Training, Evaluation, Engagement, Administration, and Mentoring (TEEAM) Core

摘要/摘要：行政（TEEAM）核心 认知神经科学的发展和老龄化（CONDA）中心将是一个NIGMS支持的COBRE 位于内布拉斯加州奥马哈，专注于人类神经科学和整个生命周期的神经成像研究。 行政核心对于所有主要组成部分的开发、支持和评估至关重要 这个中心。鉴于这些职责，行政核心将称为培训、评价、 参与，管理和指导（TEEAM）核心。核心将由托尼威尔逊博士 内布拉斯加大学医学中心，与硕士级科学管理员的协助。 CONDA中心成立后，TEEAM核心将推出一系列新的和综合的 每个项目都旨在支持一个或多个必要领域。具体而言，培训领域将是 由一系列年度神经成像和神经调节研讨会以及博士后研究员提供服务- 船计划。评价领域将由研究发展论坛提供服务，并将使用其他工具， 评估初级COBRE PI的进展和里程碑成就。社区参与区 将支持两个外展计划，NeuroWow和BrainFit，分别吸引年轻人和老年人， 通过有组织的活动，帮助教育公众，促进奥马哈地区的STEM兴趣和职业， 增强公众对区域科学的自豪感。面向年轻人的NeuroWow计划已经在 活跃了几年，并将通过中心的额外支持进行扩展，而BrainFit 这将是该地区第一个此类项目。行政区将监督夏季学者 该计划为有前途的本科生提供为期10周的研究实习， 针对教师的试点项目计划和针对博士后研究员和研究生的小额赠款计划 每年总共将奖励约18万美元，并投入财政和物质资源， 参与者登记处。行政区还将举办每月一次的CONDA研讨会系列， 国际知名的认知神经科学家到奥马哈展示他们的最新发现，并与当地的网络 科学家，可能促进与中心成员的新合作。最后，指导区域将使用 网络方法，包括学术和技术导师，以帮助确保成功过渡到 初级COBRE PI独立调查员，指导博士后研究员走向教师职位， 协助希望进入与中心相关的新研究领域的初级和高级PI。通过这些 有针对性的计划和强大的导师和顾问网络，TEAAM核心将支持 由NIH定义的早期研究者（ESI）领导的四个初级COBRE研究项目， 神经影像采集和分析核心设施，以及现有的外部资助研究的集合 项目由一组对人类发育和衰老神经科学感兴趣的高级研究人员领导。

Abstract/Summary: Administrative (TEEAM) Core The Cognitive Neuroscience of Development and Aging (CONDA) Center will be a NIGMS-supported COBRE located in Omaha, NE, with a focus on human neuroscience and neuroimaging research across the lifespan. The Administrative Core will be essential to the development, support, and evaluation of all major components of this Center. Given these responsibilities, the Administrative Core will be known as the Training, Evaluation, Engagement, Administration, and Mentoring (TEEAM) Core. The Core will be directed by Dr. Tony Wilson of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, with the assistance of a Master’s-level Scientific Administrator. Upon establishment of the CONDA Center, the TEEAM Core will launch a series of new and integrated programs, each aimed at supporting one or more of its requisite areas. Specifically, the Training area will be served by a series of annual neuroimaging and neuromodulation workshops, as well as a postdoctoral fellow- ship program. The Evaluation area will be served by research development forums and will use other tools for assessing progress and milestone achievement in the junior COBRE PIs. The community Engagement area will support two outreach programs, NeuroWow and BrainFit, to engage youth and senior citizens, respectively, through organized events that help educate the public, promote STEM interest and careers in the Omaha area, and increase the public’s pride in regional science. The youth-oriented NeuroWow program has already been active for several years and will be expanded through additional support from the Center, while the BrainFit program will be the first of its kind in the region. The Administration area will oversee a Summer Scholars program that offers 10-week research internships in the Center to promising undergraduates, administrate a Pilot Projects program for faculty and a Mini-Grants program for postdoctoral fellows and graduate students that together will award about $180,000 annually, and invest financial and material resources into building a participant registry. The Administration area will also host the monthly CONDA Seminar Series, which will bring internationally-known cognitive neuroscientists to Omaha to present their latest findings and network with local scientists, potentially fostering new collaborations with Center members. Finally, the Mentoring area will use a network approach comprised of both academic and technical mentors to help ensure a successful transition of the junior COBRE PIs to independent investigators, guide postdoctoral fellows toward faculty positions, and assist junior and senior PIs who wish to enter new research areas relevant to the Center. Through these targeted programs and a strong network of established mentors and advisors, the TEAAM Core will support four junior COBRE research projects led by NIH-defined early-stage investigators (ESI), a state-of-the-art Neuroimaging Acquisition and Analysis Core Facility, and a collection of existing extramurally-funded research projects led by a team of senior investigators interested in human developmental and aging neuroscience.