Alcohol Research Training in Neurosciences

项目摘要 这是神经科学领域酒精培训项目的竞争性续签申请 新墨西哥大学(UNM-ARTN)。该计划目前将结束第14年的支持。它有 对我们学院的研究生教育产生了巨大的积极影响，并提高了知名度 整个校园的酒精研究。该计划提供多学科培训，包括 分子生物学、生化、电生理、成像和行为技术。焦点 UNM-ARTN计划的主要目的是提供酒精神经科学研究方面的培训。我们的团队已经 胎儿酒精谱系障碍研究的三个方面的优势：1.涉及的基本机制 酒精的神经致畸作用；2.产前酒精暴露的生物标志物；3.治疗 改善FASD相关认知缺陷的干预措施。共有12名教职员工来自 神经科学系和心理学系将作为核心教员直接参与该项目。 这些教职员工资金充裕，工作效率高，并有广泛的协作互动 在研究助学金、出版物和研究生辅导方面。学生们将来自 卫生科学中心生物医学研究生培养计划与认知、脑 和心理学系的行为计划。该计划将支持每个博士生4名 年。该项目将由瓦伦苏埃拉博士监督，该指导委员会由成员组成 培训教员和外部咨询委员会。我们的实习生在以下方面非常成功 获得个人博士前奖学金、在科学会议上发表论文和发表论文的条款 发表在备受推崇的期刊上。我们的目标是继续为高素质的研究生提供 必要的培训，为他们未来在酒精研究领域的成功职业生涯做好准备。

Project Summary This is a competitive renewal application for an Alcohol Training Program in Neurosciences at the University of New Mexico (UNM-ARTN). This program is currently ending Year 14 of support. It has had a tremendously positive impact on graduate education at our institution and has increased visibility of alcohol research across campus. The program provides multidisciplinary training that includes molecular biological, biochemical, electrophysiological, imaging, and behavioral techniques. The focus of the UNM-ARTN program is to provide training in alcohol neuroscience research. Our group has strengths in three areas of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder research: 1. Basic mechanisms involved in ethanol neuroteratogenesis; 2. Biomarkers of prenatal alcohol exposure; and 3. Therapeutic interventions to ameliorate FASD-related cognitive deficits. A total of 12 faculty members from the Departments of Neuroscience and Psychology will be directly involved in the program as core faculty. These faculty members are well-funded and productive, and have extensive collaborative interactions in terms of research grants, publications, and mentoring of graduate students. Students will be from the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program of the Health Sciences Center and the Cognition, Brain and Behavior Program of the Psychology Department. The program will support 4 Ph.D. students per year. The program will be overseen by Dr. Valenzuela, a steering committee composed of members of the training faculty, and an external advisory committee. Our trainees have been very successful in terms of obtaining individual predoctoral fellowships, presenting at scientific meetings, and publishing in well-respected journals. Our goal is to continue to provide high quality graduate students with the necessary training to prepare them for a successful future career in alcohol research.