Alcohol Research Training in Neurosciences

项目摘要 这是一个有竞争力的更新申请酒精培训计划在神经科学在 新墨西哥州大学（UNM-ARTN）该计划目前正在结束第14年的支持。它有 对我们机构的研究生教育产生了巨大的积极影响，并提高了知名度 酒精研究的成果该计划提供多学科培训，包括 分子生物学、生物化学、电生理学、成像和行为技术。重点 UNM-ARTN计划的一个重要目标是提供酒精神经科学研究方面的培训。我们集团 胎儿酒精谱系障碍研究的三个方面的优势：1。参与的基本机制 乙醇神经致畸作用; 2.产前酒精暴露的生物标志物;和3。治疗 改善FASD相关认知缺陷的干预措施。共有12名教师来自 神经科学和心理学系将作为核心教师直接参与该计划。 这些教员资金充足，富有成效，并有广泛的协作互动 在研究赠款、出版物和研究生指导方面。学生将从 健康科学中心的生物医学科学研究生课程和认知，脑 心理学系行为学专业。该计划将支持4博士。学生每 年该计划将由巴伦苏埃拉博士监督，该委员会由成员组成， 培训学院和一个外部咨询委员会。我们的学员在以下方面非常成功： 获得个人博士前奖学金的条款，在科学会议上提出，并发表 发表在知名期刊上我们的目标是继续提供高质量的研究生与 必要的培训，为他们在酒精研究的成功未来的职业生涯做好准备。

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.