Research Training in Gasteroenterology

描述（由申请人提供）：流行病学和结果研究方面的培训对于在快速发展的领域培养下一代研究人员至关重要。在过去几年中，在遗传学、病理生理学、诊断和治疗几种Gl和肝脏疾病方面的发现取得了非常迅速的进展。现代临床和转化研究人员需要在变得高度复杂和专业化的领域的研究方法和研究行为方面接受广泛的培训；其中包括常规流行病学、临床流行病学和结果、遗传和分子流行病学以及卫生服务研究。这些领域解决了从实验室到床边以及从床边到临床实践的转化研究的需要。拟议的培训计划有三个目标：

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Training in epidemiology and outcomes research is essential to prepare the next generation of researchers in a rapidly moving field. Discoveries in genetics, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of several Gl and liver disorders have been made at a very rapid pace over the past few years. Modern clinical and translational researchers need to be equipped with extensive training in the methods and conduct of research in areas that are becoming highly sophisticated and specialized; these include conventional epidemiology, clinical epidemiology and outcomes, genetic and molecular epidemiology, and health services research. These areas address the need for translational research both from bench to bedside as well as from bedside to clinical practice. The proposed training program has three objectives: (1) To produce physician scientists who are thoroughly trained in the content areas, methods, and ethics critical for epidemiology and outcomes research in gastroenterology and hepatology; (2) To produce physician scientists who have mastered basic research skills, including project design, planning, funding, execution, management, and reporting; and (3) To produce physician scientists who will pursue a research agenda that will new discoveries as well as make the best use of current discoveries to make the health care safer, more effective, more patient-centered, more timely, more efficient, and more equitable. The program will take advantage of outstanding expertise in research and mentoring in epidemiology and outcomes research available at Baylor College of Medicine and UT-School of Public Health including the Gl and Liver Section and the Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies (HCQCUS). The proposed fellowship training program has four elements: 1) vigorous mentoring for each individual fellow in a self-selected area of concentration to engender the development of a feasible career research agenda that has potential for substantial impact, and 2) formal research training resulting in a master's degree to provide a foundation of research skills, 3) Applied research seminars to model use of research skills and provide a foundation in health services research knowledge and skills, and 4) participation in the research process as a co- investigator and as a principle investigator to provoke application of research skills.