Neuroscience Training at Wake Forest

项目摘要 神经科学博士培训一直是维克森林大学研究生培训的一个组成部分 大约28年。神经科学领域处于科学发展的前沿， 维克森林神经科学项目相信，从学生培训中获得的长期回报将是积极的 对我们的社区和国家的后果。与创伤、衰老相关的神经疾病 人口、吸毒成瘾、神经发育和精神障碍是地方和国家的紧急情况 需要。需要立即采取行动。作为科学家和教育工作者，我们有责任培养个人 能够开创性地研究神经系统的正常发育和功能，以及 神经系统疾病的原因和机制。 我们神经科学培训计划的目标是为学生提供 A)对所有级别的神经系统组织有基本的了解，从遗传学、分子和 从细胞到系统和行为， B)整套技能，包括在实验设计和解释、统计和分析方面的广泛培训 量化方法论和实践经验在国内最先进的实验室开展有意义 在现代神经科学的所有领域进行重大研究，以及 C)认识到基础神经科学研究是寻找治疗方法的关键 神经行为病理学。 之所以做到这一点，是因为第一、两年的课程重点是为学生提供基础广泛、 跨学科培训，包括平衡课程作业和基本的动手实验室研究培训。 有了这个基础，学生们将在接下来的几年里继续研究和开发 某一特定神经科学分支学科的论文项目，如记忆和认知、成瘾和动机 行为、感觉统合或神经系统在受伤或疾病后的变化。我们的节目 成功是因为除了已建立的咨询结构外，学生们还接触到了一项研究 调查人员之间使用不同技术和方法进行协作和互动的环境 已经司空见惯。此外，尽管为神经科学的研究生涯做准备仍然是一个核心 作为我们计划的重点，我们认为学生有机会获得教学、外展和其他 专业经验充分认识到非学术和非学术人员的机会不断增加 利用他们的科学和学术训练从事研究工作。

Project Summary Neuroscience PhD training has been a component of graduate student training at Wake Forest University for approximately 28 years. The field of Neuroscience is at the cutting edge of scientific developments and the Wake Forest Neuroscience Program believes its long-term returns from student training will have positive consequences for our community and nation. Neurological disorders associated with trauma, an aging population, drug addiction, neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders represent urgent local and national needs. Immediate action is required. As scientists and educators, we have a responsibility to train individuals capable of pioneering research into both normal development and function of the nervous system and into the causes and mechanisms underlying neurological disease. The goal of our Neuroscience training program is to provide students with a) A fundamental understanding of all levels of nervous system organization, from genetics, molecular, and cellular to systems and behavioral, b) The skill set that includes extensive training in experimental design and interpretation, statistical and quantitative methodology and hands on experience in state of the art laboratories to carry out meaningful and significant research in all areas of modern neuroscience, and c) An appreciation of the importance of how basic neuroscience research is key to finding treatments for neurobehavioral pathologies. This is achieved because the first, two years the program focus on providing students with the broad-based, interdisciplinary training that includes a balance of coursework with essential hands-on lab research training. With this foundation in place, students move forward using the next few years to investigate and develop a thesis project in a specific neuroscience subdiscipline such as memory and cognition, addiction and motivated behaviors, sensory integration, or nervous system changes following injury or in disease. Our program’s success occurs because in addition to an established advisory structure, students are exposed to a research setting in which collaborations and interactions among investigators using different techniques and approaches is commonplace. Additionally, while preparation for a research career in the Neurosciences remains a central focus of our program, we consider it essential for students to have access to teaching, outreach and other professional experiences to be fully cognizant of the increasing opportunities for both non-academic and non- research careers that utilize their scientific and scholarly training.