PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE NEUROSCIENCES

描述(改编自申请人提供的摘要)：精神障碍 神经系统功能，由遗传异常、创伤、疾病或 老龄化，对公众健康和生活质量有巨大影响。 此外，随着预计美国人数量的巨大增长 阿尔茨海默病的认知障碍会活到老年 在接下来的几十年里成为主要的公共卫生负担。最后，最近 人类遗传学的进展，强大的新成像技术，以及 的“功能基因组学”结合在一起，使得现在是一个特别迅速的时候 神经科学的进展。拟议的培训方案将提供2个 博士前研究员在布罗德大学学习的头两年每年 背景和深入的研究培训他们需要做出重大贡献 在接下来的几十年里，对神经科学的研究。迫切需要 拟议的培训计划，原因是1) 在迈阿密大学和 我们申请者池的实力和规模，以及2)资金的可获得性 利用这一优势，培养优秀青年科研人员。这个 项目主任J.Bixby博士是轴突生长和 Synapse形成，也是一位经验丰富的程序管理员和毕业生 学生导师。项目学院，他们既来自基础科学，也来自 临床科室，是一群杰出的、资金充足的科学家和 教师的研究兴趣包括现代社会的各个领域 神经科学研究主题，以及在研究生教育方面公认的领导者。 已经有了一批优秀的实习生候选人；数字 这些高素质的申请者中有越来越多的人。该计划的总体目标是 方案是指导受训者完成获得研究的过程 成为独立的神经科学家所需的技能和智力上的严谨。 该计划通过课程作业、研讨会和期刊来实现这些目标 俱乐部，以研究为基础的资格考试，以及其他项目活动。这个 计划管理部门采用了严格的标准来评估 实习生、教职员工和项目本身。总而言之， 建议的培训计划包括：1)研究生产力、研究 资金、培训经验和经过验证的行政管理能力 一般的计划学院，特别是计划主任，2) 当前神经科学专业学生的强大资历和 申请者人才库，以及3)利用和发展 现有的神经科学计划将提供一流的培训计划 神经科学。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted From The Abstract Provided By Applicant): Disorders of nervous system function, caused by genetic abnormalities, trauma, disease, or aging, have an enormous impact on public health and quality of life. Additionally, with the enormous projected increase in the number of Americans surviving to old age, the cognitive disorders of Alzheimer's Disease will become a major public health burden in the next few decades. Finally, recent advances in human genetics, powerful new imaging techniques, and the emergence of "functional genomics" combine to make this a time for particularly rapid progress in neuroscience. The proposed training program will provide 2 pre-doctoral fellows in each of the first 2 years of study with the broad background and in-depth research training they need to make major contributions to neuroscience research in the coming decades. There is a compelling need for the proposed Training Program, due to the clear mismatch between 1) the strength in neuroscience research within the University of Miami and the strength and size of our applicant pool, and 2) the availability of funds to take advantage of this strength to train outstanding young researchers. The Program Director, Dr. J. Bixby, is an expert in the area of axon growth and synapse formation, and also an experienced program administrator and graduate student mentor. The Program Faculty, who are drawn from both basic science and clinical departments, are an outstanding, well-funded group of scientists and teachers whose research interests comprise a cross-section of modern neuroscience research topics, and who are proven leaders in graduate education. There is already an excellent pool of trainee candidates available; the numbers of these highly-qualified applicants are increasing. The overall aim of the program is to guide the trainees through the process of acquiring the research skills and the intellectual rigor needed to become independent neuroscientists. The Program achieves these goals through coursework, seminars and journal clubs, a research-based qualifying exam, and other program activities. The Program administration has adopted stringent criteria for the evaluation of trainees, faculty, and the Program itself. In summary, major strengths of the proposed Training Program include: 1) the research productivity, research funding, training experience, and proven administrative capability of the Program Faculty in general and the Program Director in particular, 2) the strong credentials of the current neuroscience students and the strength of the applicant pool, and 3) the opportunity to take advantage of and build upon the existing Neuroscience Program to offer a first-class training program in neuroscience.