Integrated Engineering and Rehabilitation Training

该提案描述了我们的“综合神经工程和康复训练”计划， 培养出生物医学工程博士将联合收割机最先进的神经工程专业知识结合起来的毕业生 (an生物工程领域），真正了解临床康复的实践和挑战。 这台T32位于凯斯西储大学生物医学工程系，但也 包括我们当地几个医疗中心的大力参与。我们的T32专注于 博士前培训-自1999年以来已培训了59名学生。我们正在申请资助8名博士预科生 职位，每年五年，并有机构的承诺，以配合两个额外的学生。我们 预计将培养约20名BME博士。学生在五年内各两年。学员进入 具有工程学或相关学科的本科教育背景。它们满足严格的要求 BME博士计划并从其现有功能中受益，而我们的T32计划通过以下方式增加价值： 高度协作和跨学科的研究项目，临床沉浸式体验和独特的访问 访问研讨会发言人。在接下来的5年里，我们将创建和试点基于虚拟现实的神经解剖学 课程（利用我们与微软HoloLens计划的独特关系），包括正式的多元化培训， 并执行我们新成立的外部咨询委员会组成的学术领袖在康复 和神经工程，在刺激和康复的大型和小型公司的代表 商业空间，执业神经/康复医生，和学生的多样性专业。 我们的培训计划的具体目标是：（1）为我们的学员在以下方面的生产性职业做好准备： 康复和神经工程;（2）提供严格的工程教育，形成未来的基础 创新;（3）在神经刺激的开发和应用方面提供特定的专业知识， （4）提供建模和仿真方面的专门知识; (5)提供广泛的，动手的临床沉浸式经验，为每个受训者做好翻译准备 （6）在脑机接口的部署和集成方面提供特定的专业知识;以及（7） 提供真实世界的专业发展培训，以提高毕业后的成功。 我们召集了一批杰出的导师，他们担任以下三个角色之一： 导师（17）谁是学员的主要研究顾问，副研究培训导师（5） 他们是T32学员委员会的内容专家，以及来自康复和 确保每个实习研究项目的临床相关性的外科学科。学员项目主题 包括电极开发;刺激模式设计;神经运动控制机制;神经 生物材料、保护和修复;对神经系统疾病患者进行干预; 神经康复;建模和仿真;以及脑机接口。

This proposal describes our “Integrated Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation Training” program that produces biomedical engineering Ph.D. graduates who combine state-of-the-art expertise in neural engineering (an area of bioengineering) with a genuine appreciation of the practice and challenges of clinical rehabilitation. This T32 is centered in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, but also includes the strong participation of several of our local medical centers. Our T32 is focused exclusively on predoctoral training - having trained 59 students since 1999. We are requesting funding for 8 predoctoral positions per year for five years, and have institutional commitment to match with two additional students. We expect to train a total of ~20 BME Ph.D. students for two years each over the proposed 5 years. Trainees enter with undergraduate training in engineering or a closely related discipline. They satisfy the rigorous requirements of the BME Ph.D. program and benefit from its existing features, while our T32 program adds value through highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects, a clinical immersion experience, and unique access to visiting seminar speakers. Over the next 5 years, we will create and pilot a virtual reality-based Neural Anatomy course (exploiting our unique relationship with the Microsoft HoloLens program), include formal diversity training, and implement our newly formed external Advisory Committee comprised of academic leaders in rehabilitation and neural engineering, representatives of large and small companies in the stimulation and rehabilitation commercial space, practicing neural/rehabilitation physicians, and a student diversity professional. The specific objectives of our training program are: (1) Prepare our trainees for productive careers in rehabilitation and neural engineering; (2) Provide a rigorous engineering education that forms the basis for future innovation; (3) Provide specific expertise in the development and application of neural stimulation and interventions for overcoming neurological disorders; (4) Provide specific expertise in modeling and simulation; (5) Provide an extensive, hands-on clinical immersion experience that prepares each trainee for a translational career; (6) Provide specific expertise in the deployment and integration of Brain Computer Interfaces; and (7) Provide real-world professional development training to enhance post-graduation success. We have assembled a distinguished group of mentors who serve in one of three roles: Research Training mentors (17) who are the primary research advisors of the trainees, Associate Research Training Mentors (5) who are content experts on T32 trainee committees, and Clinical Training Mentors (12) from rehabilitation and surgical disciplines who insure the clinical relevance of each trainee research project. Trainee project topics include electrode development; stimulation pattern design; neural motor control mechanisms; neural biomaterials, protection, and repair; deployment of interventions to individuals with neurological disorders; neurorehabilitation; modeling and simulation; and brain-computer interfacing.