的博士前和博士后培训，特别关注稳态和控制能量平衡的神经内分泌系统之间的相互作用，下丘脑-垂体-肾上腺（HPA）轴和生殖。在过去的十年里，辛辛那提大学在神经科学研究方面取得了巨大的发展，主要集中在神经内分泌学方面。这是该大学明确承诺将神经科学和能量稳态作为未来十年增长和研究卓越的主要重点领域的直接结果。世界公认的神经内分泌学领导者，在能量平衡，HPA轴和生殖领域，已被招募到医学院基础科学和临床部门的教师队伍，其中最好的是这个培训补助金的导师。这些研究人员非常富有成效，资金充足，具有指导成功的博士前和博士后学员的悠久历史。此外，这组研究人员已经建立了一套强大的合作，并加强了其提供指导和研究机会的能力，研究生和研究员在许多项目工作。学院的实力使我们能够招募到优秀的学员，这方面的努力的成果体现在本资助期内资助的学员的生产力和就业机会上。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting support to continue a highly successful training program that supports predoctoral and postdoctoral training in neuroendocrinology, with a specific focus on homeostasis and the interactions among neuroendocrine systems controlling energy balance, the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and reproduction. The University of Cincinnati has enjoyed tremendous growth in neuroscience research over the past decade, with a major concentration of this growth in neuroendocrinology. This is a direct result of the University's explicit commitment to target neuroscience and energy homeostasis as major focus areas for growth and research excellence over the next decade. World-recognized leaders in neuroendocrinology, in the areas of energy balance, HPA axis and reproduction, have been recruited to the faculty ranks in both basic science and clinical Departments in the College of Medicine, and the best of these are mentors on this training grant. These researchers are extremely productive and well funded with a strong history of mentoring successful pre- and postdoctoral trainees. Furthermore, this group of researchers has established a strong set of collaborations and bolstered its ability to provide mentorship and research opportunities to graduate students and fellows working in numerous programs. The strength of the faculty has enabled us to recruit outstanding trainees, and the fruits of this effort are manifest in the productivity and job opportunities that accrued to the trainees supported in the current funding period.