Research Training Program in Diabetes and Obesity

简介（由申请人提供）：印第安纳大学糖尿病与肥胖培训项目始于1999年，由NIDDK资助十年，目前有2名博士预科生和2名博士后在读生。该项目的目标是为处于职业生涯早期阶段的年轻研究人员提供培训，研究与糖尿病、新陈代谢和肥胖相关的问题，这是一个日益严重的国家健康问题。印第安纳大学医学院是这一倡议的杰出论坛。来自6个系的24名教员将作为导师参与该项目。这批教员拥有良好的培训记录，作为私人顾问获得的外部资金接近1000万美元，其中370万美元来自NIDDK和JDRF。在即将到来的周期中，请支持三名博士预科生和两名博士后实习生。博士预科生将辅修糖尿病和肥胖课程，其中包括最近开设的3学分的糖尿病和肥胖课程。博士后也将学习这门课程。学生和博士后研究员都将参加糖尿病研究中心的研讨会，将在同一系列中展示他们的成果，并鼓励他们在国家会议上展示他们的工作，如美国糖尿病协会的科学会议。此外，他们还将参加研究伦理课程和拨款写作研讨会。该项目对多样性问题很敏感，在过去的融资周期中，已经招募了一名西班牙裔和一名非洲裔美国人作为培训生。通过在一个为糖尿病研究提供强有力的多学科支持的环境和文化中进行培训，受训者很有可能会保持对糖尿病的兴趣，即使他们的特定研究兴趣在他们的职业生涯中不断发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Indiana University Diabetes and Obesity Training Program began in 1999 and has been funded for ten years by NIDDK, currently at the level of two pre-doctoral and two post-doctoral trainees. The goal of the program is to provide training to young researchers at an early career stage of their careers, in research that is relevant to diabetes, metabolism, and obesity, an ever growing problem for the health of the nation. The Indiana University School of Medicine is an outstanding forum for such an initiative. Twenty four faculty from six departments will participate as mentors in the program. This group of faculty has a strong training record and has just short of $10M of external funding as PIs, with $3.7M from NIDDK and JDRF. For the upcoming cycle, support for three pre- and two post-doctoral trainees is requested. Pre-doctoral students will take a Minor in Diabetes and Obesity which includes a 3 credit Diabetes and Obesity course that has been recently developed. Post-doctoral fellows will also take the course. Both students and post-doctoral fellows will attend Center for Diabetes Research seminars, will present their results in the same series, and will be encouraged to present their work at national meetings such as the American Diabetes Association scientific sessions. Additionally, they will take a Research Ethics course and a Grant Writing Workshop. The program is sensitive to the issue of diversity and in the past funding cycle has recruited a hispanic and an African American trainee. By training in an environment and culture that gives strong multi-disciplinary support for diabetes research, there is a significant probability that th trainees will sustain an interest in diabetes, even as their specific research interests evolve ove their careers.