TRAINING IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

该计划的目标是为优秀的博士后和博士后培训生提供在神经内分泌学领域发展成功的独立研究计划所必需的知识广度和当代研究技能。要求为四名博士后和两名博士后提供神经内分泌学培训。该项目的一个特点是，它将两个研究生项目的实习生和教职员工结合在一起，提供了比单一研究生项目所能获得的更广阔的视角。拟议的培训包含多个层次的分析，从行为、生理、细胞到分子。博士前实习生将在完成各自研究生项目的具体课程要求后，在他们的第三年进入这个项目。每个学生将同时选择一名主要导师和一名副导师。主要导师的角色类似于论文导师的传统角色。联合顾问将确保培训的多学科方面。受训者将花一部分时间在合作导师的实验室里，使用家庭实验室中没有的技术和方法来解决与他们自己的论文研究相关的问题。博士后实习生将获得为期两年的支持。博士后培训的主要重点是建立强大的研究记录。博士后实习生还将被积极指导，以发展获得和保持独立学术地位所必需的口头陈述技能、助学金写作和教学技能。所有受训人员将积极参加一系列研讨会、期刊俱乐部和每月会议，参与的实验室将在会上展示他们的研究成果。一年一度的研讨会将使受训者接触到来自美国各地的神经内分泌学家。

The goal of this program is to provide excellent pre- and postdoctoral trainees with the breadth of knowledge and contemporary research skills essential for developing successful independent research programs in the field of neuroendocrinology. Funds are requested for four predoctoral and two postdoctoral students for training in neuroendocrinology. A hallmark of this program is that it unites trainees and faculty from two graduate programs to provide a perspective far broader than what could be obtained through a single graduate program. The proposed training embraces multiple levels of analysis, from behavioral, to physiological, to cellular, to molecular. Predoctoral trainees will enter this program in their third year, after finishing the specific course requirements of their respective graduate programs. Each student will choose both a primary advisor and a co- advisor. The role of the primary advisor is similar to the traditional role of the thesis advisor. The co-advisor will ensure the multidisciplinary aspect of the training. Trainees will spend part of their time in the co-advisor's laboratory, using techniques and approaches not available in their home laboratory to address questions related to their own thesis research. Postdoctoral trainees will be supported for two years. The primary focus of the postdoctoral training is to build a strong research track record. Postdoctoral trainees will also be actively mentored to develop oral presentation skills, grant writing, and teaching skills necessary to secure and hold an independent academic position. All trainees will actively participate in a series of seminars, journal clubs, and monthly meetings where the participating laboratories present their research. An annual symposium will expose the trainees to neuroendocrinologists from across the U.S.A.