Minnesota Obesity Prevention Training (MnOPT)

明尼苏达州肥胖预防培训 (MnOPT)

• 批准号: 9263934
• 负责人: Robert W Jeffery
• 金额: $ 28.62万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-01 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9263934
• 关键词: Minnesota; Training; obesity prevention

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Halting and reversing upward secular trends in body weight in the US is an important medical and public health challenge. Additional skilled researchers in obesity prevention are much needed, but training programs are few. Obesity is a complex disorder that has multiple causes and multiple potential strategies for prevention and treatment. The present proposal is a competitive renewal application for a training grant called the Minnesota Obesity Prevention Training (MnOPT) program. Originally funded in 2010, its goal is to provide multidisciplinary training for a new generation of obesity prevention scientists MNOPT has successfully recruited 9 trainees over the last four years from a large pool of highly qualified applicants, six post docs and three predocs, all of whom have been matched with appropriate mentors and all of whom have been productive. We have also conducted a successful educational program with interdisciplinary training for all fellows in biological mechanisms and clinical and public health interventions as well as training in ethical conduct of research. We have directed each of the fellows to educational experiences, e.g. research design and analysis, as individually appropriate. We are proposing only minor changes to this successful program in this renewal. Because of the size and composition of the applicant pool, we are requesting two additional training slots to the five already approved and are also planning to combine the existing basic science and clinical tracks into a single training track. Robert Jeffery will remain the overall director, as well as director of the epidemiology/behavioral track, and Catherine Kotz, professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, will serve as co-director and director of the basic science/clinical track. The research base at the University of Minnesota remains strong. The number of participating faculty has decreased from 36 in the original application to 33 in the current renewal to include only those with documented mentoring experience and the strongest research base. The institutional support for the training program has also strengthened since the initial proposal.

 描述（由应用程序提供）：在美国停止和逆转体重的向上安全趋势是重要的医疗和公共卫生挑战。急需肥胖症的其他熟练研究人员非常需要，但是培训计划很少。肥胖是一种复杂的疾病，具有多种原因和预防和治疗的多种潜在策略。本提案是一项竞争性更新的申请，用于称为明尼苏达州肥胖培训（MNOPT）计划的培训补助金。最初由2010年资助，其目标是为新一代的肥胖症预防科学家MNOPT提供多学科培训，在过去的四年中，已经成功招募了9名学员，从大量高素质的申请人，6名邮政文件和3名Predoc中，他们都与适当的导师相匹配，并且所有这些人都已经有效。我们还通过对所有研究员的生物学机制，临床和公共卫生干预措施以及研究道德行为的培训进行了一项成功的教育计划。我们已经将每个研究员指向教育经验，例如研究设计和分析，是个人合适的。在此续签中，我们只提出对这个成功计划的微小更改。由于适用游泳池的大小和组成，我们要求对已经批准的五个培训插槽进行两个额外的培训插槽，并计划将现有的基础科学和临床轨道结合到单个培训轨道中。罗伯特·杰弗里（Robert Jeffery）将继续担任总监，以及流行病学/行为的主任 田径和食品科学与营养系教授凯瑟琳·科兹（Catherine Kotz）将担任基础科学/临床轨道的联合导演和主任。明尼苏达大学的研究基础仍然很强。参与教师的数量已从原始申请中的36个提高到当前续约的33个，仅包括具有记录的心理经验和强大的研究基础的人。自初步提案以来，对培训计划的机构支持也得到了加强。