Bioengineering Interdisciplinary Training for Diabetes Research

糖尿病研究生物工程跨学科培训

• 批准号: 8928173
• 负责人: Patrick T. Fueger
• 金额: $ 18.55万
• 依托单位: PURDUE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-04 至 2016-09-03
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8928173
• 关键词: Biomedical Engineering; Diabetes Mellitus; Research; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is on the rise to the extent that diabetes rapid and widespread nature has been referred to as pandemic in the United States; type 1 diabetes is also increasing at an unexpected rate. As such, there is an urgent need for innovative therapeutics and technologies to deal with this situation, and hence a need to train a cadre of future scientists who can engineer devices and therapeutics with in-depth knowledge and training to link their research to clinical care to address the prevention and treatment of diabetes. The Indiana Bioengineering Interdisciplinary Training for Diabetes Research program was conceived to meet this need. A novel and notable aspect of our program is the interaction and integration of premier faculty of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University with the exceptional diabetes research faculty of the Indiana University School of Medicine, providing and elite training experience for future bioengineer-diabetologists. This educational model has already proven feasibility, by virtue of the successes of our Indiana MSTP T32 and our Indiana CTSI training programs. The aim of the Indiana Bioengineering Interdisciplinary Training for Diabetes Research program is to provide interdisciplinary, integrated research training to develop predoctoral students into bioengineers capable of leading integrative and team-based approaches to solve issues relevant to the understanding, prevention and treatment of diabetes and diabetic complications. This unique and integrated format benefits from co-directorship by each institutional program using the multi-PI mechanism, with Dr. A. Panitch (Biomedical engineering PI, Purdue University) and Dr. D. Thurmond (Diabetes research PI, Indiana University School of Medicine) coordinating a select group of exemplary bioengineering and diabetes-based research faculties to co-mentor our students, in combination with a carefully designed flexible curriculum that provides in-depth training for students in engineering relevant to diabetes. Our program emphasizes coursework that broadens research training at the bench with quantitative skills, provides opportunities for public speaking, provides a range of enriching extracurricular opportunities, and allows for integration of medicine and science/engineering throughout all years of training. Defined oversight mechanisms are in place to track the progress of trainees throughout the program. By training in an environment and culture that gives strong interdisciplinary support for bioengineering and diabetes research, there is a significant probability that the bioengineering trainees will sustain an interest in diabetes, even as their specific research interests evolve over their careers.

描述（由申请人提供）：2 型糖尿病的发病率正在上升，其快速和广泛的性质在美国已被称为大流行； 1 型糖尿病也在以意想不到的速度增加。因此，迫切需要创新的疗法和技术来应对这种情况，因此需要培养一支未来科学家的骨干队伍，他们可以通过深入的知识和培训来设计设备和疗法，将他们的研究与临床护理联系起来以解决糖尿病的预防和治疗问题。印第安纳州生物工程糖尿病研究跨学科培训计划就是为了满足这一需求而设计的。我们项目的一个新颖且值得注意的方面是普渡大学韦尔登生物医学工程学院的顶级教师与印第安纳大学医学院杰出的糖尿病研究教师的互动和整合，为未来的生物工程糖尿病学家提供精英培训经验。凭借我们印第安纳州 MSTP T32 和印第安纳州 CTSI 培训计划的成功，这种教育模式已经被证明是可行的。印第安纳州生物工程糖尿病研究跨学科培训计划的目的是提供跨学科、综合研究培训，将博士前学生培养成能够领导综合和基于团队的方法来解决与糖尿病和糖尿病的理解、预防和治疗相关问题的生物工程师。并发症。这种独特且综合的形式受益于每个机构项目使用多 PI 机制的联合主任，其中包括 A. Panitch 博士（普渡大学生物医学工程 PI）和 D. Thurmond 博士（印第安纳大学糖尿病研究 PI）医学）协调一组精选的模范生物工程和糖尿病研究人员来共同指导我们的学生，并结合精心设计的灵活课程，为学生提供与以下领域相关的工程方面的深入培训 糖尿病。我们的课程强调通过定量技能拓宽基础研究培训的课程作业，提供公开演讲的机会，提供一系列丰富的课外机会，并允许在整个培训年中将医学和科学/工程结合起来。制定了明确的监督机制来跟踪学员在整个计划中的进展情况。通过在为生物工程和糖尿病研究提供强有力的跨学科支持的环境和文化中进行培训，生物工程学员很有可能保持对糖尿病的兴趣，即使他们的特定研究兴趣在其职业生涯中不断变化。