Doctoral Training in Brain and Behavioral Development during Adolescence

青春期大脑和行为发展的博士培训

• 批准号: 10176170
• 负责人: Mirella Dapretto
• 金额: $ 20.77万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-05-01 至 2023-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10176170
• 关键词: Adolescence; Behavioral; Brain; Development; Training

PROJECT SUMMARY Developmental cognitive and affective neuroscience has been a major force in the renewed focus upon adolescence as a critical period in development with life-long consequences for health and well-being. Scientific advances have highlighted the significance of brain development during this period, with a profound effect on public policy for children and youth, from Supreme Court rulings on culpability and juvenile justice to public health campaigns on smoking, concussion risk, and sexual health. The foundational contributions of research on adolescent brain and behavioral development up to this point offer promise for even broader contributions to the country's public health in the future. In order to best enhance healthy and productive adolescent development, the field will need to expand by developing research and training the next generation of scientists in four primary areas: (1) an integrative approach that incorporates both typical and atypical brain development; (2) the interaction between brain development and the social environment; (3) sophisticated approaches to examining longitudinal change over time; and (4) attention to population diversity according to ethnicity and socioeconomic resources. To our knowledge, however, there is no integrated predoctoral training program on adolescent brain and behavioral development in the U.S. Existing doctoral programs, including those at UCLA, alone cannot systematically and sustainably provide students with the training necessary to advance the future of research in the field. Key limitations include curricular and lab rotation barriers, financial constraints, and the lack of integrated professional socialization in both brain and behavioral development. At UCLA, we possess unique strengths that with the support of an Institutional Research Training Grant from NICHD, can be brought together to create a cutting-edge training program for the next generation of scholars who can advance science in the four areas describe above, and ultimately enhance the health and well-being of adolescents. We propose a predoctoral training program that supports five trainees per year for a two-year period in which students from our existing Psychology and Neuroscience Ph.D. programs enroll in new courses on substantive and methodological issues in adolescent brain and behavioral development, participate in new colloquia and scientific events, receive guidance on professional development and ethical practices, and actively engage in cutting-edge research mentored by top scientists in brain and behavioral development. Trainees will be able to take advantage of UCLA's many institutional resources and commitments to neuroscience and the training of next generation of skilled scientists from diverse backgrounds, including those traditionally underrepresented in the field. Our goal is for the proposed program to help NICHD achieve the scientific vision of “basic and translational research that combines neuropsychological, behavioral, and social science perspectives, as well as new tools” to improve our understanding of typical and atypical development. .

项目概要 发展认知和情感神经科学一直是重新关注的主要力量 青春期是发育的关键时期，对健康和福祉产生终生影响。 科学进步凸显了这一时期大脑发育的重要性，具有深远的影响。 从最高法院关于罪责和少年司法的裁决到儿童和青少年公共政策的影响 关于吸烟、脑震荡风险和性健康的公共卫生运动。 迄今为止，青少年大脑和行为发展研究的基础性贡献 有望在未来为国家公共卫生做出更广泛的贡献。为了最好 促进健康和富有成效的青少年发展，需要通过开展研究来扩大该领域 并在四个主要领域培训下一代科学家：（1）采用综合方法， 结合了典型和非典型的大脑发育； (2) 大脑发育的相互作用 社会环境； (3) 检查纵向随时间变化的复杂方法；和（4） 关注根据种族和社会经济资源的人口多样性。 然而，据我们所知，目前还没有针对青少年大脑和大脑的综合博士前培训计划。 美国的行为发展 仅靠现有的博士课程（包括加州大学洛杉矶分校的博士课程）无法 系统地、可持续地为学生提供推进未来研究所需的培训 在外地。主要限制包括课程和实验室轮换障碍、财务限制以及缺乏 将专业社会化融入大脑和行为发展。 在加州大学洛杉矶分校，我们拥有独特的优势，并得到了机构研究培训补助金的支持 NICHD，可以聚集在一起为下一代学者创建尖端培训计划 谁能够在上述四个领域推进科学发展，并最终增强健康和福祉 的青少年。我们提出了一个博士前培训计划，每年支持五名学员，为期两年 在此期间，我们现有的心理学和神经科学博士生。课程注册新课程 关于青少年大脑和行为发展的实质性和方法论问题，参与新的 座谈会和科学活动，接受专业发展和道德实践的指导，以及 积极参与由大脑和行为发展领域顶尖科学家指导的前沿研究。 学员将能够利用加州大学洛杉矶分校的许多机构资源和承诺 神经科学以及对来自不同背景的下一代熟练科学家的培训，包括那些 传统上该领域代表性不足。我们的目标是拟议的计划帮助 NICHD 实现 “结合神经心理学、行为学和社会学的基础和转化研究”的科学愿景 科学观点以及新工具”来提高我们对典型和非典型发展的理解。 。