TRAINING IN FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING

威斯康星医学院(MCW)已经成为开发和应用功能磁共振成像(FMRI)的领先学术研究中心。自1992年fMRI问世以来，MCW开发了一套独特的设备组合(包括0.5、1.5和3.0特斯拉磁共振扫描仪)、研究环境、工程和科学专业知识。功能磁共振成像研究的一个标志是对系统神经科学的综合、多学科方法，以及磁共振物理学和信号处理方面的专业知识。拟议的功能神经成像培训计划将提供应用生物物理学、应用数学和信号处理工具解决神经科学基础和临床问题的博士后和博士后培训。拟议的培训计划将作为MCW生物物理学研究生计划的一个单独轨道运行，该计划是一个跨学科的博士计划，拥有13个系的31名教职人员。目前，该计划的24名学生中有10名正在进行核磁共振或功能磁共振研究；拟议的计划将使学生的参与度增加约50%。15名博士后或医学研究员目前正在接受功能磁共振成像培训，该计划在培训期间增加了新的职位。13名初级培训教师将担任博士后导师和博士后导师，他们都是生物物理学研究生项目的成员。生物物理研究所所长兼生物物理学研究生项目主席詹姆斯·海德博士将担任培训项目主任，从而确保培训项目的高度管理重点。七位著名的科学专家将通过提供教学、实验室和/或临床培训来补充初级教师，以增加该计划的广度和深度。初级和副教授都将与一名具有国家地位的外部成员一起担任学位论文委员会的成员。已经确定了三个研究专长和培训领域：1)基础和临床系统神经科学，2)磁共振信号采集、图像分析和信号处理，以及3)微血管大脑调节。培训计划的目标是使受训人员为系统神经科学和功能神经成像研究的职业生涯做好准备，为受训人员提供识别和解决系统神经科学前沿问题的知识和技能，并为受训人员提供有效书面和口头传递科学信息所需的沟通技能。描述了一项评估该计划在实现这些目标方面的成功程度的计划。

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) has emerged as a leading academic research center in the development and application of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Since the inception of fMRI in 1992, a unique combination of facilities (including 0.5, 1.5 and 3.0 Tesla MR scanners), research environment, engineering and scientific expertise has developed at MCW. A hallmark of fMRI research is the integrated, multidisciplinary approach to systems neuroscience together with expertise in MR physics and signal processing. The proposed Training Program in Functional Neuroimaging will provide pre- and post-doctoral training applying the tools of biophysics, applied mathematics and signal processing to basic and clinical problems in neuroscience. The proposed Training Program will operate as a separate track within the Biophysics Graduate Program at MCW, an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program with 31 faculty in 13 departments. Currently, 10 of the 24 students in the program are performing MRI or FMRI research; the proposed Program will increase student participation by about 50%. Fifteen postdoctoral or medical fellows are currently training in fMRI with this Program adding new positions over the training period. Thirteen primary training faculty, all with appointments in the Biophysics Graduate Program, will serve as predoctoral preceptors and postdoctoral mentors. Dr. James Hyde, Director of the Biophysics Research Institute and Chair of the Biophysics Graduate Program will serve as the Training Program Director, thereby assuring a high degree of administrative focus to the Training Program. Seven well-established scientific experts will supplement the primary faculty by providing didactic, laboratory and/or clinical training to add breadth and depth to the Program. Both primary and associated faculty will serve on dissertation committees along with one external member of national stature. Three areas of research expertise and training have been identified: 1) basic and clinical systems neuroscience, 2) MR signal acquisition, image analysis and signal processing and 3) microvascular cerebral regulation. The objectives of the Training Program are to prepare trainees for careers in research in systems neuroscience and functional neuroimaging, to provide trainees with knowledge and skills to identify and solve cutting edge problems in systems neuroscience, and to provide trainees with communications skills required for effective written and oral transmission of scientific information. A plan is described for evaluating the success of the program in meeting these objectives.