RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

描述(由申请人提供)：这笔发育内分泌学和新陈代谢方面的培训补助金现已进入第20个年头，旨在每年资助5名博士后学生参加研究培训，从而在学术儿科内分泌学领域找到独立的职业。学员可以获得医学博士、医学博士或博士学位，偶尔也可以获得博士学位。培训机会包括神经内分泌学的基础实验室研究，包括食欲调节和能量平衡、胰岛素作用和碳水化合物调节、钙代谢、甲状腺生物学、生长因子生物学和基因组学/生物信息学，以及碳水化合物代谢、生殖内分泌学、肥胖症和医学信息学的临床研究。计划的平均培训期限为两年。在这个相互竞争的申请中，除了5个博士后职位外，我们还申请了3个短期(10周)博士后职位，以资助主要在医学院期间从事研究的学员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):This training grant in developmental endocrinology and metabolism, now in its twentieth year, intends to provide funding for five postdoctoral students per year to engage in research training leading to independent careers in academic pediatric endocrinology. Trainees enter the program with either the MD, MD/PhD or occasionally the PhD degree. Training opportunities include basic laboratory investigations in neuroendocrinology including appetite regulation and energy balance, insulin action and carbohydrate regulation, calcium metabolism, thyroid biology, growth factor biology, and genomics/bioinformatics, as well as clinical research in carbohydrate metabolism, reproductive endocrinology, obesity, and medical informatics. The intended average duration of training is two years. In this competing application, in addition to the five postdoctoral positions, we also request 3 short term (10 week) predoctoral positions to fund trainees who engage in research, largely during medical school.