Research Training Program in Diabetes and Obesity

描述(申请人提供)：印第安纳大学糖尿病和肥胖培训项目始于1999年，由NIDDK资助了十年，目前是两名博士后和两名博士后学员。该计划的目标是在年轻研究人员的职业生涯早期为他们提供与糖尿病、新陈代谢和肥胖相关的研究培训，这是一个日益严重的国家健康问题。印第安纳大学医学院就是这样一个倡议的杰出论坛。来自六个系的24名教职员工将作为导师参加该项目。这群教师有着良好的培训记录，作为私人投资机构，他们的外部资金略低于1000万美元，其中370万美元来自NIDDK和JDRF。在即将到来的周期中，请为三名博士后和两名博士后实习生提供支助。博士前学生将辅修糖尿病和肥胖，其中包括最近开发的3学分的糖尿病和肥胖课程。博士后研究员也将参加这门课程。学生和博士后研究员都将参加糖尿病研究中心的研讨会，并将在同一系列中展示他们的结果，并将被鼓励在国家会议上展示他们的工作，例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学课程和助学金写作研讨会。该项目对多样性问题非常敏感，在过去的资金周期中，该项目招募了一名西班牙裔和一名非裔美国人实习生。通过在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，受训者很有可能保持对糖尿病的兴趣，即使他们的特定研究兴趣随着他们的职业生涯而发展。

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.