Training in Auditory and Vestibular Neuroscience

项目摘要 该申请要求资金继续在听觉和前庭训练计划 匹兹堡大学的神经科学。资源支持三个博士预科和两个 每年招收博士后。虽然在以下方面取得了相当大的进展： 确定内耳缺陷的遗传和分子基础， 中枢产生的听力和平衡障碍，这越来越被认为是主要的 导致听觉和前庭功能障碍的因素仍然知之甚少。拟议 该计划旨在培养能够解决这些问题的听觉和前庭科学家 通过基础神经科学和听力临床方面的培训， 平衡失调一组17名导师致力于听觉和前庭 神经科学研究和招募和教育优秀的前和博士后研究员将 包括培训教师。导师所采用的研究方法 从细胞和分子到发展到系统和认知，使用各种模型 系统，包括人类，确保受训者接触到的广度和多样性， 定义该领域现代研究的技术和概念方法。除了 进行研究，学员参加课程，包括基础和翻译听觉 和前庭神经科学，参加每月的研究研讨会，并参加一系列的 专业发展讲习班，提供明确的“生存技能”培训， 书面和口头交流，获得工作和赠款，教学和管理研究 实验室作为该计划的一部分，所有学员都必须提交奖学金申请，申请的撰写 将通过与地方委员会定期举行会议，提供咨询意见， 指导，以及利用学术办公室提供的赠款撰写讲习班 职业发展。在负责任的科学行为和科学严谨性的培训是一个 专业发展讲习班、核心课程和实验室的组成部分 训练一个坚实的结构已经到位，以指导学员，并通过以下方式监测他们的进展： 节目该计划由当地指导委员会和外部咨询机构支持 纸板.

Project Summary This application requests funds to continue a training program in auditory and vestibular neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh. Resources to support three predoctoral and two postdoctoral trainees per year are requested. While considerable progress has been made in identifying the genetic and molecular bases of inner ear deficits, the biological bases of centrally-generated hearing and balance disorders, which are increasingly recognized as major contributors to auditory and vestibular dysfunction, are still poorly understood. The proposed program is intended to generate auditory and vestibular scientists who can address these problems, through training in basic neuroscience and the clinical aspects of hearing and balance disorders. A group of 17 preceptors who are committed to auditory and vestibular neuroscience research and to recruit and educate outstanding pre- and postdoctoral fellows will comprise the training faculty. The research methodology employed by the preceptors ranges from cellular and molecular to developmental to systems and cognition using a variety of model systems, including humans, ensuring that trainees are exposed to the breadth and variety of technical and conceptual approaches that define modern research in the field. In addition to conducting research, trainees participate in a course covering basic and translational auditory and vestibular neuroscience, attend monthly research seminars, and participate in a series of professional development workshops that provide explicit training in such “survival skills” as written and oral communication, obtaining jobs and grants, teaching, and managing a research lab. All trainees must submit a fellowship application as part of the program, the writing of which will be facilitated by periodic meetings with a local committee that provides advice and guidance, as well as utilizing grant-writing workshops provided by the Office of Academic Career Development. Training in the responsible scientific conduct and scientific rigor is an integral part of professional development workshops, the core curriculum, and laboratory training. A solid structure is in place to mentor the trainees and monitor their progress through the program. The program is supported by a local steering committee and an external advisory board.