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Training 
The Center for Human
Nutrition provides a rich environment for young investigators, as well as
established investigators who are expanding into new areas, to receive training
in many aspects of human clinical nutrition research and research that involves
murine models. Personnel from the Center can provide expertise and guidance
in the design of clinical research protocols, submission of protocols to
the Institutional Review Board and the General Clinical Research Center,
methods of body composition analysis, indirect calorimetry, blood flow measurement,
preparation of stable isotopic tracers, placement of microdialysis probes,
glucose clamp procedures, muscle and fat biopsy techniques, plasma and tissue
sample processing methods, measurement of isotopic enrichment by mass spectrometry,
mathematical analysis of metabolic kinetics, training in mouse breeding
and general animal husbandry, instruction regarding the use of mutant mouse
models in nutrition research, and biostatistics. Young investigators can also take advantage of other training opportunities at Washington University School of Medicine. Research fellows are encouraged to participate in the ProTEM (Program in Translational and Experimental Medicine) program, which provides a 1-2 year mentored and didactic experience to develop skills in translational and/or experimental clinical research. Traineeships in nutrition-related projects are available through a large number of NIH-funded training grants in cardiology, cell biology, diabetes, epidemiology, exercise physiology, gastroenterology, and gerontology. In addition, mentored research fellowships are available through conventional investigator-initiated grant sources. Current post-doctoral opportunities are listed through the Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences. Nutrition-related Training Grants at
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