IGERT Nanomedicine Science and Technology

该综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持东北大学跨学科纳米医学科学与技术博士课程的进一步发展。该计划的目的是培养下一代科学家和技术人员，他们擅长纳米技术，生物学和医学的接口研究，了解将基础知识转化为市场产品的途径，了解与该学科有关的道德和社会问题，并具有强烈的社区参与意识以及全球视野。由国际知名科学家，技术专家和医学研究人员组成的团队指导，IGERT纳米医学学员将参加最先进的跨学科研究计划，该计划利用纳米技术的革命性发展来开发具有诊断，成像和治疗益处的多功能能力的纳米尺寸的治疗和诊断剂。该计划将在东北大学，少数民族服务机构波多黎各马亚圭斯大学和塔斯基吉大学以及哈佛医学院成员医院之间建立独特的合作伙伴关系，并致力于实现大多数IGERT纳米医学学员将来自代表性不足的人群的目标。研究生教育的跨学科模式将成为世界范围内学术机构的典范。这一积极的推广计划将影响马萨诸塞州、亚拉巴马和波多黎各的K-12学校的广大部分，并将鼓励来自代表性不足社区的K-12学生进入科学、技术、工程和数学等高等教育领域。IGERT是一个全国性的计划，旨在应对教育美国博士学位的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中促进研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the further development of the inter-disciplinary Nanomedicine Science and Technology doctoral program at Northeastern University. The purpose of this program is to train the next generation of scientists and technologists who are skilled in research at the interface of nanotechnology, biology and medicine, are aware of the path to translate fundamental knowledge to marketplace products, are informed of the ethical and social issues relating to the discipline, and have a strong sense of community involvement as well as a global perspective. Mentored by a team of internationally renowned scientists, technologists, and medical researchers, IGERT Nanomedicine trainees will participate in a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research program that utilizes revolutionary developments in nanotechnology to develop therapeutic and diagnostic agents of nanometer dimensions with multi-functional capabilities for diagnostics, imaging and therapeutic benefit. The program will create a unique partnership between Northeastern University, minority-serving institutions University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez and Tuskegee University, and Harvard Medical School member hospitals, and is committed to a target goal that a majority of the IGERT Nanomedicine trainees will come from under-represented populations. The interdisciplinary model of graduate education will serve as a model to academic institutions world-wide. The vigorous outreach program will impact a broad segment of K-12 schools in Massachusetts, Alabama and Puerto Rico, and will encourage K-12 students from under-represented communities to enter science, technology, engineering, and mathematics areas of higher study.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.